this is made to be just like the coons version of this post. that is a great post from which i learned alot from. so hopefully i will be able to learn alot more and hopefully it will help out us beginners. who knows even you experienced fox guys might learn something new. so post pictures of sets, how theyre made, all that kind of stuff. and another thing id like to see out of this post is more about location.
thanks

I will be watching this one. I have been trying to catch a fox all last season and this season, and still havnt caught one.

What species of fax are you targeting. For Reds, you need to look for sign in basically the same places you would look for coyotes. Crop edges, Points, field roads, outside corners of fields. intersections on roads, etc.

Look for prominent objects that fox will key in on as scent markers. I like to drag logs or large rocks on crop edges to make post sets on. Lots of eye appeal works to get them to investigate the object and your lures draw them in closer. I also like farm lane intersections as bic mentioned. Fox and coyote use the path of least resistance and will travel these lanes. Use the wind to your advantage.

Gray fox location would be in brushy, covered areas, they dont like the open fields as much as a red would, they are also the only canine that can climb trees

yep, reds loves the fields!!

bic im targeting both, just trying to learn some more.
thanks

Gray is the easest one to catch for me make a dirt hole and guide heavy if you are on sign he will be there and once you catch one reset to catch the mate.

i havent trapped them but found 4 dens this summer along old rail road grades (with out rails) i think they like hunting on them

they wont be there more than likely, they only use den to give birth..

Then where do they sleep the other 364 days of the year?

k9 i found 4 this summer but last winter i wasnt into trapping i found 1 fox den and a hill behind my uncles pasture with 3 big coyote holes with dead rabbit and deer alover it there were also coyote track alover it im going to trap ip maby this weekend

do deer sleep in dens? where do they sleep? like coyotes, the fox will take cover in small thickets..etc.

So fox will only stay in a hole for a couple days of the year?

Anybody else have any thoughts on this?

They are in them longer than a couple days.

nice pics, love the trail cam of him eating the trap lol

lol

Will a MB 550 hold a fox effectivly.

Ya it is a great trap it will hold a yote as well

agreed, thats what i prefer for canines

i use a ton of duke 1.5s love em. no yotes here though i run all DHs with some hay set slate season KISS.
http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthrea...tml#Post1561497

lenni, do you baseplate the 1.5s or bubble weld the jaws. i was planning on getting some for fox but there is the occasional yote around too.

do you really belive that ? if so i think you may need to look into it a litle further

no i bend the tips up. that also brings the jaws tighter together and takes some of the slop out of them outta the box

My newest and best location that I have found is a High-tension line that runs through the farms I am on. It cuts through woods too. Runs North/South, and disappears past the horizon. Talk about a long running barrier for the k9's to travel!! I will hopefully posting both yote and grey fox pics come january.

Well my pre-baiting worked. I made some large style dirt holes in the summer with a slight step down in front of the hole. I baited them with woodchuck or tainted venison.

Here is a picture of one I baited with venison during the summer. I dropped in a little more venison this week and bedded a MB 550 in the step down.



Here is what was waiting for me this morning. 11.2 lbs
Notice he is wearing a MB-550

If using the Duke 1.5's for K9's I HIGHLY suggest changing the J-hooks to 6 gauge J hooks unless they've changed them in the last 2 or 3 years. I also put machine chain on mine with MB crunch proofs instead of their cheap swivels.

Here is a trailcam picture of a Red Fox working my first test set. He was well 'guided' and stepped where I hoped he would.

Used Cavens Bobcat Chunk Bait in the 45 degree hole and Graham's Deception Lure on a small branch three feet above the set.

i didnt change the chain just shortened it but did change out all j hooks and swivles.

yes, i HIGHLY believe it, in fact, i know it!other than birth, the only time they will use it is very bad/extreme weather conditions. or you can call our DNR office if ya wanna say somethin to that, cause i get my information from them, and they wouldnt be given false info.

I have heard of fox moving thier young from one den to another. Also it seems that the area may dictate the level of cover needed by a fox. In an area that is frequented by coyotes the fox probably is more inclined to hole up for cover.

We a had a fox approach our set and missed the pan. He was there for a while. My question is should we put a diffrent bait in the hole or just leave it alone.

