Making a basic dirt hole, with wax paper as a pan cover.

Select a good location.



Dig a hole and trap bed.



Stake, and place trap, and bed solid.



Insert wax paper over pan, and sift some dirt.



Sift more dirt over bed area and locate trap pan.



After that, sift more dirt and create "bowl effect", then add favorite bait and a shot of urine.



Check set the next morning and collect a fox.

how is that an OT thread?

Yup

Thanks for the off topic post! Let's try to stay on topic next time!

Sorry CH, just thought I'd post something useful for a change.

we need more of these off topic posts....killer post cj!

nice post

now come on down here and help me lol

Dang! I thought it would be a muddy coon

Anymore off topic posts for us CJ? They would be well appreciated

casey,
Here ya go.....


Making a muddy coon set...

Select a well travelled area for coon.



Dig out a pocket...







Grab trap, and put your fingers underneath the pan....



Make a mudpie, smooth over mud, and bed....it wil belnd in like a perfect stepping stone for coon...




Bed trap solid in front of hole, finsish set, and bait....




Check the next day, and have a muddy coon....

For the life of me, I just don't understand why people don't post more off topic posts! Absolutely oustanding

Awesome step-for-step istruction. What kind of trap is that?

Perfect off topic thread. I believe we could use more like this one.
I saw this method of "mudding up a trap" in one of CJ's earlier post and tried it this year. It works like a charm and takes less time that the old way I was using.
Great post CJ, we could use more like this.

casey, them are cheapy Herter's that some big, burly bastuurd from Iowa, who snares alot of coon, sold me.

Andy, yup, I like being clean and organized, but I LOVE those muddy ccon.

Off Topic posts like this sone is why I frequent this site so much

I have been out-classed by the king of OT posters..

i bow to CJ's OT post worthyness

charles

I saw in charles dobbin's video about dirt holes, he said don't use urine with bait, because that usually means if a fox pee'd there, he was marking his territory, after he recovered his food, and that he wouldn't mark his territory if food was there, it would just show others where the food was. but from your pic it works....did I understand this wrong? seems like if a fox pee'd there, others might just sniff it and walk on buy instead of working the bait. I use lure and bait together, but not urine and bait...hmmmmm any thoughts?

i use urine with every single set i make..bait, lure, or whatever.

charles

Trophyhunter, sorry, I don't watch videos. I did see hundreds of reds hanging in a guys shop one day, which got me wanting to trap fox. This was about 20 years ago. He said he always used unrine at his sets. So, I guess I just stuck with it.

Besides, don't alot of folks mix urine in with bait/lures?

Anyway, the whole point of this thread was just to show some "basic sets" for the new trapper out there, viewing this forum, and is too afraid to ask questions or post, that's all.

Its an off topic for CJ, he's a muddy coon guy, so this is something Off topic