3nails family trapping 2014-15

[Turner89]

Nice work 3 nails

[Machias]

Awesome cat, congrats!!

[3nails]

 Well good news and bad news. Good news is I got a cat in that set. Bad news is it wasn't the cat I was after. I went deeper into my sd card and found out the big guy came in after the other cat was already in the cage!

[The scout]

wow that does look like a big cat

[redi]

Keep after him. Can't wait to see photos of him in the trap.

[3nails]

 So to mix things up for the big tom I tried putting in my largest raccoon trap. It's very large and has caught a bobcat before. The problem is that the door swings down and has to have enough force behind the swing to latch itself. Well twice now the tom felt good about entering but the door must have hit him in the butt and not latched. I've since put the guillotine door trap back so hopefully next time he enters.....

[Machias]

Well he came back so that is a good thing!

[rasbo]

saaaaweeeet

[hogsniper]

Great pics and congrats on all the cool critters!  Always look forward to the updates!

[3nails]

 I've spent about a month and a half so far trying to get this guy. He's going to be a very expensive cat if I finally get him. No way I'm going to sell him!!

[Boss .300 winmag]

He looks pretty healthy in the pic, keep at him he will mess up someday. 

[Smossy]

So to mix things up for the big tom I tried putting in my largest raccoon trap. It's very large and has caught a bobcat before. The problem is that the door swings down and has to have enough force behind the swing to latch itself. Well twice now the tom felt good about entering but the door must have hit him in the butt and not latched. I've since put the guillotine door trap back so hopefully next time he enters.....

Do you mostly use foot pan traps for those guys? Would a hanging trigger style trap work, I figure something dangling might deter them from making it all the way inside. 

[Jonathan_S]

So to mix things up for the big tom I tried putting in my largest raccoon trap. It's very large and has caught a bobcat before. The problem is that the door swings down and has to have enough force behind the swing to latch itself. Well twice now the tom felt good about entering but the door must have hit him in the butt and not latched. I've since put the guillotine door trap back so hopefully next time he enters.....

Do you mostly use foot pan traps for those guys? Would a hanging trigger style trap work, I figure something dangling might deter them from making it all the way inside. 

Once they're in the trap they're pretty focused on the bait/feathers etc.  Cats really aren't that suspicious.  They aren't afraid to go into holes and they brush up against things all day long 

[Smossy]

So to mix things up for the big tom I tried putting in my largest raccoon trap. It's very large and has caught a bobcat before. The problem is that the door swings down and has to have enough force behind the swing to latch itself. Well twice now the tom felt good about entering but the door must have hit him in the butt and not latched. I've since put the guillotine door trap back so hopefully next time he enters.....

Do you mostly use foot pan traps for those guys? Would a hanging trigger style trap work, I figure something dangling might deter them from making it all the way inside. 

Once they're in the trap they're pretty focused on the bait/feathers etc.  Cats really aren't that suspicious.  They aren't afraid to go into holes and they brush up against things all day long 

Perfect, Im not getting any hits on one of my beaver traps so I think Im going to find a spot to try and coax a cat inside. It looks similer to something 3 Nails has photos of above so Ill have to give it a go. Trail cam it and bait it with some beaver.

[TeacherMan]

Are you covering your pans and the bottom wire with anyting? Is so what?