sambo Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 hi guys im after building a fox trap mainly because im not paying the prices ive seen on the net. so what size would you recommend i was thinking 2ftx2ftx5ft what do you think? sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Unless it`s for a domestic situation then your wasting your time............sizes sound good though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambo Posted July 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Unless it`s for a domestic situation then your wasting your time............sizes sound good though! no its not i was thinking that i can only be on the shoot so many hours a day but a trap can be there 24/7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Unless you're planning on setting it up near say a poultry farm, or some pens that're getting broken into then it'll be a waste of time. I've set ours up in different spots and so far I've caught two lambs and lost count of the number of badgers (released). Waste of time IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 traps can work well in right area,bury the bottom of the trap in the ground,and put trap in place without setting it ,for a few weeks to weather ,then when your ready put bait in trap,but dont set it,let them get used to going in and out of trap for a while.the longer the trap is in place,the more you ll catch in the long run.my mate as one in his allotment,and catches 10 a year easy,and only sets it now and then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Unless it`s for a domestic situation then your wasting your time............sizes sound good though! no its not i was thinking that i can only be on the shoot so many hours a day but a trap can be there 24/7 That`s what wires are for, and you can get loads for the price of a cage. You can use middens to lure them in or set on routes they take, as they are creatures of habit, even putting them where you`ve seen or shot them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikkamark Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Unless it`s for a domestic situation then your wasting your time............sizes sound good though! no its not i was thinking that i can only be on the shoot so many hours a day but a trap can be there 24/7 That`s what wires are for, and you can get loads for the price of a cage. You can use middens to lure them in or set on routes they take, as they are creatures of habit, even putting them where you`ve seen or shot them before. The snares are VERY effective when used by a lad with a lot of knowledge of the area that needs to be controlled once you have found all known passes they catch an awful lot imho there just as effective as shooting and work well in overgrown areas such as plantations where its difficult to get in with a gun a chap i know who runs a fairly large commercial partridge and pheasant rearing pen and takes his fox control very seriously he has setup 25 snares on land around his pens he got 32 foxes in them in july alone the area around him is very boggy and cannot be accessed by foot so snares were the only option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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