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Offline fishdaddy

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« on: December 30, 2003, 04:37:14 AM »
finally got another fox atleast thats what i think it was he got out of a #2 bridger it was very dissapointing.
you think he will come back?

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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2003, 06:16:20 AM »
If it was a red fox that had a narrow escape, I doubt he'll be back to that set. I'm not that familiar with gray fox to know for sure.  However, I doubt that a fox could ever escape from a #2 Bridger unless one was barely nipping the tips of their toes. If this is what happened, you are doing one of two things incorrectly.  There is either not enough pan tension so the trap is springing before the fox is getting any weight down on it foot or the trap is bedded too high up so the animal has too little weight on its foot when it feels the trap pan giving and has time to pull back resulting in toe catches or complete misses. I always like to keep my trap bed at least 1/2 inch lower than ground level as it keeps toe catches and snapped traps to a minimum.   :grin: Ace

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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2003, 07:58:50 AM »
ok i did have my trap to high but i no it didnt miss him must have just had him by the toe . because u could tell he had not been in the trap long .
i have never seen any gray fox here.ive seen lots of reds tho.
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troy

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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2003, 03:02:47 PM »
Are you sure it was a fox?? . I use a lot of Bridger No.2's and the canines hardly ever pull out. Now Coons on the other hand escape from these larger jaw spread traps all the time. Just a thought.....B.....

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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2003, 03:51:52 PM »
could be coon i caught 2 close by the day before. any ideas on how to prevent this?