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Post by squirrelhunter on Jul 17, 2020 22:45:29 GMT -5
get ya some dog proof traps. I saw those,wasn't sure if they could be tripped easily or if the ducks or geese could get caught in them if they pecked down into the hole. I also don't understand how they can be truly dog proof,if a small dog put it's paw down in there what's to keep it from getting caught? Maybe if I knew exactly how they worked and if there was any chance at all if something could get caught in it that I didn't in it,I might try it. I know with live traps if something I don't want to catch gets in there,at least it won't be harmed. As you can tell,I'm not experienced in all this new trapping technology. I've only used foot traps,conibears and live traps,I'm old school lol.
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Post by esshup on Jul 18, 2020 8:35:55 GMT -5
If you are setting them where ducks and geese can stick their bill down them, then a duck or goose can also step into a foot hold trap.....
Dog's don't use their paws to get food out of small holes in the ground or a stump, they will paw at something, but don't stick their paw into a hole. Like foot hold traps, it doesn't break the bone, and an animal cam be released from it if needed.
Think of a round tube, maybe 1 1/2" ID. There is a trigger at the bottom that the animal has to push or pull (depending on the trap mfg.) and when they do that a loop of wire pins their foot to the inside of the tube.
Start watching at 2:40 to get past all the unnecessary fluff.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jul 18, 2020 11:24:15 GMT -5
I'm not using foot traps though,I'm using live traps. I trip them and put them up before I let the ducks out of the building. Even if I left them set if a duck went in and tripped it it wouldn't get hurt. That's why I was asking about tripping the dog proof ones because I'd want to trip them before I let the ducks out if I could and if I couldn't I wouldn't be interested. I'll just stick with the live traps.
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Post by esshup on Jul 18, 2020 12:50:11 GMT -5
I'm not using foot traps though,I'm using live traps. I trip them and put them up before I let the ducks out of the building. Even if I left them set if a duck went in and tripped it it wouldn't get hurt. That's why I was asking about tripping the dog proof ones because I'd want to trip them before I let the ducks out if I could and if I couldn't I wouldn't be interested. I'll just stick with the live traps. Z traps make a metal cap that goes into and on top of their coon traps that has a small loop on top of it. The coons have to remove the cap before they can reach inside to trip the trigger. www.ztraps.com/productdetails.asp?productid=1532644&directoryid=12226&title=ztrap-rascal-pack,-brown They work pretty good. I'll compress the spring here at the house, put the metal cap on the trap and release the tension on the spring. It'll hold the cover in place until I am ready to set the trap, then I can compress the spring the rest of the way with my hand, and put the cover on the trap to keep rain out of it, as I am using dry dog kibble for the "bait". Sprinkle a bit of kibble around the trap and the coons smell the stuff under the lid, pull it off and reach in.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jul 18, 2020 14:41:21 GMT -5
I'm not using foot traps though,I'm using live traps. I trip them and put them up before I let the ducks out of the building. Even if I left them set if a duck went in and tripped it it wouldn't get hurt. That's why I was asking about tripping the dog proof ones because I'd want to trip them before I let the ducks out if I could and if I couldn't I wouldn't be interested. I'll just stick with the live traps. Z traps make a metal cap that goes into and on top of their coon traps that has a small loop on top of it. The coons have to remove the cap before they can reach inside to trip the trigger. www.ztraps.com/productdetails.asp?productid=1532644&directoryid=12226&title=ztrap-rascal-pack,-brown They work pretty good. I'll compress the spring here at the house, put the metal cap on the trap and release the tension on the spring. It'll hold the cover in place until I am ready to set the trap, then I can compress the spring the rest of the way with my hand, and put the cover on the trap to keep rain out of it, as I am using dry dog kibble for the "bait". Sprinkle a bit of kibble around the trap and the coons smell the stuff under the lid, pull it off and reach in. Thanks,but like I said,I'll stick with what I know and am use to.
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Post by parrothead on Jul 18, 2020 15:38:58 GMT -5
I have a live trap to, but I catch more with my DP. Plus I can put out more DP than live trap.
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Post by parrothead on Jul 18, 2020 15:44:20 GMT -5
esshup you ever use any of that Z bait with your Z traps?
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Post by esshup on Jul 18, 2020 16:08:49 GMT -5
esshup you ever use any of that Z bait with your Z traps? Yes. You know what it is? It's just commercially available fish food. At least that's what it smells like and looks like to me, and I've seen a LOT of different brands and kinds of fish food.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jul 18, 2020 16:13:02 GMT -5
I have a live trap to, but I catch more with my DP. Plus I can put out more DP than live trap. I'm only setting out 2,right in front of the duck building,using corn as bait. I may get some marshmallows for a change though,I know from experience how much they love those things.
