Bait stations are always in my arsenal. I use everything from muskrat, mink, beaver and deer scraps all with good success. They attract all the predators and always put mandatory snares around the perimeter for the shy who do not want to come up to the bait. I brought in 4 red fox today. I have several sets for snares in my bag of tricks as many don't conceptualize the use of snares like traps... which works well. If you have an area where the fox are traveling, but is too wide or the conditions aren't right for a snare, use bait and lure to pull them off the path and down a natural or man made trail that is adjacent to the place they're at now. I like to spend about 30 seconds and snip a few branches here and there in thick brush to create a trail. I do this from the edge of the field, path or road and into the brush on the upwind side. I make it at least 10 foot deep with it often a little longer than that about a foot wide. I may use a visual attractor, bait or lure at the end of this trail. Depending how I feel about the area, I may make it longer and hang two snares as this is the time of the year they start pairing up and doubles are common. One should always double up on their snares anyway.
If my work load slows down a little, I am going to have to go out there and hang a few more.
Good luck snaresonly... "nice name!"
Snareman, aka "Snareguy"
