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You can use wire in the 1820's as it was part of the consignment of trade goods that went out to the Rendezvous...but snares were used for predators and small game...rope, leather strips interwoven, grasses/vines woven together were all used for snares...
although if you read, you'll find that alot of the Indians would use deadfalls, to break the back, more than snares for catching game and/or fur bearers...
you can also check with Hudson Bay Company archives for manifests of trading post inventories...sorry, I don't have their URL
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