Post by: Wolfdog91 on December 28, 2020, 01:57:30 PM
Post by: Norman89 on December 28, 2020, 02:12:26 PM
Post by: Kain on December 28, 2020, 02:44:57 PM
Post by: Wolfdog91 on December 28, 2020, 04:16:39 PM
DANG! Thats fast. Not really a colony trap any longer though.no but only takes a few seconds to remove the two springs and it's back to a regular colony
Post by: Wolfdog91 on December 28, 2020, 04:17:19 PM
Man he was cruising through there nice workIKR ! And thanks lol
Post by: Loup Loup on December 28, 2020, 04:55:36 PM
Post by: Loup Loup on December 28, 2020, 05:07:31 PM
I use a 7x7x24 cage blind set in muskrat trails overland, through tules, or on feedbeds. But you have to figure which way the rat will be traveling. I have set two cages back to back for that reason.
Your double door would work great.
Good idea.
Post by: Wolfdog91 on December 28, 2020, 05:12:55 PM
Wolfdog: your double door trap would be a good design for catching muskrats set blind in trails or shallow channels. Or for animals leaving a burrow, skunk, groundhog, etc. I bet the guys on the coast could use this design for caging Mountain Beavers in their tunnels.Glad to hear ! Actually Comstock makes something similar calls it a swing pannel I think. If your intres d in buying don't that is
I use a 7x7x24 cage blind set in muskrat trails overland, through tules, or on feedbeds. But you have to figure which way the rat will be traveling. I have set two cages back to back for that reason.
Your double door would work great.
Good idea.
Post by: Humptulips on December 28, 2020, 05:25:30 PM
Post by: wags on December 28, 2020, 05:26:42 PM
I think Wolfdog might be onto something here.
"I like the idea of the door hinged on the side.
I was using a similar style of spring loaded door but hinged from the top (like normal) for marten trapping. I had a couple escape by working their nose under the door and forcing it open -two springs put a stop to that but caused other issues.
Trail cam video though showed that the marten would naturally direct their nose to the bottom of the trap when they worked over the door.
I'll bet hinged from the side would confound their efforts. I think you should experiment a little more with that style. The trap being rather asymmetrical like that sort of messes with our minds, but often those are the things that end up working best."
Post by: Humptulips on December 28, 2020, 05:38:36 PM
I only trap Marten with them so here’s what I doWrong thread?
Cut cable off and replace with 2’ of chain and 2 swivels as Marten are tough and I adjust my trigger so it’s heavier so the dam mice won’t trigger it
With that said I do use a strike bar and set in boxes where that trap is held by pressure when trap fires off it comes loose and the marten swings away from the tree and he can spin all he wants with the swivels = no problem
Post by: Loup Loup on December 28, 2020, 08:45:15 PM
My 12"x12" Bob Maier swimthroughs are designed for the door to fire from the side. You could set it so the door is on the top also. My feeling is that an otter, when the trap fires, reflexively propels forward and down. I like to think setting the trap so the door fires from the side could gain me a millisecond advantage on an otter knowingly, or unknowingly trying to beat the door.
Also when most swimthroughs are set you lose an inch on the door side. I would rather retain the full 12" top to bottom, and give up the inch in width.
Post by: Norman89 on December 28, 2020, 09:00:35 PM
Post by: huntingfool7 on December 29, 2020, 06:39:28 AM
Nice catch and video on the chipmunk.