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Post by parrothead on Jul 18, 2020 16:42:14 GMT -5
I cant use marshmallows in the summer. Dang ants are all over them. I am saving my bacon grease this summer to use next winter.
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Post by parrothead on Jul 18, 2020 16:51:13 GMT -5
I just buy the biggest cheapest bag of cat food I can find.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jul 18, 2020 20:15:22 GMT -5
Marshmallows have been my bait of choice so far. That’s all I’ve used. We had some stale strawberry wafers and I used those around the traps.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jul 18, 2020 21:14:25 GMT -5
I just buy the biggest cheapest bag of cat food I can find. We've got cat food for our house cat,I may use a little of that too,thanks for the idea.
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Post by saltydog on Jul 20, 2020 5:49:58 GMT -5
Pulled the sd cards on the cameras, pics of 6 and 7 coons at the feeder. need to reduce those numbers
Had several pics of 3 and 4 hen turkeys and not one poult with them.
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Post by moose1am on Jul 21, 2020 18:10:27 GMT -5
I kill every Raccoon that ventures on my property. To live trap them and haul them to someplace else just isn't the answer. I give opossums a free pass because they are great tick eaters. But this is Hunt Indiana?
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Post by moose1am on Jul 21, 2020 18:23:53 GMT -5
I got another big male this morning but the other trap had all the bait cleaned out and it wasn't tripped. I've got to either come up with a better quality trap or improve the 1 I have. The larger trap that I've caught most of them in has an aluminum trigger plate not much stronger than a pop/beer can and an aluminum trigger rod. Every 1 I catch tears the crap out of them. They rip the plate right out of the bottom of the trap and bend the heck out of the rod. Plus they bend the heck out of the rod holding the back door in place. I'm surprised I haven't lost any. Every time I've got to bend everything back,which I can do with my hands-no tools required, then refasten them. HavaHeart live animal traps (larger one) work good for raccoon, squirrels, grinner, and cats. Yes I caught my neighbor's domestic cat and let it go. After you catch the raccoon you can dispatch is anyway you like I guess. I caught several big boar raccoons and one female raccoon. I relocated them all to another part of the country. Then later I discovered that the female had 3 little ones in the tree next to my house. Only after I removed the mom did I find the little ones that had fallen out of the tree and where crying for their mother on my lawn. I picked them up and called the DNR CO and he told the phone number of an animal rehabbers. So I called her and she came to my house and picked up the baby raccoons. They were so young that they didn't even have their eye's opened yet. The mother was a young raccoon. She was very passive in the trap and didn't hiss or try to bite me when I moved the case. When I opened the cage up she just ran off and didn't attack me or look back. Now the Boar raccoons were very aggressive towards me until I turned the garden hose on them. They settled down after that water bath. I was able to transport them without incident and when I let them go they ran straight for the trees next to the water's edge and disappeared from sight. I took a short section of 1 1/2" diameter PVC pipe and fitted it sideways inside the trap crossways. I hung the PVC at the top of the trap right above the trip plate on the bottom of the trap. I used wire to hold the PVC pipe on the top of the trap. That way the Raccoon had to stand on the trap area to reach the food. I used sardines and stuck them into both ends of the PVC Pipe from the outside of the case. I took a stick and poked it through the cage's wire and into the end of the PVC pipe so as to push the sardines into the middle of the pipe. That way the raccoons really had to work with their paws to reach the sardines inside the PVC pipe over their heads. They tripped the doors shut on the HavaHeart Trap every time. Works like a charm. Raccoons can't resist the smell of sardines.
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Post by parrothead on Jul 21, 2020 19:24:07 GMT -5
Had yet another one this morning. They must be really moving for some reason. That is number 48 in the last year.
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Post by welder on Jul 21, 2020 20:13:45 GMT -5
Grape jelly is one of the best summer time live trap baits... EVER!
