I'm having problems with Vulpes

[centrarchid]

Good luck catching a fox in a live trap. It can be done but they are weary.
I had a live bird in this trap secured so nothing could get it and the fox knew it but wouldn't go inside but tried to dig under the trap. I see a fox most every night on one of my game cameras. I did catch this one in leg traps eventually but an other moved in to take it's place.
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I had same problems across board recently. Fence tweaking and better release of dogs resolved although second fox still probes. Pretty certain more than one second fox operating in area; they are hard to tell apart.

 

[Dona Worry]

You were advised against using a foothold trap but are allowed to shoot? Do you live in a neighborhood without firearm discharge ordinances?
Foothold traps designed for fox are not dangerous to children or dogs. Your obviously receiving terrible advice. If you don’t know how to trap them your best bet is to find someone who does.

How are foothold traps not dangerous to domestic animals?

 

[Dona Worry]

As for getting rid of foxes-- I had some local kids come hunt them. Made it very clear no traps, but they had a blast setting up game cameras and skulking about in the middle of the night. They only got one fox, but the others seemed to have moved on.

 

[centrarchid]

How are foothold traps not dangerous to domestic animals?

I cover my traps during day and keep dogs confined on trap nights. Domestic cats not likely to mess around traps and too light to set them off they I have been doing it. Only my animals are supposed to be on property of concern. The trapping approach not well suited for urban areas or where lots of valued pets are free-range.

 

[roosterhavoc]

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How are foothold traps not dangerous to domestic animals?

I’m not sure what you mean by dangerous. Foothold traps when set properly by someone with half a brain aren’t particularly dangerous. If you have domestic animals running around with roughly the same weight of a fox then you might want to prevent them from running loose so they won’t get into the trap. They can be covered during the day like @centrarchid said. A fox sized trap won’t hurt a dog.
I’m guessing you just don’t like traps from what you’ve heard.

 

[roosterhavoc]

There’s a lot of misinformation about traps out there. From what I’ve seen people on here really enjoy regurgitating bad advice.
I’m aware many animals can be caught in live traps but you will educate just as many as you catch.
Foxes can obviously be caught in cages but it’s more common in suburban areas than rural. Foxes in rural areas have a more natural wild instinct and aren’t quite dumb enough to go into a cage. You won’t even catch all the raccoons in cages.

 

[aart]

Foothold traps when set properly by someone with half a brain aren’t particularly dangerous. ....A fox sized trap won’t hurt a dog.

Maybe not, might depend on the size of the dog(imagining a yorkie digging for the great smelling bait), but it certainly isn't cool.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Maybe not, might depend on the size of the dog(imagining a yorkie digging for the great smelling bait), but it certainly isn't cool.

Commons sense must be used. What do you mean by “certainly isn’t cool”? If you have a dog smaller than a fox or a whole mess of outside cats then maybe it’s isnt the best option but for some to say they are outright dangerous is false. Too many people are expressing their personal opinion of trapping on here instead of what would work best to fix the problem.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Maybe not, might depend on the size of the dog(imagining a yorkie digging for the great smelling bait), but it certainly isn't cool.

You also don’t have to use bait or any lure at all. A person could set a trap on a trail or in an area where the fox is coming through if known.
This way you wouldn’t be attracting other animals. Using bait and lure with traps is only half way effective on a fox who already knows what he’s after.

 

[Biddybot]

I've mercifully only had a couple of problem foxes over the years. One got ambitious enough to dig a hole under my perimeter fence way in the back, which, unfortunately for the fox, created an ideal snaring opportunity. I set one and caught him within 24 hours. They're usually pretty easy to snare, easier than trapping them, so you might want to explore that option. It's not too difficult to set up something that forces a fox to go through a small narrow space if they want to get at some tasty bait, but remember that a snare doesn't discriminate in what it catches and that a properly set one kills quickly...wouldn't count on being able to release a 'mistake', in other words...

The other fox, I knew he was around because he was coming on the property at night and it was winter, with enough snow already on the ground that I was leaving my gate open full-time. I'd find his tracks coming and going down the laneway and then all around the chicken house and runs, and--rather surprisingly--about the can corral where I store garbage. I guessed he must be a very hungry fox and set a live-trap with the usual cat food bait and got him within two days. A silver fox, as it turned out, and one which I think a fox farm might have dumped, which explained his rather stupid behaviour...they're usually more wary and difficult to live-trap, unless you get creative and use something impossible to resist, like live bait. Live-traps are always the best choice if there's ever any possibility of catching someone's pets, either your own or the neighbour's. The worst thing that happens there if you catch the wrong animal is that you sacrifice a can of bait. (Or sometimes several cans of bait, like with the little black and white cat I caught THREE TIMES one week because the particular flavour I was using must've been like crack cocaine to her or something, sheesh!)