First Catch

[Trapper_Stephen88]

This is my first fox!!
My brother David,10, likes to trap with me, so this year I taught him how to make a dirthole set.I used red fox glands from a trappers supply,and red fox urine.I didn't expect to catch anything, but was a little disapointed to find the trap empty the first day,but the second day I, as well as my brother, was very surprised to find a grey fox in our trap. The picture is of me (l) and my brother (r) David. :D

[Nulle]

Thats a pretty nice little fox and good luck on getting more guys .

[justwannano]

ALLright !! Way to go.
Congratulations.
just

[Trapper_Stephen88]

Here's another grey fox we caught. About 2 weeks after the first one.

[Trapper_Stephen88]

My first coyote

[Blktail]

What type of traps do you use?

Way to go Guys

Clean up the skulls for collectors like me!.

[Nulle]

I like those little fox - ship me one so I can taxidermy it - we have a few in this state but not many.

[Trapper_Stephen88]

Nulle- If you're interested in mounting a fox I would sell you one ($10). I studied a little bit about taxidermy myself, I like to tan furs but I never tried to mount something.


Blktail- I use 1 1/2 to a 1 3/4 duke coilspring and stake them with rebar. This coyote was not too big but the 1 1/2 held him tight (i was trying to catch a fox with that trap). :D
And I try to clean up all the skulls, but I shoot them with a .22 LR in the head, so sometimes the bottom of the skull is blown out a little.

[model 70]

speaking of skulls, i have one from a black bear burried in the backyard now. trouble is, all the skull i have are damaged due to the finishing shot. a 41mag at point blank does some nasty damage.

[Nulle]

I will send ya a pm on the fox

[Trapper_Stephen88]

Another grey fox I caught today.

[rubicon]

Congrats there young man! What is your total catch so far ?

[Nulle]

Thats a nice one for sure .

[Trapper_Stephen88]

So far I've caught:

5 grey fox
1 red fox
2 coyote (one was a road kill)
2 possum
1 skunk

This is the first year I've set traps for fox and coyote! :D

[Trapper_Stephen88]

This is a picture of a road kill coyote, I picked it up coming home from church. The skin was really nice, but who ever hit it cut off the tail.:mad:

[Trapper_Stephen88]

This was my little brother David's first fox! He saw me trapping and got interested, so I showed him how to make a few sets. He set a couple of traps with my guidance and caught his first furbearer. I'm really glad for him, the first year I trapped all I caught was possums.:D

[Nulle]

Looks like you fellas got it down and hope the fur prices are up in your area so you can make a few bucks for your work.
Good Catch guys !