hutchie the white hunter Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Wanted to know if anyone had the dimensions and what materials to use to make a live fox trap thanks would be appeciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Hope ya got townie foxes to go into them, never caught a country fox in one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy111 Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 I've made a couple, never caught a experienced charlie, but plenty of cubs. The only problem is that you also get plenty of 4-legged magpies. Mine are roughly 5'6" long and 2' square. Idealy shoot vixen 1st, then put trap out, gathers the little ******* p.d.q., but like all traps, must be checked at least once, preferrably twice every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly87 Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Wanted to know if anyone had the dimensions and what materials to use to make a live fox trap thanks would be appeciated this is what we use on our farm sometimes, seems to work well made out of box section steel and steel grating, pretty self explanatory really, just set the string on the hook that holds up the trap door trying to make it as close to the end as you can. Then just tie a rabbit or some sort of dead smelly animal to the other end of the hook, old Charlie comes along wanting some free dinner pulls on the rabbit and the trap door comes down behind him. it is quite a heavy trap so you might need a quad or something to get it into position, but i think due to its large size, foxes dont get spooked as they go through the entrance. just out of interest is this how all fox traps work??? never really seen any other ones hope this helps and gives you a few ideas cheers, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Dad made one a few years back out of very heavy timber and bite proof mesh. It has a sliding door at the front which the fox enters through to get the bait. The bait is attached to some baler twine which goes around a bar which is through the middle of the trap and then attached to a skewer which is poked through a hole which holds the sliding door up. As it is at least 8 years old and been living outside it is weathered and doesn't spook animals like a metal folding design which lives in a garage most of the year. The only problem with it is it is not long enough so if the fox has its back legs outside the trap as the door comes down then it can back-scuttle out. We are thinking about making a much bigger design with 2 compartments. One will be the trap compartment, the other a large cage and pen for a chicken to live in which will be rotated every day or so. It will be in our main free range chicken pen where we have the fox problem. It may also be worth putting a few wires around the side of the cage incase the fox just decides to mooch around the perimeter instead of going inside or if you trap one and it's mates are also interested. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 This is my yote/pig trap. My fox size ones are much smaller. This one is roughly 6 feet in length, 4 feet high, and3 feet wide. Made from 4 inch square pig mesh.....1/4 inch thick.....it has a trigger that I can set a pan of sour mash in or I can wire a dead chicken to the upright. The trigger depresses when weight applied pushing the hook from the suspended door. When the door drops the side pins keep it from opening until you release the spring pressure on them. The fox/coon ones are all out at the moment, but I have one at Dads that I will take a photo of next trip over...today or tommorrow.....The door on them is held down by a small piece of rod that needs to be pressure released once the door drops, but the trigger is the same. they are roughly 12 inches square, 3 feet in length, are a 1/4" frame bent and welded, covered in 1"x1 1/2" welded wire. Sorry for the snow but winter has come back again this morning. NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Took afew more shots of the large trap with the back wire off....which keeps animals from reaching through and setting the trap off. And one of the small raccoon/fox ones. couple more NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchie the white hunter Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Wanted to know if anyone had the dimensions and what materials to use to make a live fox trap thanks would be appeciated this is what we use on our farm sometimes, seems to work well made out of box section steel and steel grating, pretty self explanatory really, just set the string on the hook that holds up the trap door trying to make it as close to the end as you can. Then just tie a rabbit or some sort of dead smelly animal to the other end of the hook, old Charlie comes along wanting some free dinner pulls on the rabbit and the trap door comes down behind him. it is quite a heavy trap so you might need a quad or something to get it into position, but i think due to its large size, foxes dont get spooked as they go through the entrance. just out of interest is this how all fox traps work??? never really seen any other ones hope this helps and gives you a few ideas cheers, Tim thanks very mutch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchie the white hunter Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Took afew more shots of the large trap with the back wire off....which keeps animals from reaching through and setting the trap off. And one of the small raccoon/fox ones. couple more NTTF that looks brill i will keep these in mind cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pestbry Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 i got 2 in back garden at the mo caught the dog and vixen from urban garden i will take pis 2m for u if i can both are hand made by myself and work Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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