Posted By: Kevin Berry
Fox sets - 01/31/22 10:44 PM
I'm new to trapping this year and cut my teeth on some beaver, now I'm trying my hand at some land sets. I've got a fox that has wiped out a chicken coop and haven't had any luck trapping him. I baited the chicken coop and set some footholds at the entrance. Ended up with possums 2 nights in a row. Have had fresh fox tracks all around for weeks now but not going near the coop anymore. I made a dirt hole set just off a nearby trail with no luck. I baited it with some red fox lure, and put some urine on a charred log I was using as a backer.
Tracks everywhere, nothing in my trap.
Next I made a hay set nearby. Baited with beaver tail oil, urine in hay between traps. Tracks everywhere, traps still empty. Should I move my traps around, or leave them be? Should I continue to freshen up urine and bait or leave the sets undisturbed? It has been 2 weeks now with traps set, and still no fox despite fresh tracks almost nightly. Any advice would be great.
Tracks everywhere, nothing in my trap.
Next I made a hay set nearby. Baited with beaver tail oil, urine in hay between traps. Tracks everywhere, traps still empty. Should I move my traps around, or leave them be? Should I continue to freshen up urine and bait or leave the sets undisturbed? It has been 2 weeks now with traps set, and still no fox despite fresh tracks almost nightly. Any advice would be great.