How To Trap A Rabbit Live

Introduction

Rabbits can be an adorable addition to your backyard, but if you don’t want them as permanent residents, you’ll need to find a way to get rid of them. Catching and removing rabbits humanely is important for the health of the animal, as well as for local wildlife populations. This guide will take you through setting up a box trap with bait that will lure in a rabbit. Once the rabbit is trapped, we recommend hanging and bleeding it out before turning it into food or fur.

Set up your box trap

Make sure your box trap is sturdy. A lot of rabbits will break their way out of a flimsy, poorly-constructed box.
Make sure the trap is large enough for the rabbit to enter. This seems like common sense, but you don’t want to catch other animals or birds in the process of trying to catch that wily rabbit.
Hide the trap in a quiet place where it’s safe and undisturbed by wind or rain. If you can find an area with particular plants that attract rabbits, that’s even better!
Set up your trap on flat ground—it shouldn’t be too close to tall grasses because they might spook your prey by brushing against them as they go by (and who knows where they’ve been?). Also make sure there aren’t any holes nearby; if possible try moving any rocks or sticks away from where you’ll be setting up so nothing scares off our friend Mr Bunnies when he comes along.

Place the bait

Once you’ve set up the trap, place your bait in the back of it. Bait should be something that rabbits like to eat, such as carrots or apples. Don’t use anything too stale or moldy though—the smell will only make it more difficult to catch your rabbit. Also avoid using things that other animals might find attractive as well; if you’re not sure whether or not something is safe for a rabbit to eat (like grapes), then it’s best to leave out whatever you’re trying to bait with until after you’ve caught your pesky pest!

Once all preparations have been made, place some kindling in front of the open door and light it on fire. This will create smoke which will attract any rabbits from around the area towards their doom—or freedom depending on how you look at it!

Remove the rabbit from the trap

If you’re using a live trap, you’ll want to remove the rabbit as quickly and safely as possible.

There are several ways to do this, depending on what kind of trap you’re using.

Here are some options:

Use a towel (or other fabric) to lift the rabbit out of its cage by its ears and tail. Be sure not to get your fingers near its mouth or nose; rabbits have strong jaws and sharp teeth!
Use a stick or piece of wood that fits through the bars of the cage, then use it as leverage for pulling them out. If you don’t have anything handy, try using some pliers or a hammer instead!

If this doesn’t work for whatever reason (i.e., there’s no good way around getting close enough), consider cutting holes in both ends so they’re large enough for hands/arms but still too small for feet/legs etc..

Hang the rabbit and bleed it out

Hang the rabbit by its hind legs. You can do this to any dead animal, but it is important that you hang it upside down so that the blood will drain out of its body.
Cut through one side of its throat with a sharp knife and let the blood drain into a container below. After several minutes, cut through the other side of its throat to ensure that no more blood remains in its body.
Take a sponge and wipe off as much of the remaining blood as possible from all over your rabbit’s body (including inside any open cavities).
Wash your rabbit under running water or soak it in cold salt water for about 15 minutes before draining it well again.*

If you need to catch a rabbit in your yard, this is a humane way to do it.

When you’re trying to catch a rabbit, there are several ways that you can do it. You could use a snare, which is basically a wire noose that you set up in the rabbit’s path. You could also use nets or traps. However, these methods pose risks for both human error and animal welfare. If you want to trap a rabbit safely and humanely, your best option is a live cage trap—a device specifically designed for this purpose.

The basic principle behind trapping is simple: make it easy for the animal to enter but difficult for them not to exit once inside (and ideally find their way back out again). The two main components of any cage style live-capture trap are an entrance/exit door and some type of bait used by rabbits as attractants but not dangerous or unhealthy when consumed by humans (or anything else on Earth!).

Conclusion

It’s important to remember not to leave the rabbit in the trap for too long, and be sure to check the trap periodically. If you’re having trouble catching a rabbit, you may want to try using a different bait or moving your trap around. Make sure that you dispose of any unwanted rabbits properly, either by eating them yourself or donating them to a local food bank. There are plenty of recipes out there for cooking rabbits as well – just make sure that you cook it thoroughly! Finally, keep in mind that this method is only appropriate for trapping wild rabbits; if there are pet rabbits living near you who might get into your trap, it would be best not to use this method at all!