Trapping thread

[roosterhavoc]

I don't believe leg traps are very humane. Trapping live and killing quickly is better rather that it's leg be in severe pain for who knows how long.

They’re footholds and not legholds. You should also read the sticky at the top of the predator and pests forum.

 

[BoopYrNose]

A cage trap might work for a fox, if you bait it with an irresistable food, and maybe cover the trap with a tarp, branches or boards so it won't look suspicious to the stupid animal.

Did you seriously just call a fox a “stupid animal“? Most foxes are more intelligent than dogs! I am by no means a chicken expert but I am an animal behaviorist and I’m curious as to why you would go to such measures to conceal the trap since you think a such a stupid animal!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Just want to follow.

 

[cmom]

We have a lot of coyotes. Here nothing preys on coyotes but they will prey on other predators such a bobcats and fox, whatever they can catch, including chickens. My birds are pretty safe. I've learned from previous losses, electric wire around my coops and pens, heavy duty netting covering the pens and concrete under the gates to the pens. I see a predator most nights on one of my game cameras. One of my neighbors has some coyote dens on his property and has asked some people if they want to hunt them with his permission. A coyote running along behind some of the coops early this morning.

 

[RhodeIslandRed5]

Yeah, we've got coyotes to and nobody hunts them. They carry mange, fleas and ticks and it's disgusting. Also, we have wild hogs which are also disgusting. There are WAY too many of then because they repopulate too quickly.

 

[RhodeIslandRed5]

Yeah, we've got coyotes to and nobody hunts them. They carry mange, fleas and ticks and it's disgusting. Also, we have wild hogs which are also disgusting. There are WAY too many of then because they repopulate too quickly.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

The question is not so much about if you can get some as much as it is are you getting one out of twenty, or eight out of ten?
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I thought the question was “how do I catch a fox in a cage trap?”

I think I need new reading glasses though... sometimes when I read these replies it all just looks like nonsense ... probably just the glasses though

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Did you seriously just call a fox a “stupid animal“? Most foxes are more intelligent than dogs! I am by no means a chicken expert but I am an animal behaviorist and I’m curious as to why you would go to such measures to conceal the trap since you think a such a stupid animal!

Did you seriously just boop my nose?

Also, you did you seriously just sign up on this site today, just to defend the intelligence of an entire genus, to someone misinformed enough to post what they posted on this dumpster fire of a thread?

Save your outrage, it’s not worth much in today's economy anyway... and it’ll trade for nothing on this thread

 

[Maugwa]

I thought the question was “how do I catch a fox in a cage trap?”

I think I need new reading glasses though... sometimes when I read these replies it all just looks like nonsense ... probably just the glasses though

I guess I could of been a little more clear on what I was thinking. Yes, you absolutely can catch a fox in a live trap, but if you can catch one out of twenty of them like that, I'd consider you extremely lucky.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

I guess I could of been a little more clear on what I was thinking. Yes, you absolutely can catch a fox in a live trap, but if you can catch one out of twenty of them like that, I'd consider you extremely lucky.

I’m glad you cleared that up, for a few minutes I thought you were thinking you’d dazzle the crowd with tales of your past exploits, then slip in some “proven” scent control tactics, drop a gratuitous photo of dead critters, and revel in the adoration that followed.... but I was mistaken.

I have no guess on the ratio of foxes that can be caught in a cage vs not... but then again I’ve never even tried to catch a fox in a cage style trap, I use traps of a different style.... but if we use BYC as our data sample I think 1 in 20 would be wildly optimistic.

Obviously it can be done, cmom has proven it so, but she has beaten the odds, and I have pretty good idea why.

My guess is an investment in quality, purpose built cage style traps that are bigger and cost quite a bit more ( versus the ubiquitous haveahart junk) , a bit of work, and most importantly dogged persistence.

So while I thank you for the clarification, I think if anyone wants to learn a little something about putting a fox in a cage... regardless of the odds ... they should be asking her to be a little more clear, and tuning out the rest of the noise.