Best fox bait

[kimh]

How about this?

Soaked horse hoof clippings

Anyone heard of this as a fox attractor ? Seem to remember being told about it years ago when I was a pest control officer for the use of attracting fox to an area but never had opportunity to try it Thanks in advance Jimmy

www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk

Yep this works but please put the container the hoofs are in inside another sealed bucket, I have a 2.5lt sealed glass bottle with the concentrate in an old rag, gloves, and a spray bottle in an airtight sealed bucket, I have known of one incident where the pickling blew a 5lt plastic container up in the footwell of a landrover ** you just can't imagine **

 

[camodog]

As 'TM' says @ '40'. My tubes are a larger diameter, 6". They are not buried but attached to a stake in an open area and have 2" - 3" holes drilled into the sides. Various food items, various carcasses can then be inserted. Foxes then have to work pulling bits out. No use where stock are present tho, they will knock it over. Most farms will have a suitable area that is stock free and not likely to be 'worked' often by machinery. Also best away from prying eyes ! As I mentioned earlier if the 'farm dog' is your issue, then bait further away. Whatever food a fox enjoys, then a scavenging GSD will also undoubtedly find attractive too !

 

[EDM]

Put it in a bait pipe, prevent dog clearing it all up before Charlie arrives.

Easily made yourself just cut some slots in a plastic pipe

 

[richard griffith]

What Camdog says.If you fish trout guts are a good addition to the pipe.Richard.

 

[FreshFace]

Here’s some just been painted and ready to go, used 150mm galvanised spiral duct, either hung up or wired up to a stake

 

[Triggermortis]

If I’m going to use new materials I’ll bury them in a compost heap for a while before putting them out, no different to new snares really

 

[FreshFace]

If I’m going to use new materials I’ll bury them in a compost heap for a while before putting them out, no different to new snares really

With a snare, I could not agree more but these mostly work from the start. The right location and almost any stinking food and a bit of patience.

 

[pop1]

I go sea fishing once a year. All guts off cuts heads tails etc I put in plastic tubs. I sometimes throw in eggs, cooking oil, rabbit guts etc and leave it to cook. It soon goes to liquid form and old foxy finds it irresistible. Use gloves when handling tho

 

[Tommy2bucks]

Wow bet that smells terrible

 

[Somersetdk]

Hoof trimmings boiled is a good one , I put it in a sprayer pump and cover fenceposts in it.

Another one that worked well was sardines and liver and food scraps blended up with some water then left in the sun.
It's a foul mix , I kept it in a squash bottle and it was looking swollen in the sun so thought I'd let the pressure off.......the thing went off like a bomb , myself and everything in a 5m radius was plastered in it. Safe to say the Mrs wasn't best pleased
What was left I dribbled along runs by a hedge line , baited up and before I got to the shooting point a fox was on it

 

[Cyres]

Tin of sardines in olive oil nailed to a fence post. Blood soaked onto sponge to lay a trail. Cheap fish cat biscuits from Lidl all do the job. Roe spinal column wired to a steel fencing pin.

List is endless.

D

 

[HeathStalker]

I tried to stake down a dead hare and watch for a nearby fox (which I have seen and know is around). No luck. Any ideas if hares are good?

 

[blueeyes]

I have a smart one ( smarter than the landowner thats for sure ) any way this is one of those areas there are always going to be foxes, take one out two move in , explained this to the landowner who keeps chickens, I went down one day and they were all out the pen walking around ,said to him he would need to be vigilant this time of the year especially , but then got the call all chickens killed bar two , said it had got in via and overhanging branch lol , so went down for a look , it is a very awkward bit of ground to try and get a safe back stop but try telling him that, set the caller up and played chicken in distress , within 10min came flying in scented me at the caller and off, waited a few days tried again carbon copy of the first , so went and got the dead birds and made a skewer and baited up with trail cam , 3 days past went down to check and nothing hadnt even taken the couple of heads I had left in the path it uses between the bushes , so back to the drawing board , its still there as he will text and say fox here now , its 3/4 an hour from me and think he expects me to drop everything and run lol , but will get it

 

[Dazb1967]

I tried to stake down a dead hare and watch for a nearby fox (which I have seen and know is around). No luck. Any ideas if hares are good?

I kept seeing a fox a couple of year ago, I put hares down, Road kill deer, Cat food and put a camera next to it, Nothing but rats buzzards badgers crows, I eventually caught up with her around 100m from where I had been baiting but she wasn't interested one bit in anything I put down.

 

[skywull]

 

[skywull]

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bury it ,put a sod over the top of it to hide it ,fill with what ever you like anything that stinks works i use fish it works for me

 

[Tommy2bucks]

bury it ,put a sod over the top of it to hide it ,fill with what ever you like anything that stinks works i use fish it works for me

That’s a cracking idea thanks pal

 

[MCL1129]

Yep this works but please put the container the hoofs are in inside another sealed bucket, I have a 2.5lt sealed glass bottle with the concentrate in an old rag, gloves, and a spray bottle in an airtight sealed bucket, I have known of one incident where the pickling blew a 5lt plastic container up in the footwell of a landrover ** you just can't imagine **

Yeh I use hoof clippings and boil them up and ferment them for a month or two . Stinks really bad but Charlie seem to like it

 

[User00025]

Old keepers trick or old wives tale, bury a cat with its tail sticking out if you want to draw a fox in, never tried it meself as there is a distinct lack of cats in the area.

My Grandfather swore by it, all with just a light covering of earth and five 4" gins placed around it, one for each extremity. Don't try it now gins are illegal.

 

[User00025]

Any stinking carcasses will do chuck it it the wheelings with a snare each side of it. Saves wasting time sitting on a bait. Snares and traps work 24 hrs, you can't.