re: Set traps today (updated 2/23 end of the line)

Sell me a bobcat. Must be alive.

damn offshore you a genuine trapper. great job.

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Pics? Well done.

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Man I hate Possums! They stink and they stink up the whole set but I kill everyone I see. They are the king of the nest robbers!

good work

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They are the king of the nest robbers!

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Turkey killers. Kill them all.

I tried to video that biggest coyote but my phone would work.
He was just a barking at me.

Yeah those cats are bad arse and this one was a BIG tom.

That is a big f-ing bobcat!!!

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I have a possum coon and fox issue at home. I'd love to trap em to show my son and we can dispose of the varmits after.

Where/what is the bait?
Type of trap?

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The coon and possums are easy to take care of. Buy a live trap that is big enough to hold one, set it and bait it with sardines. The fox is another story, it depends what type of fox it is. If it's a grey fox you can catch him in a cage trap with the sardines. If it is a red for you will have to learn how to set a steel trap, they will not go in cages.

If I was just gonna set for fox I would set it like they way I was told by a HOF trapper named Asa Lenon.

"Offshoretrash:
I don't have any pictures to send right now but here is how I do it. I take a hatchet and chop out a trap bed the shape of an inverted V and the correct size for the trap being placed in it. The bed is dug deep enough so that when the trap stake or drag and chain along with the trap is bedded and covered with 3/4" of sand that the trap bed is still 1/2" below ground level. After I have positioned the trap in the bed and the trap is partially covered so I can still see the location of the trap pan, I start a 45 degree angled hole below ground level into the point of the V into the trap bed backing so that the hole is being started below ground level. The set is finished with the nice sand from the hole and 2" high sand ridges are built back along side of each jaw as guides so that that the animal must step over the ridges and down 1/2" below ground level to investigate the hole. This is waht I call a combination step-down and a step-between the sand ridges set. It is nearly impossible for canines to investigate a hole started below ground level by simply stepping up along side of the set or from the back, they must step down lower to investigate. Trap pans are kept back of the hole 6" for fox and offset 1" right of center and for coyote and bobcat 10" back and 2" right of center. Another small pile of dirt is placed right in front of the hole so that an animal that has stepped down and missed the pan will have to make at least one more step forward to see over the small pile of dirt and into the hole. This is basically the Old Indian style set and I use this style 90% of the time when their is a small hump or something suitable for a set backing. When there is nothing available that is suitable as a set backing like making a set in a flat field where there are no humps, small bushes, rocks, etc., then I modify the above set by bedding the trap another 2" deeper so that it is now 2.5" below ground level and a true step-down. No animal could possible investigate a hole 45 degree angled started that deep below ground level and bored into the trap bed wall without first stepping down to do so. One has in effect created their own set backing on level ground by using the trap bed wall as the backing for the hole. I keep those depressions no larger than the trap being used and about every four years an animal has been lucky enough to step down and back out living to tell about it. Also, 95% of animals are taken by the right front foot with a good high paw hold when stepping down with all that weight on their foot. Pan tension and pan play aren't critical on a step-down as when stepping down with sufficient weight they don't have time to pull back. Its once in a blue moon that one gets a toe hold and that is generally when a smaller animal misses the pan on the first step down and walks forward over the trap to be caught by a rear foot. Hope this is helpful! Ace"

A few things to know, the trap must be bed to were it does not move because if they feel movement under their feet they will dig it up. The trap can not have any smell and are dipped in wax but in your case you could boil one and spray paint it well before you want to set it to let it air out.

If you guys want to know it all about trapping go check this site out. I've been a member for 7 or 8 yrs. Trapperman.com

Great pics. Thanks for posting.