I snare some coons. You need to know that it is hard to hold a coon around the neck with a snare so you set them to body snare and they will be alive. For this reason I use a washer lock snare, it relaxes a little if the coon quits pulling. You treat the animal better this way. I like 3/32 cable snares for coon, they will chew on them and I haven' t had one chew this in half yet. Use a loop nine inches in diameter and three to four inches off the ground. If you are new to snaring I would strongly reccommend pig tail supports and snares with wammies on them. This will make them much easier to set and save you a lot of headaches. You set them in trails that coons are using. One thing you need to remember with snares is they don' t discrimminate, you need to set them carefully. You should also have deer stops on them, this will only let the snare close to around 2inches so deer will not be caught if they step in them. I would reccommend going to the Snare Shop web site, www.huntertrapper.com. This is where I get all my snares and supplies, nice people and very helpful. Have I just confused you? Let me know.