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Re: Fox Questions
[Re: Kevin Berry]
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01/11/23 11:05 PM
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Tracks can be hard to find in our current ground conditions. I would put a set or 4 at the points where the trails meet the wood line. Set depending on prevailing wind direction which is all over the place for the next week here in the thumb lol.
I have to tell you that cables are almost useless for fox with our regulations. They will not hold a neck caught fox with the 4 1/4" closed loop. You can hold them if hip caught but it's tough to make that happen and it's not ideal.
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Re: Fox Questions
[Re: Kevin Berry]
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01/11/23 11:06 PM
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Wanna Be your art skills are about like mine lol. Is that a Gila monster head?
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Re: Fox Questions
[Re: Kevin Berry]
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01/11/23 11:31 PM
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Wind is usually west or north here also but had a southeast today. Sets with eye appeal help with shifting winds.
The hay set is usually a good producer on fox and I have taken some coyotes in them also. The hay set is about the best when it comes to eye appeal. Try a mound set and double dirt hole, those do well on fox for me. Flat sets work too.
Have you got some rain in the past week? I would freshen the urine and go easy on the gland lure, it's potent stuff. Maybe try a hay set with bait.
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Re: Fox Questions
[Re: Kevin Berry]
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01/12/23 01:29 PM
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I use a variety of baits and lures. Cavens coon & mink bait works good on fox. Muskrat and beaver will definitely work. In my experience almost everything is attracted to castor.
I made a bait this year with ground up deer liver and trimmings aged about 3 days. I haven't caught a fox on it but the coyotes are thicker in my area this year. 2 coyotes have been caught with it so far.
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Re: Fox Questions
[Re: Kevin Berry]
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01/12/23 01:36 PM
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How big are your snare loops? How high off the ground? Are the snares blended in? Do you walk the trails and then stop at the snares and turn around?
Does your bay/hay set still have bait? Remember mice and other rodents will eat lots of bait if on the ground.
Mike
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