go Game and Foxes. 



One of the greatest grievances against a fox is 

 that he interferes so much with snaring and trap- 

 ping operations carried on with a view to the 

 capture of rabbits, and the farmer, hoping to profit 

 by the provisions of the Ground Game Act, is 

 inclined to resent the losses occasioned thereby. 

 A rabbit in a snare is so easy a prey that a fox will 

 resort night after night where he has discovered 

 that snaring is going on, and play havoc amongst 

 the rabbits caught. The best way of preventing 

 this is to move the snares as often as possible to a 

 fresh site, never snaring in one spot more than a 

 single night ; this will prevent losses of rabbits and 

 injury to foxes. 



A trapper working the burrows never need lose 

 rabbits to foxes if he exercises due care ; there 

 are two spots at which to set a trap at a burrow, 

 one being just at the entrance and the other well 

 down the hole ; a rabbit leaves by leaping out, and 

 a trap set between the taking-off and landing- 

 place will not be eflective. Foxes are fond of 

 smelling down burrows, and to trap outside or 

 just in the entrance would be manifestly to their 

 injury, so trapping well inside only is admissible. 

 And it is to the trapper's advantage to follow these 

 instructions, because a rabbit when caught creeps 

 as far as possible into its burrow, and the trap 



