Bird Thief Quest - Are the Snares in the the target region armed?

[Felius]

So, I'm now going through the incredibly annoying bird thief quest trying to find the relevant snares. Which leads to my question: Do they spawn armed? Or just the item on the ground? Because if they are armed, they at least are a bit more visible and I don't have to strain my eye as much to actually search for them.

[caius]

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Not armed.  Good luck finding them.  In the past, I've found the disarmed snares in the same tile (not scattered across different terrain tiles) and in a relatively close area.  You want to make sure you get the feathers from around the traps.