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Offline Mohawk

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Live Traps
« on: April 22, 2008, 09:50:15 PM »
  What furbearers come to live (cage) traps? I know possums do, anything else?
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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2008, 01:31:11 AM »
 I have taken coon,mink,possum,red squirrels, gray squirrels and rabbits in cage traps.Also muskrats and mink in they colony type cages.
 At times, almost any type of animal can be cage trapped, it is not always the most effective way to take them.
 Tom
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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2008, 01:53:59 AM »
 Forgot a few ,Beaver,Otter,woodchucks and flying squirrels. You will find that canines are the hardest animal to get into a cage trap. Coon ,possum and squirrels, may be the easiest.Coon that have been caught in a cage trap and released, can be difficult at times, to get into another cage.
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  I now also carry --- The WIEBE line of Knives and their new 8 and 12 inch fleshing Knives.

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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2008, 02:13:45 PM »
Thanks, Bogmaster.
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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2008, 07:53:18 PM »
ive never tried it but lots of bobcats have been caught in cages..
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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2008, 06:52:46 AM »
  Does anyone have any good links for live traps? What sizes as per what animal should I be looking for? I mainly want ones for coons, fox, bobcats, ex-wife (: and such. Any tips as far as baits and where to put them in the traps would be appreciated as well. Also, what is your method for dispatching in a live trap? Thanks.
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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2008, 12:40:20 PM »
for x wife 4x6 ft bait with money  ;D
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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2008, 05:18:03 AM »
Quote from: fishdaddy on April 24, 2008, 12:40:20 PM
for x wife 4x6 ft bait with money  ;D

Just make sure you check the regs.  Some states require you to immediately kill nuisance animals.
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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2008, 07:31:14 PM »
From harbor freight I bought their box trap , not the largest one but the next to the largest , on sale it was about 19 plus tax
caught alot of squirrels and some skunk , possum , housecats. Never caught the same cat twice either.
I can't seem to catch the rabbits "which is what I'd like to catch but they refuse to enter the trap no matter the bait , they prefer to eat the grass , groundhogs won't enter either but upon seeing them , they don't get much of a chance since I shoot them.

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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2008, 04:43:29 AM »
 When after woodchucks, use a larger(coon sized) trap.Give them a large selection(smorgasbord)of food to choose from.
 Tom
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  I now also carry --- The WIEBE line of Knives and their new 8 and 12 inch fleshing Knives.

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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2008, 02:52:34 PM »
fishdaddy, im rollin in laffs!for mine yu could bait with bacon and cigarettes.oh and hang a credit card up in a tree to flicker in the wind, she can smell the plastic from two sections away.lol sorry but i got off the subject ;D
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Re: Live Traps
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2008, 03:12:31 PM »
oh and bump up the 4x6 to 5x10
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