Do you think this would be fun for me? I have a h3ll of a lot of coons and gray foxes here and I always get pictures of themat my bait piles.... Would trapping be fun? I would cary a rifle with me to kill whatever I catch thoughh I could sell the skins!

Hey Buckmaster,
Trapping is still my favorite outdoor activity. You will learn more about critters by trapping than any other outdoor activity. I doubt if you will have much luck with gray fox in a live trap but you can clean up on coons with one.

it would be a ball, espicaly to see how long they worked the set befor comiting to the cage. id like to see the pics if ya get some. trapper i know the boys out west that cant foot trap get grays quite often, reds are about unherd of but ive even seen a pic of a yote in a live trap. these are good sized traps concealed good with ground cover over the cage bottom though.

Yeah, I just read an article about some guys catching bobcats in cage traps in California but I think a new trapper might get pretty frustrated trying to catch gray fox in them. It wouldn't be the first time I was wrong though. Probably not the first time today even!

how much could I get for a pelt nowadays? just wondering?

heres the results of the last auction i sent fur to.



Species
Offered
% Sold
Average
Top
Quote

Beaver 50,000
90%
$22.42
$260.00


Wild Mink
19,500
85%
$16.58
$35.00


Sable
26,000
95%
NWT - $70.30

Overall - $61.03
$135.00


Otter
6,100
70%
$49.40
$105.00


Fisher
8,000
95%
$74.32
$94.00


Lynx
1,500
90%
Western - $155.75

Eastern - $140.00
$300.00

$290.00


Lynx Cat
500
90%
Western - $175.79

Eastern - $144.72
$610.00

$260.00


Muskrat
Mainly withdrawn

Raccoon
90,000
85%

85%

75%

60%

75%
Ontario - $16.11

Minn/Wisc - $23.24

Iowa - $20.24

West Semi - $15.79

Eastern - $16.06
$26.00

$41.00

$34.00

$24.00

$23.00


Coyote
7,000
80%
Easterns - $30.05

Westerns - $46.89
$39.00

$70.00


Red Fox
7,500
95%

100%

90%
Easterns - $29.51

Westerns - $20.24

Central - $15.53
$70.00


Grey Fox
1000
98%
$44.25
$64.00


Wolf
250
85%
$122.62
$370.00


Wolverine
100
100%
$204.95
$410.00



FHA’s next sale will be held on May 27th & 28th, 2007.

Buckmaster ... I would start out with a live trap for raccoons and see if it's something you really want to do, skinning is a art and making the right size of boards for each animal takes a lot of time.

Beaver hoops and skinning one are the main problems that you will soon learn is a lot of work and they are not easy pack if you have to go very far.

Don't want to discourage you but you need to read a lot and understand the care of the fur to get top dollar.

Trapped for years and it's hard work.

cliff

im not gonna sell them, just going to skin them with the tail attached like I did my last squirrel

btw- that was

hu of yall no the most about trapping cause i got some question

I don't think anybody is going to claim to know the most. I trapped for a few years but still have a lot to learn. I would just start another thread and ask your questions. If somebody has something to add they will.

do u think a fox will go into my live trap cause i got one eatin my chickens and i cant use a steel trap cause i got dogs and goats

do u think a fox will go into my live trap cause i got one eatin my chickens and i cant use a steel trap cause i got dogs and goats

I don't know for sure but I think it would be tough. If the chickens are in a pen or coop and the fox is squeezing in there you might be able to set a live trap there and he might walk into it. I think finding a spot he is squeezing through a tight space will be the key. Just setting a baited live trap out might be hard to get him into. I haven't tried it though so I could easily be wrong.

i have been trappin for a lon time and i just started to try to catch that fox but i keep catchin coons what kind of traps do u use we got like 50 acres of field where my chickens are and we put up a deer stand so we can go back and see if we can shoot the fox but i wanna try to catch him first

I don't know what state you are in or the regulations for that state so it is hard to say what is best. If I were going to catch a fox I would use 1 1/2 coil spring traps or cable restraints, depending on terrain, etc. You really need to find out what is legal before going much further though. One other thing to consider is, if you have a bunch of chickens in a 50 acre field you are always going to have predators coming after them. I don't think removing a fox is going to be the long term fix you desire.
It is a lot of fun though!

i live in louisiana my chickes are fenced in though in about a 2 acre place inside of that bbig feild i hae the trapping license and its legal and i got the bait ant the right size trap but i just need some tips of what else to do to catch that fox

It is pretty hard to beat a plain old dirt hole set for canines. Dig a hole about 4" in diameter about 12" deep at a 45 degree angle. Put the bait in the hole and cover it with a wad of grass. Do this against some kind of backing like a clump of tall grass, rock, log, or whatever. You just want it so the fox can't look in the hole from behind so he has to walk in front. Bed your trap in front of the hole with the center of the pan about 6" from the edge of the hole. One of the biggest mistakes people make is not bedding the trap rock solid. If you do this with a scent free trap you have a good chance of catching the fox.
There are a lot of other details you need to get right but if you want a great book on the subject I would suggest Hal Sullivan's books. Trapline 2000 or Canines 2000 are both very good. He has a website and I know there are some trapping forums on the web where you can get more info.

my chickens are in al little field by the big field ad i gotthe license and it is legal to trap them here in louisana so all i need is tips on how to carch afox and i got the right size trap

what is the name of that website