Dog proof traps

[Little FR]

idk why anybody set a live trap for coons. My dad does this. Keep telling him don’t but I reckon at his age he just likes to see’em hell idk. Lol. He lets them go if they don’t have a pecker. Lol.
I catch’em all and dispatch them and possums on site.
I set out cans. All I set.

Only reason I do is to avoid a war with neighbors. My trap cuts their kids pet cats leg off, they turn loose my chickens and dogs eat them, I leave a bucket of antifreeze out, they grind up a beer bottle in my dogs food…. things like that tend to escalate.

 

[grinder]

idk why anybody set a live trap for coons. My dad does this. Keep telling him don’t but I reckon at his age he just likes to see’em hell idk. Lol. He lets them go if they don’t have a pecker. Lol.
I catch’em all and dispatch them and possums on site.
I set out cans. All I set.

I set a live trap in my garage. No place to stake a leghold. They get just as dead.

 

[OLE RASPY]

Has anybody ever went to your DP and there was no food in it.
Guess I could make another thread but I think it fits here really.
I have put the big marshmallows below trigger and one on top. Both be gone without setting it off. Pisses me off. Or I have filled it up to top with dog food (puppy kibbles and bit) all be gone without setting it off. Pisses me off again.
I’m kinda a novice but I been using them 7 years now. I’ve caught 20 something possums and over 70 coons on my place.
I’ve had prolly 6 times there be no food left in all them years.
Also have had a coon foot, coon arm and foot, coon toe, and possum foot left in trap over the years.

 

[Meatstick]

Has anybody ever went to your DP and there was no food in it.
Guess I could make another thread but I think it fits here really.
I have put the big marshmallows below trigger and one on top. Both be gone without setting it off. Pisses me off. Or I have filled it up to top with dog food (puppy kibbles and bit) all be gone without setting it off. Pisses me off again.
I’m kinda a novice but I been using them 7 years now. I’ve caught 20 something possums and over 70 coons on my place.
I’ve had prolly 6 times there be no food left in all them years.
Also have had a coon foot, coon arm and foot, coon toe, and possum foot left in trap over the years.

Mices

 

[OLE RASPY]

Mices

I’ve thought the same. Prolly right. But how do them little bastards get down in trap and get the mellow out from under trigger. Idk. Plus it’s in creek bed but anything possible. But it’s prolly mice
Cause I never see prints in mud. They too light.

 

[Meatstick]

I’ve thought the same. Prolly right. But how do them little bastards get down in trap and get the mellow out from under trigger. Idk. Plus it’s in creek bed but anything possible. But it’s prolly mice

It's my best guess. I deal with the same shit lol

 

[Semp]

I had that happen once. Then I started sanding the end of the dog catch to take any rust off it and then set it barely in the notch. Some what like a hair trigger. No misses since then.

 

[OLE RASPY]

I had that happen once. Then I started sanding the end of the dog catch to take any rust off it and then set it barely in the notch. Some what like a hair trigger. No misses since then.

Yea I know Zactly what your saying. I haven’t sanded anything yet but I have set what I thought was a hair trigger. Not completely in the notch. But still happened.

 

[chadwimc]

Then there are these guys...

 

[chadwimc]

I've found that a golf ball helps the mice problem a little bit. Plus adds a visual attractor...

 

[Journette]

I have trapped Coons with dog proof traps for over 17 years and seems like the big marshmallow and catfood is the best and easiest catch them . I've caught over 300 coons and possums. The last few years I've started using snare line to make sure the trap is not stolen by the coon. The best brand of dog proof trap is the z-trap. Catch many more Coons and possums with it because it will trigger pulling up or down and I make sure they are the white colored ones. I tend to buy them on eBay

 

[Journette]

Set em, whatever it takes. I love it.
I've started something around here. 3 stores in a 50 mile radius are trying to keep dogproofs in stock, and can't all of a sudden

I caught 4 big bore coons this last weekend. On dog proof, Z trap brand

 

[grinder]

I caught 4 big bore coons this last weekend. On dog proof, Z trap brand

You do realize furbearing season does not open for a couple months ?

 

[chadwimc]

You do realize furbearing season does not open for a couple months ?

Nuisance animals are fair game. Gotta keep 'em out of the attic, dontcha know...

 

[Little FR]

Nuisance animals are fair game. Gotta keep 'em out of the attic, dontcha know...

Yep, been carving out toothpicks around chicken coop…