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Location Location Location ! Great pics thanks for sharing them I always like to see another trappes finished sets. Question was that first set or a rebuild? Looks like the original setting since theres no trap circle or disturbance around the set but you never know from a pic some trappers are real anal about putting it all back together again. Myself I find the more it gets dug out and stunk up by fox the better it gets.
Back to location.. you made a pretty solid observation there on the field edge being used as travel routes by k9's . If you want to further capitalize on this common behavior start making your sets upwind of the edge so your sets sscents are coming across the most likely path. Its a commonly overlooked ingredient to a great trap set. When an old timer looked at me odd one January and said why are you putting it there and I said cause it looks like a good spot I was quickly re educated about wel this looks good to and will work better cause more animals even ones that arent slowing down to hunt that particular area will find your set.
One other thing I had hit me when I saw your set, large trees afford great leverage against a trap and something for the animal to assist himself in pulling out. I usually create my own backings that arent solid and simply move around when an animal is caught. Had a big Male Bobcat pull out on us this year when he found a 6 foot piece of buried angle iron buried under the ground close to the set He wrapped the chain on it and that gave him just enough pulling power to get out. Let me tell ya that will hurt your feelings!
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