Here is a couple of piccies of a sucessful guilotine type trap .. size is abot 1.2 mtr long by 600 by 600 pre bait the area for a coupe of days with half a can of dog food each evening , move the food near to the trap , place food in trap at the back , hang fresh food on the trigger bar.
the trap you see was baited with the remains of several foxed chickens at the same place . they were put in a bin bag and frozen till the trap was obtained.
The trigger is a fulcrum & lever that act by the baited hook being pulled back , as it pivots on the fulcrum it pulls a holding up pin out thus causing the guilotine door to drop
Make sure someone will be available to legally cull the fox when trapped .. check the trap at least twice a day to comply with the law.
Don't even think of taking the fox elsewhere and releasing it ..( Think it's illegal under countryside act conservation type legislation ) for all you will do is move the problem elsewhere if you do take it many miles away ( at around five miles or less the fox will apparently often find its way back to you ) .
This trap had to be re sited three times for the fox was trap shy .. it was eventually placed right by the entry hole in the chicken pen , you might have to locate the point of entry and try it first.
Foxes do like to run along fence lines etc. rather than wide open spaces .
