Caged Coon

studabaka · December 30, 2006, 09:06:26 PM

Cage traps are a handy tool when working in/around buildings, around domestic animals, or in those spots where someone might freak at seeing an animal in a foot trap. They work good for a variety of critters....

FinsnFur · December 30, 2006, 09:18:16 PM

Oh them things get fiesty in there too don't they

studabaka · December 30, 2006, 09:50:34 PM

When ever possible, I set them near water, snap on a rope lead, and heave.....much less fiesty when I pull them back out

canine · December 30, 2006, 10:51:53 PM

Nice coon Stu!

Do you do ADC work ?

JD

nailbender · December 30, 2006, 11:19:46 PM

Caught a nice one the other nite. Danng sow bent the heck out of things. Figure I better thin them out though. Rather have 20 for a coon than spend 40 after the dog tangles with them in the yard! That GSP of mine hates those things!

Brad H · December 30, 2006, 11:24:12 PM

My dad cage traps skunks to keep them off the property. Also pulls them into the pond. The rope stays hooked to the trap and is strung out away from it. When a coon gets in the trap it pulls every inch of the rope into the cage. lol
If the cage is set in the trees, he throws a tarp over the trap (carefully if a skunk), backs the truck up to it, and pipes exhaust under the tarp.

Brad

nailbender · December 30, 2006, 11:28:55 PM

So you tie the rope on the other side of the pond??

FinsnFur · December 30, 2006, 11:48:36 PM

I think he means they tie the rope on ahead of time, so all they have to do is grab the rope which is laid out away from the trap.

That's funny that the coon pull it all inside with em. :roflmao: Then what?

nailbender · December 31, 2006, 12:30:46 AM

Yeah, then what? Tug o war??

studabaka · January 01, 2007, 06:09:29 PM

I do a little ADC work. Took the State course and got certified so I can issue permits for depredation. But mostly I use it as a tool in building my relationship with local farmers for hunting & traping area. A few, like my catfish farmer, pay me a little something so I'm there or available year round and some pay me a little if they need something dealt with prior to the fall [like beavers flooding their fields], but generally it doesn't amount to much. The calls I get from homeowners often just turn into a little info sharing on proper exclusion techniques [often garbage, pet/horse food kinda stuff .... bats is also another popular call]. They are generally appreciative of just getting a little info on how to modify what they do....and motivated when I tell them what it will cost for me to come out and remove an animal w/no guaruntee another won't take it's place.... but when their willing to pay what I quote.....I'm there.

LOL on the coon pulling in all the rope. I believe it!

Brad H · January 03, 2007, 10:52:37 PM

Ya have to just...you know...take it back.

Bopeye · January 03, 2007, 11:04:06 PM

I caught a big sow coon in a Havahart trap a few years back. She made a mess out of that trap and even broke one of her front toes trying to get out.

I set her loose on Hinch Mountain..............did ya hear that Tom!! Hinch Mountain.......we haven't ever been there before.......have we?

:roflmao:
Remember.......what happens on the mountain......stays on the mountain. Or anywhere else we've been for that matter, to include Ft. Hood Texas.........

xbr · February 06, 2007, 06:51:53 PM

I have two (2) farmers with coon problems around thier buildings. I promised them I would be back in the fall. I plan on using a couple heavy cage traps. Is corn the best bait to avoid skunks? Murphys law being what it is, I thought of building a retangular cover for the cages and transporting them, skunks that is, if a do catch one. I also thought of using a good shot of starting fluid under the cover before I moving them. Any advice?

studabaka · February 06, 2007, 09:32:01 PM

Moving skunks is a 50/50 proposition, but my best success has been by easing a tarp over the cage, waiting a couple of minutes and then gently/smoothly moving the cage. Having water near by is handy for dispatching coon and a down right blessing when it comes to skunk. If you expect to have to dispatch a bunch of animals around a structure and there ain't no water close to submerge the trap, consider setting a 50 gal drum filled with water there while you have the traps in. You'll be glad you did.

BTW - I'm sure they would be happy...er....if you got the skunks and possum too, so not sure I would try to avoid them.