Don't have a number. At the end of this month when it's all put up i can count. Skunk this am btw
Don't have a number. At the end of this month when it's all put up i can count. Skunk this am btw
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That cat is cool! How in the world does a guy go about setting one of those free without getting eaten alive?
Either a catch pole around the neck which you have to be carefull with because you will quickly suffocate the cat. Or a sheet of plywood with a small notch in the bottom. You can walk right up to the cat and put the trap on your side of the plywood and the cat on the other.
I hope this isn't a stupid question, but after doing some reading im not sure.
I read that traps should be smooth and best kind are rubber coated. Is this to prevent broken legs. Or are the legs broken anyway?
I ask because I'm concerned with catching any domestic animals. I need to do something behind my house but I have a cat and my brother has one. My guess is it would snap their legs.
Oh wise one, Diablo. What your advice?
I read that traps should be smooth and best kind are rubber coated. Is this to prevent broken legs. Or are the legs broken anyway?
I ask because I'm concerned with catching any domestic animals. I need to do something behind my house but I have a cat and my brother has one. My guess is it would snap their legs.
Oh wise one, Diablo. What your advice?
The legs shouldn't be broken. If you use a 1 1/2 or 1 3/4 I wouldn't think you would break a cats leg. We have caught several cats and they all ran way with no foot injuries. No need for a rubber coated trap IMO. Now a modified or thickened jaw will help out the animal because there is less pinching going on and more area to press on the leg. Ill bet my neighbor will read this and hopefully he will jump on with some insight for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSguuQ9nwoQ
On a taxidermy forum I visit this guy let this loose when he caught it in a snare. All I can say is Patrick has balls.
haha. Why didn't he loosen up the catchpole? Did the cat take off with it? a bobcat would be alot easier than the mountain lion i would think. You could flip a cat over...stand on the catch pole and release the trap.
He said his buddy was the one that let it go but he had to get it off the cat. I guess when it went up in the brush it got snagged up. He went up and released the pole and slipped it off.
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still waiting for a little "how to" info.
great job man. we need to get some of that going around here.
great job man. we need to get some of that going around here.
Good job Diablo, you are doing something right! How big are the sections of woods where you are getting all these? Have you ever tried hunting them by calling or driving them?