dave kelly Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 I have been b aiting a fox for the last three days tying a rabbit with line to the battery of a clock.the first day the clock stoped at ten to six;the second day ten past eight i.thought get there at five should be ok.today it stoped at ten past two.all the times are am ; so do not know what time to get there as I cant stay up all night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Wishing you the best of luck that it is a Fox , but how do you know 100% it is a Fox not something else ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Or one fox ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave kelly Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Wishing you the best of luck that it is a Fox , but how do you know 100% it is a Fox not something else ?? i have seen him at ten oclock once ;but not the last few nights;as i have stayed there till twelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Keep baiting the fox is having it. You might like to try using a caller. Do you know where they are coming from? Maybe worth trying a few crumbs of tuna along the track. Might help to get an earlier shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 If you know it's a Fox keep baiting I would. Just patients sometimes and they'll show , as whitebridges as said a caller helps sometimes if there's one about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 yes if it's taking the bait keep baiting, and after if you shoot one, times 1 & 2 could have picked bait up on way home, once it twigged easy meal went straight to bait station the 3rd time hence earlier. just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave kelly Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Have tried a caller and put sardines with dog food from where I think he is coming from for the last week its been gone every time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 I would go to bed early, get in place by midnight and wait, 6 or 7 hours simply fly by!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Or use a cage trap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Sat up trees from 12am till 6.30am, you will be surprised how many pass by you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave kelly Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 went back at four this morning rabbit as gone;clock stoped at six but that could have been me as that's the time I set it last night.Saw a fox at five twenty but at the other end of the field;and did not present a shot.I will keep on trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 went back at four this morning rabbit as gone;clock stoped at six but that could have been me as that's the time I set it last night.Saw a fox at five twenty but at the other end of the field;and did not present a shot.I will keep on trying. Persistence is the key , you'll get him Took me nearly 3 weeks to get my last one but got him in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave kelly Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 bought a wild life camera from aldi this morning; so I hope I can see him and what time he is around.i will set it up by the bait station tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) In my experience after this many takes the fox has got the idea and will turn up regularly at a very similar time. You seem to be getting a wide spread, certainly that is not impossible but I find it a little odd. Perhaps there is more than one on the go, maybe even a cat of badger, whatever. May I suggest you turn up early, take a flask, and get prepared for a wait! ATB! Edit Just seen the Trail Cam bit above, that should help! Edited June 21, 2015 by Dekers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Keep feeding usually they get earlier just after dark usually. Basically it starts being their first place to look, if you are getting really odd times it could well be more than one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewsher500 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I have a cam near a trap wily **** walks around the trap over 4 nights it was there within a 15 minute window every single night on the trail cam wont go in the trap though...... bullet coming his way soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave kelly Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Looked at the trail camera this morning.the video showed the fox between one thirty and five past two am;he is very warey and keeps looking at the camera.I will bait up again tonight and see if it comes around the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave kelly Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Baited up last night at ten stayed there till six this morning not a thing taken;yet the rabbits have gone every other night. I must be doing something wrong;left the camera on just in case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Sounds like he`s getting wind of you one way or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Baited up last night at ten stayed there till six this morning not a thing taken;yet the rabbits have gone every other night. I must be doing something wrong;left the camera on just in case Sound or smell possibly giving you away if he's visiting regular like that then a know show .... Or he just had a night in lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave kelly Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 The bait as been going at different times the last few nights.then he does not come for a day or two;as nothing shows on the camera.Last night he came at four to four thirty as there ten photos on the camera.he is now leaving the rabbit bait and just taken the mix of dog food and sardines.I will have him but when.;;; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveboy Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Don't worry at this rate of feeding he will die of a heart attack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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