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Post by kody on Jan 15, 2009 22:00:25 GMT -5
I have had trouble trapping a fox i have tryed dirt hole sets with every type of lure and bait and also have tryed scent posts. what else can i try
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Post by Itrapny on Jan 15, 2009 22:09:00 GMT -5
Well, do you have any fox in the area you're trapping? I know it sounds like a smart @ss answer, but you have to have critters to catch them. Are they visiting your sets and not committing, or working the sets and just not getting caught?
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Post by kody on Jan 16, 2009 6:54:53 GMT -5
I have alot of fox and they are going up to my sets and walking around them and they are not working the sets.And I am as sent free as posible.
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Post by Itrapny on Jan 16, 2009 7:02:49 GMT -5
What type of lure and/or bait are you using? Is the wind in your favor? This time of year, if you're using bait they should at least be working your sets.
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Post by kody on Jan 16, 2009 17:16:47 GMT -5
I am using urin,eggs,deer meat from the deer they have deen feeding off and fish
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Post by Itrapny on Jan 16, 2009 17:18:46 GMT -5
Sounds like you're using the right bait, dirt hole sets if you can keep them from freezing and open will still work good this time of year. Persistence is the key...the 1st one is always the hardest ;D
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Post by kody on Jan 19, 2009 10:35:19 GMT -5
I just checked my traps this morning and there were fox tracks all around the corn field. I have 3 dirt holes with rabbit in them and a flat set on a run they been using alot and 2 hay sets with urin,gland lure and rabbit fur.The fox are not even working the sets and I wear gloves and spray down with scent killer before I go set traps. If anyone has any ideas on what I should do or what I am doing rong let me know.
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Post by Woj on Jan 19, 2009 10:38:10 GMT -5
I would suggest closing your eyes. The worst part of the snow is seeing everything that is missed. It only takes one night. . . and then you check a trap full of bouncin' red fur. Keep at it.
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Post by Itrapny on Jan 19, 2009 11:09:14 GMT -5
Couple of questions come to mind here...First, are you on location? I know that you mentioned that your sets are where the fox are running.... but I mean right where the fox are running? That, and wind direction...if the wind is blowing the scent of your lure & bait away from their travelway not towards it, they'll never even know the set is there. Are you usinga large dirt pattern for your dirt holes? With snow on the ground a large dark dirt pattern against white snow can be very inviting too. You mentioned that you sprayed your equipment with scent killer first, why? The scent killer may have an odor to it that the fox don't like. I'd rather have human scent at my set than something foreign like that. I know the premise is that it will mask he odor of humen scent...but you'll never convince a K-9 that you weren't there, no matter what you try to mask it with. I'd leave that scent killer stuff on the shelf if it were me ;D Persistance, keep at it, if you are on location and have the wind in your favor, they'll eventually check out your offerings....
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Post by traps82 on Jan 19, 2009 11:13:23 GMT -5
Are the fox tracks at least near your sets?? What I would do if they are not, is maybe leave a couple where they are and make some new ones where the tracks are. Reason being is this. I "thought" I knew the runnings of the fox and yotes in my backyard. Got some back there in the fall along the edge where the yard meets the woods. Now, they are not coming into the yard but are running just inside the woods. Snow is a great learning aid!!
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Post by kody on Jan 19, 2009 13:46:37 GMT -5
I have sets all around the fox tracks they will come 2 or 3 feet from my sets and will turn around and leave .the fox came up to a my mink box that I cought a rabbit in and riped it apart so I took the rest of the rabbit and put it in my hat sets and dirt holes.I just dont know what else to try.
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Post by traps82 on Jan 19, 2009 14:28:48 GMT -5
I ain't a pro, but I agree with Wayne on the scent killer.. What I did to my gloves is wash/rinse in baking soda and then air dry(I know hard to do when its cold). I then rub good clean dirt from the woods all over them. Just grind it in. I do that all the time. Another thing I do is I get them at Home Depot. They got a spot where the got work gloves. The one I get are like 5-6 bucks for 10 of them. I think.. Something like that. I used to be VERY paranoid about scent. Now I am careful. They will know you have been there. Something is making them shy away. Do you have any clean, unused traps? Same with gloves. I myself also have a tendency to over lure/urine my sets. Maybe that's it. I am working on that one myself !!! LOL..
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Post by kody on Jan 19, 2009 16:18:09 GMT -5
I gloves that are pretty well aired out and I only use a cap full of urine and about a pea size of lure.I just boiled thoes traps a couple of days before I set them they were out side a day or 2.I just cant pinpoint what I am doing wrong.
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Post by traps82 on Jan 19, 2009 16:29:12 GMT -5
Just a question.. Do you have a camera to take some pix?? I would love to see what they are "doing".. We know what they are "not doing"...
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Post by kody on Jan 19, 2009 18:21:56 GMT -5
I will put a game camera on it and I will try to get other pix of what they are doing
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