The canidae
are particularly difficult to capture by the neophyte trappers. The month of february lends itself rather
well to this exercice. In fact, whether
it is for the fox or the coyote, february is the starting period of the
breeding season. All you need is a dozen
snares of appropriate diameter for the targeted specie and then you drive
around in the back country in search of the specie’s track. In reality, the facility of this method
results from the fact that at this period, it is mostly impossible for a fox or
a coyote to not follow the tracks of one of his fellow member…
A well camouflaged
and disinfected snare installed along the fox trail and that will do the
trick. I took this picture on my land in
the Outaouais region in mid-March 7 years ago, just before we were invaded by
the coyotes.
Best of
luck to all trappers.
Louis
