Still have the grey fox lure on hold and still have about 2 gallons of that type of castor you liked, left.

Dried cow pie makes a pretty good lure or urine holder,,break off a chunk and stick it in a hole or put some lure on a small peice and put the biggest part over it for a flat set, I like to have a clump or briars behind it in a flat set.Also set trap bout 6'' infront of cow patty,critters seem to flip the patty with thier nose and roll if the trap is too close,like other fox sets.

You must have some BIG critters if you are setting 6' in front of the cow patty!

I think you know that was a typo,Seems I make more of those everyday, Thanks for correcting me.

That's called a "trail set"!

On a flat set or post set. Where exactly should the trap be positioned in reference to the post or lure holding object?

Depends largely on the angle, size of the object. Also are you trapping for fox, coyote or a combination/anything set?

..and that last comment is a shame!

Lt Grey,

The big stone pic, is the trap front and center?

ALso, you show a pic of the hole w/the hay. I don't think I get it-Is the trap down in the hole itself?

Thanks,
CHris

I use a set similar to the burlap set. I usually use a stake for mine. I use a staple gun to staple a wad of sheep wool to the to the top ( or side ) of a stick. About 5 seconds to make these, if you already have the stakes ready. Works well on the water line when there isn't a suitable place for a pocket set. Much easier than messing with trying to make a grass wad. I use a shorter stake when I use them with flat sets.

Yeah, I recently saw in a video, a trapper using rubber bands to hold down sheep wool...I wondered if he didn't just have a stapler...lots easier!

I saw that one too. He was rubber banding it to a piece of bone. Might be hard to get a staple to stick to the bone.

That's why I pre-drill mine and stuff wool and/or pour lure into the hole. T-Bones have the hole already there.

stitchit,
Yep, the trap is straight out from the scratch marks, which were made by me with a common kitchen fork!

The "hay" set is just a crude hole set, which looks more natural than many trapper made dirtholes.

What is that? A bobcat walk through and a double mouse hole set?

Been seeing a lot of questions about trapping in deep snow, so thought this up. Gotta be honest, haven't tried it yet but think I'll give it a shot when I set out some more traps in about a week..if we get some snow.

Cut 5 gallon bucket down to about 6" tall. Drill hole through bottom. Trap chain goes through this hole and ties around small lenght of pipe that ain't gonna go back through this hole. This will become our drag.

Put about 5" of DRY dirt in bucket and bed trap in the comfort of your shed, garage, wherever. Make small hole in dirt and prebait and lure. Maybe a 4 or 5" lenght of 1" pipe would work great for a bait hole.

Find where target animals are and bury whole bucket under about an inch of snow and go.

Dang, I hope we get some deep snow, so I can post a "how to" set in snow!

Plastic film cans can be had at any place that prints photo's, Wally World, Walgreens, Sams, Costco etc.

Yep, use 'em for call lure with sheep wool, hung upside down!