make a dirthole set( I usually drive my trap stake about 10 iches into the ground at a 45 degree angle and waller it around and remove, you will ow have something that resembles a mouse hole) now scrape out a trap bed 12 inches back from the holeand offset 3 inches to the side. bed needs to be just deep enough that trap will set down inside with about a half inch of dirt sifted over the top. Pack dirt tightly around outside of trap jaws. Finished set should be level with or slightly lower than ground around trap bed. Place fist sized dirt clod or old cow bone or something similar behind dirthole up tight to back edge,squirt a little fox urine on it and put a couple pea sized globs of coyote or fox lure in hole. Use only strong,clean scent free traps of size 1 3/4 or larger,#3 coils are in my opinion the best. Or save some time and trouble and hang a snare(if legal) where they are coming thru a fence(make sure there are no free roaming dogs). Hope this helps, if ya need more info go to www.trapperman.com plenty of people there to help you out plus detailed descriptions of variuos sets. Good luck!