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jul 24, 2020 21:10:47 GMT -5
I got another big male this morning but the other trap had all the bait cleaned out and it wasn't tripped. I've got to either come up with a better quality trap or improve the 1 I have. The larger trap that I've caught most of them in has an aluminum trigger plate not much stronger than a pop/beer can and an aluminum trigger rod. Every 1 I catch tears the crap out of them. They rip the plate right out of the bottom of the trap and bend the heck out of the rod. Plus they bend the heck out of the rod holding the back door in place. I'm surprised I haven't lost any. Every time I've got to bend everything back,which I can do with my hands-no tools required, then refasten them. HavaHeart live animal traps (larger one) work good for raccoon, squirrels, grinner, and cats. Yes I caught my neighbor's domestic cat and let it go. After you catch the raccoon you can dispatch is anyway you like I guess. I caught several big boar raccoons and one female raccoon. I relocated them all to another part of the country. Then later I discovered that the female had 3 little ones in the tree next to my house. Only after I removed the mom did I find the little ones that had fallen out of the tree and where crying for their mother on my lawn. I picked them up and called the DNR CO and he told the phone number of an animal rehabbers. So I called her and she came to my house and picked up the baby raccoons. They were so young that they didn't even have their eye's opened yet. The mother was a young raccoon. She was very passive in the trap and didn't hiss or try to bite me when I moved the case. When I opened the cage up she just ran off and didn't attack me or look back. Now the Boar raccoons were very aggressive towards me until I turned the garden hose on them. They settled down after that water bath. I was able to transport them without incident and when I let them go they ran straight for the trees next to the water's edge and disappeared from sight. I took a short section of 1 1/2" diameter PVC pipe and fitted it sideways inside the trap crossways. I hung the PVC at the top of the trap right above the trip plate on the bottom of the trap. I used wire to hold the PVC pipe on the top of the trap. That way the Raccoon had to stand on the trap area to reach the food. I used sardines and stuck them into both ends of the PVC Pipe from the outside of the case. I took a stick and poked it through the cage's wire and into the end of the PVC pipe so as to push the sardines into the middle of the pipe. That way the raccoons really had to work with their paws to reach the sardines inside the PVC pipe over their heads. They tripped the doors shut on the HavaHeart Trap every time. Works like a charm. Raccoons can't resist the smell of sardines. I wound up ordering 1 of these www.livetrap.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30174 . I think I've gotten them all at least for now. I went 3 or 4 nights without catching any or having the traps messed with. I figure I'll wait a few days then go back to setting them.
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Post by moose1am on Jul 25, 2020 19:52:31 GMT -5
HavaHeart live animal traps (larger one) work good for raccoon, squirrels, grinner, and cats. Yes I caught my neighbor's domestic cat and let it go. After you catch the raccoon you can dispatch is anyway you like I guess. I caught several big boar raccoons and one female raccoon. I relocated them all to another part of the country. Then later I discovered that the female had 3 little ones in the tree next to my house. Only after I removed the mom did I find the little ones that had fallen out of the tree and where crying for their mother on my lawn. I picked them up and called the DNR CO and he told the phone number of an animal rehabbers. So I called her and she came to my house and picked up the baby raccoons. They were so young that they didn't even have their eye's opened yet. The mother was a young raccoon. She was very passive in the trap and didn't hiss or try to bite me when I moved the case. When I opened the cage up she just ran off and didn't attack me or look back. Now the Boar raccoons were very aggressive towards me until I turned the garden hose on them. They settled down after that water bath. I was able to transport them without incident and when I let them go they ran straight for the trees next to the water's edge and disappeared from sight. I took a short section of 1 1/2" diameter PVC pipe and fitted it sideways inside the trap crossways. I hung the PVC at the top of the trap right above the trip plate on the bottom of the trap. I used wire to hold the PVC pipe on the top of the trap. That way the Raccoon had to stand on the trap area to reach the food. I used sardines and stuck them into both ends of the PVC Pipe from the outside of the case. I took a stick and poked it through the cage's wire and into the end of the PVC pipe so as to push the sardines into the middle of the pipe. That way the raccoons really had to work with their paws to reach the sardines inside the PVC pipe over their heads. They tripped the doors shut on the HavaHeart Trap every time. Works like a charm. Raccoons can't resist the smell of sardines. I wound up ordering 1 of these www.livetrap.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30174 . I think I've gotten them all at least for now. I went 3 or 4 nights without catching any or having the traps messed with. I figure I'll wait a few days then go back to setting them. The Big HavaHeart live animal traps that I have are the two door variety. So it looks like you can walk right though it. When the trap door on the floor is stepped on both the doors on each end of the trap slam shut and are locked in place. HavaHeart has some traps that are single door like the ones you show in your photograph. I put my trap up on the top railing of my deck and secured it with two long zip ties. The animals were climbing up on the railing and walking along the top to the corner where I had my bird feeder on a board that was nailed on the corner of the deck railing. I had a limb leaning up to the top of the deck railing from the ground and they were climbing up on the deck using the limb. That way they had to go through the trap to get to the bird seed.
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