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Post by hunter101079 on Dec 19, 2014 6:41:33 GMT -6
I know there's a fox or a few foxes in a certain area. I've seen a fox there 4 out of 5 times of being there. My question is. I'm going to set around 4 or 5 traps here. Would you hang a long distance call lure on a feather or tanned hide here? OR Just put in a set knowing the fox is there and put some gland lure in the hole and some urine on the minimal backing? I've never caught a fox before so I really want to try to match wits with this one. What would you do?
ALso, I was planning to use a dropping at a set or two. I ONLY have access to coyote or my housecat's dropping. Which would you use if either? Will a coyote dropping scare off a fox? I definitely don't want that.
I also have some bait to use. I have wiley red 500 and 100. The bait is Hiawatha Valley. I could take a mouse, beaver meat, Terminator 7, gusto. What would you do?
I'm so excited this day has finally come! I get to actually put out some of my planned traps after my half day of school! Then, tomorrow, I'll have my whole run out by nightfall!!
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Post by Walleye Joe on Dec 19, 2014 7:27:24 GMT -6
I know there's a fox or a few foxes in a certain area. I've seen a fox there 4 out of 5 times of being there. My question is. I'm going to set around 4 or 5 traps here. Would you hang a long distance call lure on a feather or tanned hide here? OR Just put in a set knowing the fox is there and put some gland lure in the hole and some urine on the minimal backing? I've never caught a fox before so I really want to try to match wits with this one. What would you do?ALso, I was planning to use a dropping at a set or two. I ONLY have access to coyote or my housecat's dropping. Which would you use if either? Will a coyote dropping scare off a fox? I definitely don't want that. I also have some bait to use. I have wiley red 500 and 100. The bait is Hiawatha Valley. I could take a mouse, beaver meat, Terminator 7, gusto. What would you do? I'm so excited this day has finally come! I get to actually put out some of my planned traps after my half day of school! Then, tomorrow, I'll have my whole run out by nightfall!! I catch most of mine in a flat set! Kinda like you describe above in red. No dirt hole for me. Just punch 3 or 4 holes around the trapbed with my Berkshire driver and put a dab of different things in each hole. Beaver castor, gland lures, and a bit of urine on the little tuft of grass or a 5" or 6" cedar branch stuck in the ground. After a catch, just rebed in the same catch circle if it's not too torn up. I've caught several from the same spot!. Good luck! |
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Post by tjm on Dec 19, 2014 7:35:43 GMT -6
WR 100 in a mouse hole and a few drops of urine, save the bait for possum sets. Go ten feet and repeat, go another ten feet and use what ever in flat set. If there are visable tracks, set a blind trap exactly where a track is. move down the travel lane 100yds and do similar with WR500. Keep traps close to travel path and 1" lower than any thing else.
You will not get it perfect right away, but you should learn from each experiance.
Bait and LDC are for extreme cold and/or snow conditions, imo, if you have those conditions adjust to them. I like my early fox sets some where between subtle and invisable, as weather becomes brutal and food scarce the sets change.
Just for kicks you might want to throw in a flashy dirt hole about 4" diamenter.
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Post by tjm on Dec 19, 2014 7:49:36 GMT -6
Joe describes what I call a multi dirt hole, my flat sets are just a tuft of grass or a rock, so you begin to see ...
Each of us has developed techniques that work but improvisation is the key.
Simply stated; put some stinky stuff out there and set a trap close to it.
Put traps where the prevailing wind blows accross them and then to the travel way.
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Post by hunter101079 on Dec 19, 2014 17:09:01 GMT -6
Well, I put out four traps in the general location of this/these fox. I set three with two dirtholes. There is different lure in every hole. I didn't put a single bait out. I then set one just a dirthole with beaver castor in the hole and fox pee on the backing. We'll see how it works out in the next couple days. I also have a couple DP's out for the coons. My daughter's going to check with me some so hopefully I can show her some fur! I'm planning on setting at least 8-9 more on 2 different properties tomorrow and then just checking from there on out. Should be fun!
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Post by kmiller on Dec 20, 2014 20:16:56 GMT -6
standard dirtholes no problem.. reds are dumb... if he rumbles by you will catch him
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Post by hunter101079 on Dec 20, 2014 20:42:41 GMT -6
Well, I missed a fox by about 2 inches. He stepped on one of my sticks guiding the trap jaw. I about died when I saw his track in my dry dirt bed. There were at least 2 foxes down there last night. It even smelled like fox musk there as soon as I stepped out of my truck. I thought for sure I had one in a trap, but didn't. I was close. I set 2 more traps right on the fox's tracks. I then set 3 traps on another property where the owner has gotten pictures of bobcats a few times. Hoping the next few days bring some luck!
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Post by supertrap63 on Dec 20, 2014 21:01:44 GMT -6
got out 2 K9 sets to day I was a mess! I finely got them bedding solid remembered the anti freeze! worked on the blinding turned out pretty good I get couple more tomorrow then after xmas Ill B warmed up. One was your standard dirt hole right along side a cattle trail. the other I set up my famous turtle set. I plugged in a dp at one set and the other I plugged a 155 box Anti opossum set.I used some mouse bait an sheep wool down the hole A used TERD to the side squirted with pee.The turtle set mouse bait an some lure.gray fox are smart I don't thing red fox R dumb TRUST there just scared.
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