The farm I trap on doesn't want me to harvest fox, no big deal to me, I'm running offset bridger #2s with shock springs to reduce potential injury. My target is coyote I've had consistent catches the problem is id rather not catch the fox they have been clogging up my sets the whole season. I've been upping my pan tension its at the point I think it would take a horse to set it off but I'm still getting fox. Is there any other techniques to exclude fox besides not trapping? Looking for things I can try next season thanks

Probably not.

Yeah that's kinda what I thought I'm just getting over run with fox, seemed like every time I put in a new set there would be a fox in it, I've been able to release them all uninjured but I think they're keeping me from catching more yotes

Odds are if you've got that many fox you probably don't have the that many coyotes in the area. K-9's are K-9's, if you're setting for them you'll catch them both. Fox will work a set until they get caught, coyotes not so much.

If you have that many fox... there might not be that many yotes.

I'm catching yotes too, might be both populations are just high this year

Are any of your fox getting ate up? If not you probably don't have many coyotes around.

No none have been eaten guess ill just keep the catch pole with next season haha, guess I don't really know like I said I'm catching both maybe just a bumper crop of k9s this year

In cold weather it is hard not to get a frozen paw/toe might not be good releasing fox with frozen feet.

That's a good point.

Yeah luckily they've been clean catches in the offsets none appear to have had foot issues luckily, ill keep that in mind for next season I'm pulling all my sets tomorrow before the really cold weather hits the yote quality has dropped off the last few were matted and pulled out

Hard to believe you have enough of a red left to release with coyotes around.

You could maybe hunt that property to pick the coyotes off and not hurt your fox population.

Hippie that's a good idea I might break out the predator calls and the rifle

Run foxproof traps next year! ....just kidding

Cable restraints.

It seems like the red fox are doing pretty good in WI the last couple years. I suppose...they're not really worth killing. And, guys have been hitting the coyotes pretty hard.

I'd see about trapping the neighboring farm and take the fox off there. Less fox to get into your ypte sets across the fence

Fortunatly and unfortunately I'm trapping over 4000 acres that's contiguous

And I was running dozens of cables which your right kept the fox out might just need to run more cables less Footholds next season