I need ideas for fox sets

A dirthole set with some bait in the whole and lure on top.

Here's a picture tutorial for a flat set, caught 3 fox total here, on the remakes of the set.

Supplies you'll need are you digging and pounding tool. Staking sytstem and trap(I'm using duke #1.75), gland lure(I'm using dobbins Purrrfect), and fox urine and sifter. You will also need a backing of some sort. If you want to use gloves you can.


Next dig out your trap bed ONLY big enough for your trap, no bigger. Position your trap and bed it solid. Sift a ligh covering of dirt over it since this won't be your final covering


Now put your backing about 9 inches back, closer if you want but not a whole lot. Blend in your set with your surrounding vegatation, In this set I used grass. If I was in the woods I would have used the leaves lying around. Apply your gland to the top part closest to your trap. Squirt your urine on the side of the backing facing your trap.


Here is the finished set showing location as well.


And here's what it produced..

can NOT show a better scent post set Luke! great post.

Excellent Red, you are an asset to the trapping community. Good job. Tom

thanks for the great info

looks good cowboy

great post

Excellent reply redneck cowboy !!

Set a 1.75 or a 5.50 and put beaver meat and some lure and their you go.

minker, whats a 5.50?

trapscats, you dont wear gloves??

No i dont

is that u in the vid. great vid though

I think Minker is either referring to a KB 5.5, which has compound levers, or else an MB 550. I have never tried the 5.5, but I love my 550s and would recommend them to anyone.

trapscats...wearing gloves will greatly help you in catching canines.

k9 do u wear rubber gloves??

I dont believe in gloves and yes that is me in the video.Where I trap is contaminated with so much human and steel scent,I really dont think it matters.Its a powerline where it seems the whole freakin community wants to throw their trash.

i was just giving a hint, you may want to try it...all it takes are clean jersey gloves.

Nice pics

MB 550's ROCK!

[the coon pull out if you have off set jaws thou]

have you ever smelled a glove???That smell gets on your traps so it really dont matter.I used to use gloves and see no difference.

K9 How long have you been trappin???

I started predator trappin by myself at 9, thats 8 years by myself and I trapped with my Grandpa way before them.Ive been at this awhile.Gloves have not made a difference in my years.

Dont have many pics,just got the camera last year.





All were caught in footholds.I sell live market so as you can see I carry them out in cages, and put them in this cage.

i have used gloves and whent without and have not seen any difrence i just use a leather glove to keep my hands warm and somtimes take it of so i can feel what im doin

great pics

jersey gloves are scent free when clean, wash in baking soda...we talked about this on facebook, and im sure i trappedd more k9's then you, not to be competitive, but maybe scent has something to do with it..

Just my two cents' worth, K9. I made a dirthole last year, didn't use gloves, didn't use a kneeling pad, nothing. I really goofed off with that set, just trying to have fun. Stuck some fish down the hole, and put mink gland outside the hole. The set wasn't within 100 yards of permanent water. Had a gray fox the very next day.

I read about a fella peeing on his competition's set, only to find the same thing: A gray fox in it the very next day.

I'm not saying you're wrong, just saying, there are different ways of doing things, and they all work to some extent.

I know of people who have used gloves and who dont i think it truly depends on population. and just how picky the animal wants to be. I have also reset with the same so called dirty trap and cought two more reds on the same trap.

i guess in the long run, your actually going to have to do trial and error, wait till ya catch em in numbers....

How you figure youve got more k9s then me???I got a camera last year so obviously I dont have many pics to prove.

I read the same book it was in jim spencers Guide To Trapping

i will garenty you have trapped more fox then me but i think my main prob is trap stability and frozen trap beds but it could also be sent but i have talked to guys that trap lots of fox any where from pennsalvania to missisipi i know i spelled that rong but he said gloves made no difrence in the catch rate for him and he did not wax his traps eather

you all just try it...im going with proffesional trappers and their saying of it...Mark June, Tim Rose, Chet Hayes...in vids, they say its key...so far usin last year as my first example, i mean, compare and contrast....

I could imagine you catchin more yotes then me,Ive caught 2 this will be my first year tryin to catch them though.When you hit over 120+ fox then will compare numbers.I finally got a camera too.Oh and im a VERY competitive person.Ask Garett!!!

My idea of scent control is Get in and get out. Dont hang around your sets too long.

I've seen many Mark June demos, K9, and he never has said at any of them that scent is important. He says that the main thing is LOCATION.

they know your there wether you were gloves or not they can smell that you walked up to the set they aint dumb im with trapscats get in get out

I thought gloves were to both hide human oder and keep human oder of traps to keep animals from diiging up traps?

well thats what they say there for but he nows your there and can smell your oder around the set so i would worry more about him smelling the steel of the trap

Correct...the K9's know you have been there,as a matter of fact almost every animal that happens to walk by the set with the exception of maybe the wild tukey knows you've been there.Gloves may help some but they cannot keep the human scent from getting on the set.Just breathing releases scent molecules,the human body is constantly sluffing off dead skin cells which indeed have an odor.

I try to get in and get out,if I happen to wear gloves they're to keep my hands warm or somewhat clean.The key is to not give the animal a reason to dig or become alarmed.They smell humans everyday.Don't make your set right after washing your hands with some kind of smelly soap or hand sanitizer.

As far as smelling the steel of the trap,they can smell it.They smell metal all the time,it's nothing new to them.Barbed wire,nails,nuts and bolts that have fallen off of machinery.Again don't have anything on the trap that cause a digging response.

Just make your sets on location with a well bedded trap and you will do fine.

nice sets... wearin gloves would help but its not a big deal

the second fox you traped is a nice one good job il hav to try that sometime... do you ever catch something else like coons or anything...im new to traping so please reply:)

Nice red fox.