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pasturepoodle

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I live in an area where there are many bobcat,fox and racoon,but i just dont know how to catch them I have many coniber type traps ranging from the 110 to the 330 please help!!!
 
use the 22o for coon in buckets, boxes, and trails. 280's and 220' in buckets, cubbies and trails will work for cats. you may get a fox to go thru a b-grip (mostly greys) but it is not the best trap for fox. my 2 sense. fish bait works great for all around use on these animals.check the state laws on the 280's on land. i think they are legal but can not remember.
 
books videos....bucket set - 5 gal bucket (square is better) notch out in the sides so 220 fits in it with the springs in the slots. put bait in the back of bucket. 160's will work in the black 3 gallon tree buckets. really pictures from books and videos will show a lot. try trapperman.com or sullivansline.com for books and such.
 
In Texas you cannot legally use connibears on land above a certain size. I'll have to check on it, because I can't remember what it is off the top of my head.
 
Pasture,
My favorite setup for coon involved boxes that I made from scrap 1" pine boards. I was using 220 conibears at the time, and built the boxes just wide enough for the 220 jaws to fit inside the front of box. Notches were cut in sides of the box for springs of the conibear to slide in to, and the boxes were long enough so coon could not reach the bait which I placed way in the back. Front of box was left open of course, and there was no bottom in the box except for one board in the back where I drove a nail to spear chunks of carp on for bait. I ran a piece of tie wire from end of one spring, wrapped it all the way around the box, and then twisted wire around other trap spring. With trap wired to front of the box that way, sometimes I didn't even stake the box down or wire it to a tree. Once a coon gets head caught in trap, he is usually dead but even if he ain't dead he can't see where he is going while carrying the box around. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif You know those little trails through the grass that are about ten inches wide and beat clear to the dirt because of so much traffic? Think "COON TRAIL" and set a few boxes beside the trail. Catches possom, skunk, and anything else (almost) that sticks his head in there.
 
If you can find trails here is something that works well for me. Set your 160 or 220 in narrow spot in trail , use 2 crossed sticks about 2 in. in diameter to stabilize and make animal drop down into trap. The way to cut back on refusals is to mix 1oz.concentrated clam oil mixed with 1 gallon cheap vegetable oil. Use this as a trailing scent. Squirt a liberal trail about3 feet on each side and thru trap. also take some vegetation and weave around trap to breakup outline. Make it look like a hole through the weeds. Only got to use this for 1 season do to regulations , but caught many coon , several gray fox and a couple of reds too. I had alot of refusals with bucket and wood cubbies . This works very well but you have to learn to identify trails. A good book for you would be Austin Passamonte High Volume Coon trapping. Good luck!
 
I checked the Texas regulations and it is not legal to use connibears or other body gripping traps with greater than a 10 inch diagonal opening on land or in less than 6 inches of water.
 
I believe 280's are legal on land...but don't quote me on that. I just know that 220's are legal on dry land and 330's are not legal. For cats, I like natural cubbies made from limbs, branches, etc. with a cedar bough covering the top. I like to build the cubby set with a tree or large bush as backing. I also like a visual attractor such as flagging or a bird feather hanging above the cubby from a limb (use monofilament so that it dangles, blows in the breeze) and I use a 50/50 mix of red fox & bobcat urine at the set. Most of the time I set a good foothold at the door of the cubby, but you could put a 220 there as well. I like fresh baits at the back of the cubby as stink-type baits tend to draw skunks in my area. Remember cats can see alot better than they smell, so make it look like a rabbit, bird, etc. was caught at or near the opening with a lot of fur/feathers scattered around. Cats really like the eye appeal. Cats also LOVE porcupines. I like 1/2 of a porcupine in the back of the cubby for fresh bait. For coons, 5 gallon buckets work great....just cut out notches at the mouth of the bucket for the springs and bait with your favorite coon bait. I like fishy smells along creeks. Just throw the bait in the back of the bucket. BTW...don't forget to stake down or wire the end of the chain on your conibear to a large drag.....a good, heavy limb should do.

A good book or video will give you the best understanding of how to catch coons, cats and fox. I'd look for good books & videos if I were you.

Take care and God Bless,

Rusty
 
Also, trapperman.com is a great overall website for trapping. Good guys over there that will be more than happy to help you out.

Good luck!

Rusty
 
What is the diagonal opening of a 280 measure? If it is 10 inches or more, then it is illegal on land or in less than 10 inches of water.
 


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