the prowler
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The warrener, pat Carey used to sell a little jar of smelly fox attracting paste. Anyone got a jar they want to sell?
Fox scent attractions
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Pellet Pinger
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I use this, no need for a caller
the prowler
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My girlfriend has horses and the dogs love to eat the bits after trimmings. I will pick some up and try it.
Jameshenry
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Used to go out foxing with a beagle pack years ago, one of the older guns there by the name of Terry, used to always carry fox's glacier mints in his pocket ...reckoned it slocked the foxes his way 
blueeyes
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Horse Hoof Bait
First you need to get with your local farrier (horseshoer) and have him save you his trimming. The best part of the hoof to use is the part closest to the frog, which is located nearest the center of the hoof. But any part of the hoof will work.
Next you need to cut hooves into pieces. This requires a good pair of hoof nippers or a good set of limb shears. Cut the hoof into approximately one inch pieces, but any size that will fit into the container that you plan to use to store the bait in is fine.
Next find an old pot that you don’t plan on using for any household use. I use one that I boil deer, sheep and cattle skulls. A propane fish cooker is also a good thing to have when doing this because it should be done outside, or you will be sleeping with the dogs outside also.
After you have found your pot and fish cooker. Take the hooves and pieces, cover them with about 2 to 4 quarts of water, allowing them to set overnight. Then using the fish cooker, OUTSIDE, boil the hooves for an hour or two, more water should be added to keep the hooves well covered. Once you have decided they have boiled long enough, the water should have a color of ice tea, cut off the heat and allow to cool.
Once cool put in the container you plan to use to age the lure in, and add enough water to bring the level to approximately four-fifths full. Place this container in full sun and allow to age. Place the container away from the house. I use the roof of an outbuilding or an old abandoned building for this, also take care that no animals can get to it Leave the lid on loose, so the gasses can escape, but no so loose that flies can get into it.
One method I have used in the past to make an aging lid for a container is to take a screw on valve stem, drill a hole into the lid so it will fit in snuggly, and attach it to the lid with a nut. Then take the valve core out and drill a small hole in the cap. Once you have done this take caulk or silicone and put on the inside, outside and around the cap. This will keep the flies from blowing the lure.
Another method is to take a 3 or 4 foot piece of one quarter inch plastic air conditioning hose and drill a hole in the lid, put the A/C hose through the lid and silicone the hose on the inside and outside to the lid. Then take a 2 liter soft drink bottle lid and drill a hole in it so the hose will fit snuggly. Fill the 2 liter bottle, three quarters full of water, attach the lid, making sure that the end of the hose is under the water level.
Using either of the above methods will insure that the flies will not blow your lure and the gasses can escape.
Allow the bait to age until it has a very dark, almost black color. Once it has reached this point it can be stored in a cool dark place until use. This lure is like fine wine, the longer it sets the better it gets. Once you remove some of the liquid replace with some more liquid but whatever you do dont spill it in the car etc lol
First you need to get with your local farrier (horseshoer) and have him save you his trimming. The best part of the hoof to use is the part closest to the frog, which is located nearest the center of the hoof. But any part of the hoof will work.
Next you need to cut hooves into pieces. This requires a good pair of hoof nippers or a good set of limb shears. Cut the hoof into approximately one inch pieces, but any size that will fit into the container that you plan to use to store the bait in is fine.
Next find an old pot that you don’t plan on using for any household use. I use one that I boil deer, sheep and cattle skulls. A propane fish cooker is also a good thing to have when doing this because it should be done outside, or you will be sleeping with the dogs outside also.
After you have found your pot and fish cooker. Take the hooves and pieces, cover them with about 2 to 4 quarts of water, allowing them to set overnight. Then using the fish cooker, OUTSIDE, boil the hooves for an hour or two, more water should be added to keep the hooves well covered. Once you have decided they have boiled long enough, the water should have a color of ice tea, cut off the heat and allow to cool.
Once cool put in the container you plan to use to age the lure in, and add enough water to bring the level to approximately four-fifths full. Place this container in full sun and allow to age. Place the container away from the house. I use the roof of an outbuilding or an old abandoned building for this, also take care that no animals can get to it Leave the lid on loose, so the gasses can escape, but no so loose that flies can get into it.
One method I have used in the past to make an aging lid for a container is to take a screw on valve stem, drill a hole into the lid so it will fit in snuggly, and attach it to the lid with a nut. Then take the valve core out and drill a small hole in the cap. Once you have done this take caulk or silicone and put on the inside, outside and around the cap. This will keep the flies from blowing the lure.
Another method is to take a 3 or 4 foot piece of one quarter inch plastic air conditioning hose and drill a hole in the lid, put the A/C hose through the lid and silicone the hose on the inside and outside to the lid. Then take a 2 liter soft drink bottle lid and drill a hole in it so the hose will fit snuggly. Fill the 2 liter bottle, three quarters full of water, attach the lid, making sure that the end of the hose is under the water level.
Using either of the above methods will insure that the flies will not blow your lure and the gasses can escape.
Allow the bait to age until it has a very dark, almost black color. Once it has reached this point it can be stored in a cool dark place until use. This lure is like fine wine, the longer it sets the better it gets. Once you remove some of the liquid replace with some more liquid but whatever you do dont spill it in the car etc lol
foxdropper
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Keep a bait station topped up with anything and they will use it once the initial mistrust has gone .Much written on best bait etc but there isn’t one .Foxes are oportunists and will snaffle anything from a dead mouse to a road kill deer .
One on top of two
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dig a stink pit, Never fails.
Pellet Pinger
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foxdropper
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Lovely footage there mate .Which IR please
Pellet Pinger
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That was just with the Pards own IR, that was running the old software, the update increased it.
the prowler
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I wish to use it in a guys garden who is having trouble with foxes. The bait is just to add a smell and hopefully keep the fox occupied while I line up a shot.
The only thing I've found that foxes didn't eat at bait points was rooks and crows, everything else was taken but the local foxes certainly didn't like black corvid.
the prowler
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In my area they certainly eat crows. The ones I leave out are gone next day.
David.evans
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As above I’ve left 6 or more out and there gone a day after
Same here with them eating corvids. I left a good heap (40-odd mixed rooks and jackdaws) in an out-of-the-way spot for the farmer to collect with the loader bucket and dump on the muck-heap, along with what was left of about 30 pigeons I had crowned. Next day he rang to ask "Where are they then ?" ... then he started to giggle as he saw wing-tips sticking up out of the ground all over the field (fresh drilled wheat) where Charlie had found them and 'cached' the ruddy lot overnight 
Unfortunately for me that particular permission is one place where we leave foxes to do their thing as they are no trouble to a cereal grower, or I would have been back the next night to wait for Charlie's return.
Unfortunately for me that particular permission is one place where we leave foxes to do their thing as they are no trouble to a cereal grower, or I would have been back the next night to wait for Charlie's return.
jimmy milnes
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I stuck out a load of pigeon and crows after a good days shooting, the pigeon went in two days the crows stayed for weeks till the maggots took them.
Jimmy
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