The 'Possum' Curse

[UrbanTrapper]

Guess which one was in the trap today?  Anybody know how to 'Break the Cycle of 'Possum'?

[JakeLand]

Well I'm guessing you got the grinner. When you find out how to keep the grinners out please let me know

[winslow]

Well, the cat did have four hours to make his decision before the possum took the bait. Maybe somebody has an idea to entice the cat in sooner?

[UrbanTrapper]

Yep.  How many Wetside cat trappers feel visuals like feathers etc. are key to closing the deal with bobcats?  I'm not using them yet this year.

[winslow]

Yep.  How many Wetside cat trappers feel visuals like feathers etc. are key to closing the deal with bobcats?  I'm not using them yet this year.

Mercer Lawing (www.cagingbobcats.com) says that a piece of feather boa in the back of the cage and some light skunk scent are heavy hitters with cats. He has caught a few. Lol.

The cats I've seen caught came to a big old chunk of beaver hanging in the back of the cage.

[JakeLand]

Beaver in the back and put a piece about the size of a wall nut right in front of the opening 
 I do think some feathers or a CD hanging from some fishing line does help  and take some beaver castor and put some up a little high so the wind catches it

[Cultusman]

Beaver in the back and put a piece about the size of a wall nut right in front of the opening 
 I do think some feathers or a CD hanging from some fishing line does help  and take some beaver castor and put some up a little high so the wind catches it

   That is some good advise, I don't hang feathers but I do throw a handful in the trap and some outside.
 The only way I know to keep the possum out is to go to a higher elevation where the don't live.

[Triplej]

This is the story of my cat trapping this year... except I have a possum that has devoured 4 quarter of a beaver and I  have not yet caught him!!

[winslow]

We all suffer from the possum curse, I guess! This was my fifth possum of the year. I ate the last two, but this one was too old for that. And he didn't want to go...

[Humptulips]

You release those 'possums they will only come back for seconds.