Ferretboy111 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Hello all; I dont usually post up pictures of the foxes I shoot or snare, Im up to 18 foxes (Adults and cubs) through snaring and shooting on my 850 acre shoot since a week before harvest. I lamp practically every night and havent seen many recently; however ive had 8 snares set around a 3-5 acre wood for around a month now with no luck. Last night i re-set the snares as the poults keep knocking them down during the day, i was using hazel as a tealer and 2 foot long rods as an anchor. Checked this morning and amazingly I caught two dog foxes, not very old around the wood. Now up to 20 First foxey caught in specially set runs using my truck on the woods grass margin- Anchor head- Second fox in a gap sprayed off with roundup between a pond and a wood- (Hay is everywhere as the fox has scrabbed at a bale used for poults too stand and look off) And here the two are- Both were dispatched with a .410, gives those poults and red legs abit more of a chance Many thanks Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Nice one mate That is 2 less, keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzini Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 (edited) Awesome when you snare your first fox, Heres my first fox that was taking the ducks off my pond. Nice dog was he was, found dead in the snare. The Run He Was using, And The Snare Edited August 28, 2009 by Rizzini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Rizzini from memory the laws state that the snares must not be able to tangle with anything hence why your first fox killed himself, and why mine needed shooting humanely. Yeah im pleased, its not my first snared fox mind, but it is the first day that ive snared two in one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Awesome when you snare your first fox, Heres my first fox that was taking the ducks off my pond. Nice dog was he was, found dead in the snare.The Run He Was using, And The Snare Explain what you mean by 'found dead in the snare'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzini Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Well this fox had killed itself, unluckily. I know its not the best thing but it does happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Well this fox had killed itself, unluckily. I know its not the best thing but it does happen. So the snare was set correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 I have snared well over 100 foxes and have had a few die in the snare, although it was set properly, didn't snag, or anything similar and was checked regularly. Whether death was due to heart attack, stress, or some other reason I don't know. It is regretful, but it does happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie g Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 not something i would like doing. but these things need doing i guess when you have alot of ground to cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB916 Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 I have mixed feelings on this activity, am I alone ? Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie g Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 there is nothing wrong with it as long as there checked often. so the fox dont suffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Well done fellas Good results :yp: Although snares are not to everyones liking,they are an effective means of control and it,s up to the individual to decide whether he/she wants to use them and shouldn,t be questioned about an activity they are legally carrying out,especially whenthey have tried to carry out this activity within the letter of the law and to ensure that it is as humane as possible.The fact they took guns with them for despatch proves this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowen20 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 nice going its not for me thow, but each to thier own. i prefer more of and instantaneous kill. never the less nice going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 If something has to suffer then it can either be one fox or all the birds it terrorises and rips apart. Most shoot them, but if it's not working you have to use the next tactic in order to stop the birds suffering. How I see it, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted August 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I use any legal method to kill foxes, as from writing my 14,000 word dissertation on radio tagging red leg partridges more partridges die from foxes than people would think. I shoot them, I snare them, I use terriers for flushing to guns. Funny thing is that I lamp most nights, and hadnt seen a single fox around this wood. Yet put out some snares, and two are caught. I guess that some foxes are just too clever for lamping. Think ive shot 15 out of the 20 foxes shot since harvest, the other 5 are from snares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperfox36 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I have mixed feelings on this activity, am I alone ? Dave B no ur not m8 dont get me wrong i love my fox shooting or trapping them but snareing dont sit right with me im not condeming what other people do thats up too them this is just my opinion happy hunting all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I think that even though snaring foxes might not be to everyones taste in some cases it is the only practical option, as long as it is done correctly. Ferretboy seems to be doing everything that he can to do this within the letter of the law, and as he has stated, some foxes are a little too wise to be lamped. I personally would prefere not to use snares but I do not have any problem with those who do as long as they know what they are doing, which Ferretboy obviously does. As several others have said if that is what needs to be done to protect your poultry, game bitds, etc; then so be it! Well done Ferretboy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Gamekeepers undertaking predator control need all the legal tools in the bag, nice work FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentishsteve Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 is does make you wonder though why fox hunting was banned and yet snaring wasn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofthewings Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 One of the guns who regularly lamps for fox,s on his shot showed me where he kept seeing an old dog fox that would not respond to calling, if he tried to get closer it just seemed to melt away. He was sure it was the same fox because he could see a scab mark on it,s left hind leg. Any way two day,s later I had him in a snare LOTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 is does make you wonder though why fox hunting was banned and yet snaring wasn't 2 words: Class war. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyh1988 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 yeah each to there own but snaring isn't doing it for me as far as foxes go i worked on a few farms where foxes were present but i belive a gun or fox hunting is more humane but this is obviously just my opinion i have snared rabbits but i do belive there was a snare ban on something cant remember what it was tho but anyway happy hunting j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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