Thanks

lol i guess you have it all figured out wish i had it all figured out when i was 14 lol

How high off the ground do you keep the bottom of your snare foer fox?

4 inches it what have heard, with a 8 inch loop

i would leave that bait alone and put a different style dirthole with different bait or a scent post nearby

Alright thanks.

Caught one or two once........

ok might be luck or i could be right but i put a set not far from this so called unused hole and next day had a decent sized red . guys i aint here to argue "ill stop trapping if im rong on this part" 3 days after cristmas i went to these holes all five had deer and rabbit hair on them 2 littered with fox prints 3 littered with coyote complain all you want tell me im rong i know what i saw and im not argueing

lol...you know, coons use den holes, but im not so sure about deer...lmao. that would be a first!

About the dens I have been keeping a close eye on a den I found this summer that the fox were using a lot, and when trapping season rolled around and they were still using it. Set a trap there and a few days later had a nice red fox waiting for us.

Anyone have information on good cage trapping techniques for red fox? Will a standard 12x12x32 raccoon trap catch one? The only fox I've seen around here are in the city limits which limits me to cage trapping. A buddy of mine went out back of his house the other night and found two fox had knocked over his garbage can and going at some spoiled ribs he had thrown out. Usually has that problem with coons, but apparently fox like nasty ribs. I'm hoping to catch one of them this year and would love suggestions on trap placement, bait, lure etc..

Cameron2 does a lot of cage trapping for Grey's. Hit him up, he might give you some general guidance.

Well fella's, I'm finally getting the hang of this fox trapping, I think. Had a few sets they walked around on, and dug my dirthole open a little more for me, so I tightened up my guides a little and picked up my first gray of the year the other day. Had his girlfriend's toenail in the other set there, 1/2inch from getting a double! Then this morning, nailed a red in a dirthole that caught a housecat 2 days prior, and get this... Before I got there, that ol red got himself up in a well-tender's truck-bed and rode away!! (and I'm pretty sure he ain't a-comin' back!) How's that for Friday the 13th.

Yes not bad for Friday the 13th

How much dirt should be on top of the trap when using 550s for fox?

I use just a skim over the pan with the pan being the lowest part.

Here is the one I got this morning. It was a slight step down remake. Notice how far the foot is into the pan. Couldn't have had it in any farther.

Alright thanks for the info.

Thanks to you guys for giving me the info on trapping fox with 550s we finally caught the one that kept walking aroung our sets. We thought it was a red fox that was doing this to us. I guese we were wrong.

Do you have many greys in Wisconsin?

Not to many that I know of I might be wrong though.

glad to see that this post helped someone. i know iot also helped me with one of the pics of a dirthole. i tried it and caught a red on it so im definately happy!

Bacon grease is a great bait. I found this out by accedent. I made a dirthole for coons and put a teaspoon of bacon grease in it and had a fox the next morning, I remade the set put some more bacon grease in and had a fox the next morning again. Did a remake and two days later(today) had another fox on bacon grease. Fox wont stay out of my coon sets! Here are some pics of the three.

I hope to add some fox pics soon.......

Heres #4 of the season.

Heres our first fox that we caught in a set for fox. Our first ever fox was in a coon set along the river.

On a remake,( with bacon grease ) is it not the fox odor left behind, at the set (remake) that is also attractive?

Yes the fox odor left behind helps attract them also.

im hopeing to catch a fox but it seems like theres none around... but there are some yotes.. caught two.. they are clogging up my fox sets

yes Mb 550 is one of the best

good job komodo looks like your really raking em up. wish we had as many fox around here as you fellas do down there.

I caught this in a post hole set in a duke 1 3/4 OS with some vialator 7

Nice fox pictures. Haven't been able to catch any at my place.

Deer don't use dens, they make beds in fields and in woods. If you see a place were the grass or leaves are padded down it's a deer bed.

When I find a fox that digs at my trap I find that to be a challenge. This tells me that he isn't afraid of the set but rather is interested and will probably be back. Usually I will re-cover the trap and bed another in front the the dug trap. I had this happen so I bedded the second trap and covered the entire set with some pine needles. This is the only set that I left functional as I said in the other thread that I covered most of them with piles of grass.

