Author Topic: todays check 2/23 (Read 1037 times)

fishdaddy · « **on:** February 23, 2010, 07:53:32 AM »

had to pick him up and carry him away from my sets he didnt want to leave.

sorry for the blurry pic my camera sucks

dakota954 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2010, 09:30:49 AM »

i have a bobcat running around the farm how can i catch it without catching my barn cats? i think its too big for a cage trap and i dont know if itll go into my 220s

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2010, 09:48:15 AM »

You will catch the barn cats unless you cage them . If you use a MB 450 or 550 the trap will hold them . A victor 2 or 3 will work but the trap will be bent up if the cat is mature . A House cat can be caught and released from a leg trap most of the time and will be educated if you want to let it go. Lots of dogs and cats get caught and released around here . Where i live we can trap coon year round . I use a box trap most of the time and caught the same cat 3 times and a dog 4 times . The dog once with out bait in the trap.

dakota954 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2010, 10:00:55 AM »

my cats are aware not to go into the box trap but theres no way to get them into a cage or keep them contained for more than a few seconds theyll rip me up i caught one last week it tried to kill me and it was only in the cage trap

fishdaddy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2010, 10:07:27 AM »

Quote from: SHOOTALL on February 23, 2010, 09:48:15 AM

You will catch the barn cats unless you cage them . If you use a MB 450 or 550 the trap will hold them . A victor 2 or 3 will work but the trap will be bent up if the cat is mature . A House cat can be caught and released from a leg trap most of the time and will be educated if you want to let it go. Lots of dogs and cats get caught and released around here . Where i live we can trap coon year round . I use a box trap most of the time and caught the same cat 3 times and a dog 4 times . The dog once with out bait in the trap.

thats a mature bobcat in my pic and its in a vic #3 ls it didnt tear the trap up any

fishdaddy · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2010, 10:08:47 AM »

to keep from catching your barn cats go out away from them cats travel a long way

dakota954 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2010, 11:10:17 AM »

i tried that but the bobcat travels the same trails everything else does so theres no telling what im going to catch i set up cams to see what travel the trails and when the trails are traveled i set on a coon and fox trail and somehow caught a cat. there werent even any tracks on the trail from cat im sure ill find a trail only it follows what would you reccomend for bait?

fishdaddy · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2010, 12:02:25 PM »

im not talking about your barn trails you need to get away from there.all animals travel the same trails.for bait anything will do i like to use bobcat urin.make flashy sets

dakota954 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2010, 03:27:34 PM »

ill set up a bunch of footholds on a trail it uses to come to our property once the snow melts

fishdaddy · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2010, 11:53:23 PM »

what state you in?

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2010, 01:00:25 AM »

fishdaddy you are lucky , my son has caught 5 this year one over 40 lbs and has had several traps bent .

dakota954 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2010, 09:16:54 AM »

why does that matter? i dont really want where i live on the net

RdFx · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2010, 01:25:57 PM »

I have caught numerous bobcats in traps and alot of them in 1 1/2 victor coilsprings. NONE, i state none were bent or twisted ect. ALso i have caught over 1000 coons in 1 1/2 victor coils and traps arent bent. Coons are alot tougher on equipment than a bobcat. You can catch bobcats in cage or boxtraps easily. When setting your boxtrap cover it up some with brush and on location where cats are and you will catch them... I have caught bobcats in boxtraps only 12 inches wide and 18 inches tall, 40 inches long. Good luck in catching that bob.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #13 on:** February 25, 2010, 01:08:18 AM »

Rdfx lucky you . But then it could be the size of the cats .

fishdaddy · « **Reply #14 on:** February 25, 2010, 01:25:32 AM »

Quote from: dakota954 on February 24, 2010, 09:16:54 AM

why does that matter? i dont really want where i live on the net

its eaiser to help if you know what state you live in.i wouldnt want to give you any advice that could be illegle.but i understand the privacy thing

scent post sets are good for cats to

fishdaddy · « **Reply #15 on:** February 25, 2010, 01:26:16 AM »

only thing ive had are bent dogs from coyotes

dakota954 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 25, 2010, 01:33:17 AM »

rdfx 1000 coons?!?! thats insane ive caught like 5. but then again ive only been trapping for about 2 years

dakota954 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 25, 2010, 01:36:25 AM »

fishdaddy the only thing illegal where i live are snares which really sucks because those would be the best thing to use aside from 220s

dakota954 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 25, 2010, 01:38:19 AM »

about the bent traps and things of that nature i caught a possum in a 1 1/2 duke coilspring and it somehow ripped the pan off of it

Bogmaster · « **Reply #19 on:** February 25, 2010, 01:12:02 PM »

Dakota, telling us what state you live in --is by no way going to compromise your security. I would actually like to see everyones state posted next to their name. It just makes things easier to comprehend, when we read the posts.
Tom

fishdaddy · « **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2010, 01:48:29 PM »

i got my location in my signature but cant figure out how to get it next to my name

RdFx · « **Reply #21 on:** February 25, 2010, 01:53:13 PM »

Here in Wisconsin we get male cats in 50# range. Last year a 51# cat was taken near Antigo Wi. believe it is a state record.... largest cat ive taken has been 42#s. What do your cats weigh or the one that bent your trap?? Now if it was a cougar , that is a differant story... like Bog asked what state are you from.... differant states , differant sizes of bobcats ect.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #22 on:** February 26, 2010, 05:47:49 AM »

The largest was over 40 the avg is around 30 some smaller. No mt lions yet . Yotes are starting to show up , son missed one only part of his pad left in/on trap . The cats seem to go nuts when you approach the trap.

RdFx · « **Reply #23 on:** February 26, 2010, 05:06:38 PM »

Some of my cats go nuts when i come up but most just are trying to hide or just lay quiet and try to blend in to whatever surrondings they are caught in. They do get defensive when put a catch pole around thier necks LOL... have to release them quickly or they die. We only get a cat tag about once every 8 years or so and thats for only one cat. Three years ago i had a tag but only caught titty sows and young cats which i released alive. Looking for the big tom... only got five more years or more to go....

fishdaddy · « **Reply #24 on:** February 26, 2010, 09:33:31 PM »

got a limit of 3 here

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #25 on:** February 27, 2010, 06:19:56 AM »

WE can take 12 in Va.

fishdaddy · « **Reply #26 on:** February 27, 2010, 10:24:50 AM »

wish they would raise our limit we have as many of them as we do fox