woodga 170 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) well iv been asked to help tackle a problem of foxes taking some poulty and small piglets so yesterday ratcherman and myself went to a small plantation bordering the small holding to have a look and set a few fox snares in the hope of catching the culprits we had a fox this morning a small vixen but neither of us had the camera :blush-anim-cl: so we reset a snare on the run , and went up tonight with the tourch around 70clock to have a quick check i knew the foxes were regularly travelling this plantation and on arrival we discovered a nice vixen in the first snare :thumbup:. this was ratchermans first fox with a bit of tutition he got his first neck snared fox . the snare was set around ten inches high with a nice 8x10 noose notice there is no bushing in this is not required. here,s a picture of the set snare the vixen ratchermans first fox we then walked onto the next snare location and found a nice big dog fox also neck snared :thumbup: this fox had some head on him and he was stockily built weight was 18 lb , he has a nice coat and im going to case skin him and keep the pelt . the dog fox the dog and vixen taken less than 50 yards apart hopefully the culprits Edited January 22, 2009 by woodga Quote Link to post
donk 12 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Excellent work lads. Did you use your ground hook thingy? forgot what you call it now? Healthy lookin specimens they were as well Quote Link to post
woodga 170 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 yes we used earth anchors on both snare sets avoiding entanglement problems foxes dispatched with the rim fire Quote Link to post
Tuzo 251 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Excellent result Col and Ratch..............the poultry men will be happier now. Quote Link to post
robsharpe 1 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 well done your getting good ,a good teacher helps i can vouch for that 1 Quote Link to post
Guest SUPERTED Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Well done there lads 2 crackers there atb Quote Link to post
snareman 3 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 yes we used earth anchors on both snare sets avoiding entanglement problems foxes dispatched with the rim fire nice dog fox well fattened on the piglets . Quote Link to post
woodard 32 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 good do nice to see 10 out of 10 Quote Link to post
ianrob 2 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 well iv been asked to help tackle a problem of foxes taking some poulty and small piglets so yesterday ratcherman and myself went to a small plantation bordering the small holding to have a look and set a few fox snares in the hope of catching the culprits we had a fox this morning a small vixen but neither of us had the camera :blush-anim-cl: so we reset a snare on the run , and went up tonight with the tourch around 70clock to have a quick check i knew the foxes were regularly travelling this plantation and on arrival we discovered a nice vixen in the first snare :thumbup:. this was ratchermans first fox with a bit of tutition he got his first neck snared fox . the snare was set around ten inches high with a nice 8x10 noose notice there is no bushing in this is not required. here,s a picture of the set snare we then walked onto the next snare location and found a nice big dog fox also neck snared :thumbup: this fox had some head on him and he was stockily built weight was 18 lb , he has a nice coat and im going to case skin him and keep the pelt . :thumbup: Nice Colin, two lovely foxes there, as snareman says the dog is a solid looking bugger. Well done lads. Quote Link to post
TOMO 26,963 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 GOOD STUFF GENTS BOTH FOXES LOOKED VERY HEALTHY. TOMO Quote Link to post
akton 15 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Excellent results well done to you both and a fine report to boot. Enjoyed reading the report. :clapper: Quote Link to post
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Well done lads and especially ratcherman on your first of many Quote Link to post
donk 12 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 yes we used earth anchors on both snare sets avoiding entanglement problems foxes dispatched with the rim fire Thats them,an amazingly simple but effective piece of kit. I was telling a lad round my way bout them a while back after he'd lost 18 hens,he was very sceptical,lol. Ijust said 'fair enough'. He was going to catch the rogue 'his own way' As far as i know he still hasnt caught it Quote Link to post
No1ShottySid 0 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 good stuff, how do you get the loop so round ? Quote Link to post
woodga 170 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 thats what you term a loaded snare as soon as a fox hits the loop it fires forward when the snare is made i run the first 5 or 6 inches below the eye arond a nail this curves the wire making the noose round it needs practice to perfect though Quote Link to post
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