Here is the 11 lb fox that I found this morning:

fur minator, i was having the same problem, so i thought. trap flipped out of the bed two nigths in a row, so i said well ive had enough of this,and bedded another trap just like you said, went back the next morning with high hopes of catching my first red fox(or better) of the year only to be disappointed. a skunk, caught by both feet. buddy had another skunk about 20 yards away.
ha

I could take a few set pics and put them on here if anyone is interested in lookin at them.

you bet were interested!!thats what this thread is about!

Hey guys new to the forum just had a question I was on my way to a beaver set, and looked out into a feild noticed a large hole. It was easy to spot because of all the snow. pulled-over to check with glasses and notice where the animal was crossing the road.
It is using a culvert! The snow is about 1'.5" it looks like fox
any sugesstions? I am new to trapping but love it!

Ok I will.

Can some one please post pics on how to make a hay set in the snow.

Thanks

Here are a couple set pics

Here is a set I had for red fox.



I missed a grey here so I modified it for greys.



Here is a flat set I made

Ok, Im new to trapping and have never caught a fox but I do know there are several greys in the area and have been doin well catching coons and my first mink. I know that you guys know what your doing and can tell me how to catch them; I made my first dirt hole set and put a couple birds in the hole and spayed some red fox pee and came back and my birds were gone but it did not throw my trap, I don't know what i did wrong how far do I need to put the pan from the hole? Also if you know any other good tricks to catch I would love to try it out. I've heard if you put your trap in a path and put sticks a stick on each side of the trap in the middle of the path that works but I dont know.

If you had a fox come to you dirthole and steal your bait, you got the hard part figured out! Try digging the dirt hole as deep as possible. Put your bait at the bottom of the hole so the fox has to dig to get down to the bait. Hopefully this extra time and effort he has to use will keep him there long enough to step on the pan. Good Luck

My top producing fox lures are violator 7,Purrrfect,and k9 select.

Nice fox pictures.Nice double in that one picture.

I have not been targeting fox but this guy hit one of my dirthole sets this morning. I was surprised to see him there with as many coyotes as there are on this farm. It will be interesting to see what hits the remake?

niice i cant wait to see that out on my line!

anyone want to look at these sets and give your opinion? http://s589.photobucket.com/albums/ss338/surfacehunter1/trap%20sets/

the sets look fine as long as there in a good location.

there are fox tracks all over the area some sets are right there where ive seen them before but they seem not to go the same exact route each passing, but im not giving up! its all part of trapping

Here is another red I got this morning. It's funny how the same areas I catch coyotes I'm now catching foxes just by slightly modifying my sets. I was using coyote based gland lure and urine on my flat sets. I decided to try a more generic K9 lure with red fox urine and what do you know. I guess they can tell the difference!

Thats a good looking red.

What's the best bait to put in dirt holes for greys? Also should I use a lure? If so what kind I would love to catch my first one this year.

Great fox catch pictures.

Here's a couple....the first is what's left of a trench set I use..



This is the results on a sunday morn. in nov.

nice trapper Rd. beautiful catch of fox you got there. hopefully someday ill be able to do that. do you any different type of lures up there as it looks like the greys outnumber the reds?

I use 4 different lures and 2 baits...I never use both at the same set...
Fox Hollow pee at every set

Bait: Blackie's blend MY-T-MOUSE/ O'Gorman's powder river paste bait

Lure: Dobbin's perrfect
Knob Mountain red gland
Knob Mountain yote gland
Cavens violator 7
Can't remember what caught these 5!!!!

Just the luck of the draw that day,few days later got 5 red's ....same sets and smells...

Knob Mountain red gland has been catching them for me

Caught in a coyote set with Lennon's coyote lure and some coyote gland. The draw I caught him in is a travelway for coyotes between a creek and the highway where the state dumps some roadkill.

All great fox pictures.Very nice.

Another #4 DLS. This time it was an exposed set for cats. A little better marked than the last.

Man, that fox is rubbed!

Not rubbed he just has alot of grey in him. He's actually a pretty good little guy. Alot more black on this one.