Dealing with a snared Fox?
- Thread starter edessex
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aggravated farmer
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- North East Ohio
Fox aren't destructive here like coyotes. I've had my go-rounds with them.
Thick Farmer
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- West Wales
If its stuck nia snare it should be easy to kill by running it over with a tractor or something!
Benn
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- Location
- Somerset/Wiltshire border
Best way is wait up and see if is. A fox,or find local who shoots,we always managed to get a fox within two nights first night you can watch were there trail is then second sort it with the rifle.
Nearly always follow same route to the minute I found.
And shooting is clean ,quick way to dispatch them ,also no risk of snaring dog,cat etc.
We never shoot when cubs around though.
Nearly always follow same route to the minute I found.
And shooting is clean ,quick way to dispatch them ,also no risk of snaring dog,cat etc.
We never shoot when cubs around though.
R tea
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- Never far from Home
Everytime we put one down, one of Brian May's mates jumps in it.
Benn
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- Somerset/Wiltshire border
Keep putting them down then
edessex
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- Near Stansted Airport, Essex
I was going to get someone to come and shoot it last winter when I had issues then, but it doesn't come daily.
It's anywhere from once to three times in a week, and as its only during the winter I think it travels a fair way.
There shouldn't be any chance of catching someone's dog, as its not near a road or footpath. If a someone is near it their trespassing and/or thieving.
I've found the route the fox is taking onto my land, my plan was to snare it there.
When I mentioned slitting throats I didn't mean in a Rambo style wrestle to the ground with a bowie knife...
It's anywhere from once to three times in a week, and as its only during the winter I think it travels a fair way.
There shouldn't be any chance of catching someone's dog, as its not near a road or footpath. If a someone is near it their trespassing and/or thieving.
I've found the route the fox is taking onto my land, my plan was to snare it there.
When I mentioned slitting throats I didn't mean in a Rambo style wrestle to the ground with a bowie knife...
Benn
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- Somerset/Wiltshire border
Or try putting bigger one down and trap the t*** himself
BELOWAVERAGE
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We found one in a snare once on some rented keep, she must have been there days by the state she was in, she was gorged with milk so must have had cubs. We pinned her to ground cut the snare off and let her go, she went about 20 yards and turned and stood and looked at us as if to say thanks, and then went on her way.
Dave6170
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- Watten, caithness
Off to kill someone s lambs next probably!
caveman
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- East Sussex.
Had trouble and needed to catch a fox several years ago.
Borrowed a trip door, cage trap and caught the begger,
A .22 airifle slug between the eyes at very close range put it down ok.
Borrowed a trip door, cage trap and caught the begger,
A .22 airifle slug between the eyes at very close range put it down ok.
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Anonymous...
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Remember this is accessible to the general public
See the thread about Mc Cartneys glass wall video and then think wtf will people think of farmers battering snared foxes with anything from fence posts to shovels or stamping on there lungs
Ffs shoot the bloody fox quick clean no need for suffering
And yes I farm yes I have lambs
See the thread about Mc Cartneys glass wall video and then think wtf will people think of farmers battering snared foxes with anything from fence posts to shovels or stamping on there lungs
Ffs shoot the bloody fox quick clean no need for suffering
And yes I farm yes I have lambs
Paddington
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- Soggy Shropshire
Borrowed a cage trap to get a persistent fox who was killing our hens and baited it with a nice pig's liver. Next morning we had a rather fat cat in it, the morning after the trap was sprung again but the bait had gone. Badger had had his breakfast and ripped the bottom out of the trap. Day after we had a hen die in the henhouse so stuffed her in the trap, but she didn't look lifelike so made a frame out of wire to stand her up, looked rather good, but not to the fox who walked straight past next day. This trap is still doing the rounds in Shropshire but I don't think it has ever caught a fox.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
I can't help thinking snaring will soon follow the same route as snaring in Scotland if Joe Public reads all this. He may also not realise that the poster recommending leg hold traps is in the USA. Using one here in the UK would guarantee head lines in the Press and a show trial. Just look at the thread where it was reported in the newspaper because a mole catcher hung his catches on a fence! Not wise.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Christ, this is horrible!
Wait for it or squeak it in across a big field and shoot it. If you don't have relevant licenses, find someone who does. Otherwise, leave it be.
I wouldn't be able to sleep if I did some of the things being suggested here.
Wait for it or squeak it in across a big field and shoot it. If you don't have relevant licenses, find someone who does. Otherwise, leave it be.
I wouldn't be able to sleep if I did some of the things being suggested here.
Benn
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- Somerset/Wiltshire border
Agree I would always shoot a fox ,have been called to shoot foxes in cage traps before which was ok way but the owner of cage checked the trap early evening then dawn and if fox was found in trap covered with blanket until I could get over.if you have found its route it would be easy for someone with bit experience to deal with it.
I would only be Inclined to snare as last option and never had to yet.
I would only be Inclined to snare as last option and never had to yet.
edessex
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- Near Stansted Airport, Essex
If I could shot it I would. If it came regularly enough I could get someone else to shoot it. But who is going to lay in wait every night for a week?
Squeaking only works if it's local, not if its travelling miles.
Is it not best to go on a public forum and discuss this, rather than just going out making a piano wire snare?
I looked into buying snares last night, after reading the advice on here, and instead ended up buying a cage trap, again due to the advice on here.
I have a legal responsibility to protect my livestock. So 'leave it be' isn't possible...
Squeaking only works if it's local, not if its travelling miles.
Is it not best to go on a public forum and discuss this, rather than just going out making a piano wire snare?
I looked into buying snares last night, after reading the advice on here, and instead ended up buying a cage trap, again due to the advice on here.
I have a legal responsibility to protect my livestock. So 'leave it be' isn't possible...
- Location
- Derbyshire
If I could shot it I would. If it came regularly enough I could get someone else to shoot it. But who is going to lay in wait every night for a week?
Squeaking only works if it's local, not if its travelling miles.
Is it not best to go on a public forum and discuss this, rather than just going out making a piano wire snare?
I looked into buying snares last night, after reading the advice on here, and instead ended up buying a cage trap, again due to the advice on here.
I have a legal responsibility to protect my livestock. So 'leave it be' isn't possible...
Humanely... That's the key. We get in a tizzy about non stun slaughter and dogs attacking livestock, yet we condone slitting throats, popping lungs and bonking on the head with half posts..... Because they're pests.
I'm just saying if you can't do it properly, don't do it.