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Originally posted by Trapper_Stephen88
Well actually it was more of an educated guess. This was the first year I tried to catch a fox and I read that they used the edge of fields for roads... If you were to walk straight out of the woods, there is a small field bordered by a road, so to prevent people from seeing it I had to make the set just inside the woods. Plus that's were our property ends and our house is not too far up the left of there, so I had to put it as far away as I could. I had aslo seen some rabbits and mice around and I figured alot of hungry foxes might be attracted to the area...even though I had never even seen a fox or tracks around there, it felt like a good spot. I actually caught 4 foxes in that area.
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You've explained pretty well what I've been trying to get across to some of the newbees.
You used your knowlege of the critters habits and didn't just set a trap in hopes the critter would stumble into it.
The animal had a reason to be there.
The critters were using the edge of the field as a road and there was food around.
Congratulations great pictures.