Alright, I pulled all traps out, and let it "cool off" a little. With the chance of snow over night, and Saturday, I wanted to get them back in the ground so I wouldn't leave any tracks or sign I've been there. I put out red fox gland lure, and urine. I wanted a totally different smell out there. I did NOT put out any food based lures. I also did not make a dirt hole set. I also got dirt directly out of the field early this week, and dried it out myself. I have been getting out from under a barn floor as it was already bone dry. The dirt may have had a "barn odor" to it and could have been tipping them off. Let the Chess match begin!!!

I made this scent post in a cow trail at the crest of a hill overlooking a big bottom. They to come down the trail and scan the bottom right here. The burnt stump had a hole in it. So, I put some gland lure in the hole, and squirted some urine on it. Blended the trap the best I could to one side of the trail, and left a very small subtle step stick to guide their foot.



This set is bean chaff. One large pile and one smaller pile, with a gap between the two and in the direction of travel. There is a trap on the left side between the two piles with a corn cob as a step stick. The right side I "V'd" so simulate a dirt hole and a mouse dig. The trap actually sits 14" from the dig, and outside off one end of the "V". Thoughts are as they circle looking things over before they get close, it will nab them. The only lure is a fox urine in the middle of the big pile, with a little canine gland lure. The pile is big enough that they will have to circle, and get really close if they want to stick their noses on top where the pure is at. It all looks good on paper!