Several huge raccoons keep stealing the bait.
Not sure if the trap gate lands on their tail or what but we cannot catch the bruisers, just the yearlings.
Basic $99 live traps from home depot.
Any suggestions ?
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Several huge raccoons keep stealing the bait.
Not sure if the trap gate lands on their tail or what but we cannot catch the bruisers, just the yearlings.
Basic $99 live traps from home depot.
Any suggestions ?
what size trap are you using? i had to move up to a bigger size, after that never had one get out...
what i started doing with my small traps to maximise catchability was teeter the trap over the edge of something, so that when the coon went into it, and got near the bait at the end, the trap fell off, and snapped shut, pretty well guaranteed a secure catch, if they didnt knock the trap off first
SSS not an option?
With a location listed as TO , likely not an option.. I also vouch for the bigger trap.Quote:
Originally Posted by mbhunter
With a location listed as TO, this is definitely the only option!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mbhunter
Traps work 24 hours a day, catching a Raccoon is not easy to do when you waiting for them.
Buy cheap cat food and partly open can to allow smell out and cable or wire tie can to end of the trap. They will get careless. Also anchor with a driveway marker on each side thru the trap and put plywood under trap to save your lawn.
My luck improved by smearing peanut butter on the middle of the trigger pad. They could no longer reach the bait from the sides.
Other wise after setting off trap they would tilt and remove any bait along side the wire cage.
Peanut butter is of no interest to local cats, thus preventing them from messing you up.. Did however catch a rabbit!!!
If you raccoons come back, here is a great trap for them. They run about $12. Use a marshmallow for bait. The only animal it will trap is a coon.
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I can vouch for them....great trap, but it needs the .22 lr accessory....with SSS out of the question, not to great if you have to handle the beast..LOL .Quote:
Originally Posted by DGearyFTE
They are great traps, caught plenty of coons ............... but did catch a cat once, which we these traps can and was released unharmed....Quote:
Originally Posted by DGearyFTE
Where can you buy them!? And do you need a trapping licence?Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
Yes you legally need a trapping licence to use them
Even if it's your own property that is considered a farm?Quote:
Originally Posted by trappermatt
are you a farmer ?Quote:
Originally Posted by RAMTECH
wtf is SSS?
Yes sirQuote:
Originally Posted by trappermatt
Shooting, shoveling, and shutting up, also known as the 3-S treatment, refers to a method for dealing with unwanted or unwelcome animals in rural areas.Quote:
Originally Posted by poltrojan
A lot more latitude, no restrictions. I switched to these traps here on my farm because the cats would keep getting caught in the 'Have a Hart' live traps. I have never had a cat caught in one of these.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAMTECH
I bought mine at a trappers store in NY state, so not sure where you can get them here. Someone told me you can get some local agricultural feed stores to order them in.
farmer” means a person whose chief occupation is farming and,Quote:
Originally Posted by RAMTECH
(a) who is living upon and tilling his or her own land, or land to the possession of which he or she is for the time being entitled, or
(b) who is a settler engaged in clearing land for the purpose of bringing it to a state of cultivation; (“exploitant agricole”)
this is is the FWCA interpretation of a farmer , just owning land does not make one a farmer and I see that there may be some confusion on this out there .
if you are legally able to use these devices I can give you some tips on how to catch coon in them consistently , there are tricks that make them more effective
yes then I fall under the law. I'm a farmer but on the side I sell seedQuote:
Originally Posted by trappermatt
I had a coon that kept flipping my cage trap over and stealing my bait so I set a 160 in box .he was there the next morning. .Dutch
I don't think that's how you're supposed to use a live-trap.Quote:
Originally Posted by dutchhunter
If you're not insistent on live release then a can of soda pop and some fly bait will solve all your problems. Pets won't touch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Horridfiber101
Cheers
i had a skunk living under my deck that i trapped this past week. it took a few days to catch him, but here's what i saw.
1. Skunk would circle the cage and almost recognize what it was.
2. skunk would then try to take the bait without going inside.
3. skunk was successful with most baits-- he'd just reach through the bars and grab them. what he couldn't pull through he'd chew on through the bars.
4. instead of shooting him where there was a chance he'd go under my deck to expire, i took the bigger cage and strapped a can of salmon to the middle where he couldn't move it.
within 3 hours i had an angry skunk who knew his time was up. sounds like you're playing cat and mouse and he's outsmarting you right now ;)
i suppose that's one of the ways to do it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dutchhunter
Does this mean that a country dweller with twenty hens must hire a trapper to protect his flock?Quote:
Originally Posted by trappermatt
No it just means that country dweller can't use body grip traps to do so , cage traps and firearms are still very viable optionsQuote:
Originally Posted by patvetzal