Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

[Sally PB]

I've worn nitrile gloves when handling the snap trap and either those or garden gloves for the larger live traps.

Hmmm... a tin of sardines on my shopping list? Or should I open that can of salmon I got for the chickens, forgot I had, and saw in the back of the cupboard?

 

[Molpet]

I catch racoons , opossums and even chipmunks with mini marshmallows. For the first 2, eggs that didn't hatch work best lol
I got 2 chippys yesterday in dog proof traps. They usually steal the marshmallows but sometimes they get caught.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Marshmallows??? I'd never considered. THANK YOU!

and something flipped one of my traps completely over last night so it could get thebait w/o setting off the spring trap... It just walted right in on what had been the ceiling, waltzed right back out.

 

[Molpet]

Marshmallows??? I'd never considered. THANK YOU!

and something flipped one of my traps completely over last night so it could get thebait w/o setting off the spring trap... It just walted right in on what had been the ceiling, waltzed right back out.

attach the bottom of the Box trap to a piece of plywood at least 6 inches bigger on all sides. Makes it harder to flip. Marshmallows mixed with tuna is also a racoons favorite. But the fish attracts cats that I don't want to catch. Also attach a can with bait to the back floor or on a string so they have to work at getting it out. I have some pull top cat food that I pop just a bit and tie the pull ring in the back of the trap. But I do catch cats sometime that way.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Marshmallows??? I'd never considered. THANK YOU!

and something flipped one of my traps completely over last night so it could get thebait w/o setting off the spring trap... It just walted right in on what had been the ceiling, waltzed right back out.

Do you have the dog safe traps for raccoons? That's how we got two of the three that were causing issues before. Just stick a marshmallow inside and in a few days we had a raccoon

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

and something flipped one of my traps completely over last night so it could get thebait w/o setting off the spring trap... It just walted right in on what had been the ceiling, waltzed right back out.

Do you put bricks/large rocks on top of your traps already?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

TY for the trapping knowledge. No, I have not been doing any of those things

 

[allenw]

going out to feed the flock and check on mama hen. Still just the two chicks as of last evening, and one of them I hadn't seen for a while - trying not to disturb mama.

Relocated another possum yesterday after work, was TINY. The other trap had its bait remioved w/o setting off the trap. Not sure how, but its second time. That trap is on the opposite end of the pasture. Going to try and relocate it to an area with softer sand/clay muds in hopes of getting an identifiable footprint.

I *dislike* the idea that this critter is more cunning than I. Not to keep score, but its Predator 2 / Trap 0 right now.

Using a cage trap? Try putting your bait under the trap in a small hole.

 

[123RedBeard]

Or drive a piece of rebar down through the trap to anchor it there ...

What probably happened was it went in and the door closed behind it . . . It thrashed around enough to tip the trap over, and the door opened up . . .

 

[Sally PB]

What probably happened was it went in and the door closed behind it . . . It thrashed around enough to tip the trap over, and the door opened up

I have put a cinder block on top of a live trap, to keep the critter from flipping/rolling it. That worked well, as I like to move the traps around to different locations.