Snaring foxes??

The Big Fella

To put it short lads Ive bought 4 fox snares and I have let them weather. Ill be ready to set them at the weekend and I just want to know how yee would go about setting them. I know where 3 fox dens are but I dont know weather to set them directley outside the entrance or on a run thanks lads;)

jap gt

i used to catch a few on runs where they used to cross under a fence, but iv stopped using them now, i use a cage to trap them and lamping keeps the numbers down

Birdnuts

The Big Fella wrote: »

To put it short lads Ive bought 4 fox snares and I have let them weather. Ill be ready to set them at the weekend and I just want to know how yee would go about setting them. I know where 3 fox dens are but I dont know weather to set them directley outside the entrance or on a run thanks lads;)

Try and find their marking posts on well used runs - has worked for me in the past:)

landkeeper

if your unsure as to how to set them then don't
it's an art form doing it correctly try to find someone who knows what they are doing and ask for some practical help other wise your likely to end up with someones moggy /dog or at worst a pissed off and angry brock

jap gt

landkeeper wrote: »

if your unsure as to how to set them then don't
it's an art form doing it correctly try to find someone who knows what they are doing and ask for some practical help other wise your likely to end up with someones moggy /dog or at worst a pissed off and angry brock

good advice if you havent used them before, to be honest they are a pain in the hole unless your sure its only fox in the area, as said the neighbiur wont be happy if his dog gets caught in it, if its your first time using them try and get someone to show you, i did when i started and it saved alot of hassle

round tower huntsman

if you know where there's earths that are live get your local terrierman to sort out the foxes. it'll mean a quick death and dont have to worry bout other animals getting caught up in snares.

i not a fan of snares. we were out lamping other night and the lurcher caught a rabbit that had a homemade snare cuaght around his chest:mad: it had started to cut into his skin.

johngalway

round tower huntsman wrote: »

i not a fan of snares. we were out lamping other night and the lurcher caught a rabbit that had a homemade snare cuaght around his chest:mad: it had started to cut into his skin.

That's why they need to be used by people that know how to use them. The vast majority of foxes I've snared have been sat, quite alive, waiting for me and the shotgun in the early morning. They're an invaluable tool, much more use than any gun or dog in the right hands.

DavyDee

I know 2 brothers that get a serious number of foxes in snares and insist on leaving them in cow dung for afew days, they also make sure they kill off their own scent off their hands when setting them too! Just make sure its a fox run your setting them on or some poor farmer might find dear old rex hanging from a ditch!

round tower huntsman

johngalway wrote: »

That's why they need to be used by people that know how to use them. The vast majority of foxes I've snared have been sat, quite alive, waiting for me and the shotgun in the early morning. They're an invaluable tool, much more use than any gun or dog in the right hands.

agreed john. i never called for em to be banned or said they werent usefull in right hands. they're not for me but you work away.

The Big Fella

Right so lads thanks for the advice.;)

Tackleberrywho

The Big Fella wrote: »

Right so lads thanks for the advice.;)

My mate made a HUMANE fox trap out of an old defunct shopping trolley
.22lr to dispatch. 100% success rate to date, caught 5 foxes

kildare.17hmr

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

My mate made a HUMANE fox trap out of an old defunct shopping trolley
.22lr to dispatch. 100% success rate to date, caught 5 foxes

Is there a pic of that up here somwhere? think i remember seeing something like that

Tackleberrywho

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Is there a pic of that up here somwhere? think i remember seeing something like that

I posted it before on here, several actually. I'll try and locate one and post it AGAIN

Edit pic inserted

Tackleberrywho

There are more pics of it but I could not be ars*d putting them up as they are up already on another thread;)