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#878729 - Fri Dec 05 2008 09:16 AM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: foxtrapperwoman]
stumpmaker stumpmaker newbie Registered: Thu Dec 04 2008 Posts: 1 Loc: NW Wisconsin	Great info on this topic. My question is I live in Northwest Wisconsin and the ground right now is froze down good and hard!!! How do you bed the trap in frozen ground using instructions for the set?? Do you chisel out a trap bed then bed trap then hay chaf over it?? I just started to use peat moss and love it can I use it yet??? Thanks for your input Stumpmaker
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#878863 - Fri Dec 05 2008 10:21 AM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: stumpmaker]
OldMink OldMink Honored Registered: Thu Nov 08 2001 Posts: 5978 Loc: Middletown, Pa.	Just set the traps, lay atop the frozen ground and scatter the hay over them. No need to bed. The only covering is the hay and don't worry if bits of the trap show through. The foxes don't seem to mind. _________________________ I trap mink because I don't know any better
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#878887 - Fri Dec 05 2008 10:28 AM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: OldMink]
Adam Adam Mod / HPA NW Rep Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: Tue Mar 26 2002 Posts: 4840 Loc: Erie, PA	My trapping partner and I like to put a small bed of hay UNDER the traps to keep them from freezing to the ground in case of a thaw / freeze happening. Seems to work well. _________________________ "I suppose it is the way of hunters. We are very odd fellows." ~ Peter Hathaway Capstick
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#881503 - Sat Dec 06 2008 09:55 PM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: foxtrapperwoman]
SJA SJA apprentice Registered: Mon Dec 10 2007 Posts: 18 Loc: Western Shore DE	The Hay Set is still batting 1000 with me . . . it's the only set I've been using this year so far! :-)
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#927566 - Tue Dec 30 2008 11:15 AM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: SJA]
iceman2525 iceman2525 On the board Registered: Wed Aug 02 2006 Posts: 250 Loc: PA	How big of an area do you use for the hay set? Im not having any luck with it
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#932756 - Thu Jan 01 2009 07:57 PM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: iceman2525]
SJA SJA apprentice Registered: Mon Dec 10 2007 Posts: 18 Loc: Western Shore DE	Area? . . . I set them exactly as in the first posts pics. If you mean land wise, then I use 8 of them on 100 acres. :-)
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#999061 - Sun Feb 01 2009 03:13 PM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: foxtrapperwoman]
coonslayer12 coonslayer12 apprentice Registered: Tue Jan 27 2009 Posts: 17 Loc: connellsville,PA,15425	i might try tht set i use dirt and leaves and tht works to
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#1009009 - Fri Feb 06 2009 11:10 AM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: foxtrapperwoman]
ReDnEcKbOhUnTeR ReDnEcKbOhUnTeR On the board Registered: Thu Feb 05 2009 Posts: 318 Loc: WMU 4-a	ok so this weekend i am putting out about 15 sets at least. for fox and coon.. this hay set is appearing to be amazing as far as i can see...i have a field that is about 300 yards wide and 1200 yards long... fence row on one side.. deep thick timber on the other.. i got some pics of a fox on my trail cam and was thinkin about puttin a hay set in the middle of this field so that it can be seen from a distance... then i can easily check it to.. but what is the secret to this set... why does a clump of hay with pee on it and traps under it work so good... _________________________ HOYT Turbohawk(Bone Collector) Easton ST Axis-Lumenoks Truglo Microbrite Whisker Buscuit
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#1009786 - Fri Feb 06 2009 04:27 PM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: ReDnEcKbOhUnTeR]
Woodywoodduck Woodywoodduck The man Registered: Fri Jun 06 2003 Posts: 10367 Loc: 5B wishing to be in 4B	Originally Posted By: ReDnEcKbOhUnTeR why does a clump of hay with pee on it and traps under it work so good... Hay equals Food to Fox...mostly Mice...they are used to hay bales being in a field during the summer and mice hiding under them...also it is a visual attractent.. You should think about setting a few hay sets in the field and not just right in the middle, look for were the fox are running and set either on those trails or right beside them! Make 2 sets close together for a chance at a double catch...make them maybe 10 feet apart so that 1 fox can not reach the other set once caught.... many on here if you have seen the pictures make a few close together and come up with doubles....now is a time were double catchs can be more seeing it is breeding season! Those Hay sets will also work in the Timber areas...don't over looking setting a few in the timber you talk about! _________________________ Why worry about the Laws?
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#1011537 - Sat Feb 07 2009 07:30 PM Re: hay set- how to make [Re: Woodywoodduck]
ReDnEcKbOhUnTeR ReDnEcKbOhUnTeR On the board Registered: Thu Feb 05 2009 Posts: 318 Loc: WMU 4-a	ok i am going to try to put out a few of these sets....now the next problem....i got 2 duke 1-3/4 CS and 8 or so 1-1/2s i no they say 1 1/2s will hood a fox but i wasnt sure... hoping that settin the two traps will catch them by both feet and help hold better... any opinions???? _________________________ HOYT Turbohawk(Bone Collector) Easton ST Axis-Lumenoks Truglo Microbrite Whisker Buscuit
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