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Cats - attraction?
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06/05/22 06:52 AM
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On my place - cats are the only thing that consistently kick my butt - mess up lot of my sets. When I start trapping next fall - I will start w some double sets to help w that - been too lazy on the double sets
Wanted to see if anybody had experience w this - same trapper buddy that put me on peat moss told me this and I blew him off on it. I told him my trap troubles w cats messing up my sets - he said - just get a silver Christmas ornament and hang it on a limb about 3 foot above your trap - he said - a cat is curious by nature - he will eventually try to grab or at least check out that ornament - he said - u can’t lead a coyote - but u can sure lead a cat (think i remember Deadeye saying on here u can’t direct/lead a coyote). Anyway - I blew what he was saying off - doubted him. Then I see basically the same thing on a trapping show. Guy used a white index card hanging above trap And he was catching cats w it - card just flaps and twirls in the wind about 3’ above trap - cats get curious
Any of u guys try anything like this? I will be doing the silver ornament next fall. Guy that told me this catches bunch animals and I wish I would hav listend earlier and he already has given me Other good tips
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/07/22 09:48 AM
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Cubby hole sets and trench sets for cats
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/07/22 02:34 PM
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Thanks Deadeye
What is a cubby hole set ? Never heard that one
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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Dang that is interesting- good stuff Squadron - I catch coyotes - very hard on fox - I am pissing up hill w cats - that’s good stuff - thanks man
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/08/22 11:19 AM
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A cubby hole set works very much like a trench set They both funnel the cat to the bait site and they cannot circle around or come from the sides The cubby hole is a stack of sticks and brush that is in the shape of a V and about 24” front to back and no more than 14”-16” at the open end The bait hole and lure is at the back of the cubby hole and the trap is bedded 16”-18” from the back of the cubby hole To commit to the lure or bait he has to go to the trap first This is basically the way the trench set works
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/08/22 01:40 PM
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^^^^ Good stuff
Never done - will try
This may sound stupid - on A cubby set do u always use 1 trap r do u sometimes us 2?
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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When it comes to trapping there are no stupid questions The way the cubby hole set works is the cat will stay in the middle so it won’t touch the sides and the trap will cover most of the opening from the center to the sides You could put a trap right in the opening and then another 6”-8” inside if you want
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/08/22 03:14 PM
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Thanks Deadeye - never done before - makes lot of sense
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/08/22 03:25 PM
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I use a lot of limbs and wood making a cat set. Way too much for a coyote set. It looks almost like a kids play fort at times. I put sticks across the top of the V sometimes. One thing I do is put a stick down in front of the trap so the cat has to step over the stick and onto the pan. You can use guide sticks to make the cat step where you want. The top of the thread mentioned using something to get their attention. An old CD tied with fishing line will spin and get their attention. Only tried that once but it worked.
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/19/22 06:51 AM
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You are the second person I hav heard say cats are easier - they been eating my lunch - coyotes for me been way easier
But I think it’s been all me screwing up - I ready to catch one now w all this info - May start back trapping in Oct if work allows - so hot right now I gone let them hav it
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/30/22 12:53 PM
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I've always thought bobcats were much easier to catch than coyotes or fox, but I have never tried to catch them in warm weather. I have mainly caught them with regular dirt hole sets, using a downed limb or something similar as a backing. I wanted a backing that they could see over, but something high enough that they couldn't approach from behind.
A visual attractant of some kind really helps. I thought the best was bird feathers placed over a tall weed, with cat lure on it. Skin out a section of breast feathers and use something like a dogfennel plant to punch a hole through the skin and keep the feathers up off the ground. The feathers don't have to be right over the trap; just somewhere near enough to get his attention so that he will see the dirt hole. For bait, it's better for cats to use a fresh bait. I don't think anything beats part of a rabbit. Put the rabbit piece in the dirt hole and make sure that some fur is visible. A cat walking a road cannot resist checking out a set like this.
I mainly used rancid beaver for the fox and coon dirt hole sets. I would catch a beaver early in the fall and cut the meat into small chunks, then put it all into a quart jar and leave it outside. It would be very rank by the time I used it. Occasionally, I would get a bobcat in a fox set with the beaver bait, but most of them were caught with a fresh bait. I never passed up a road killed rabbit when I was trapping.
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/30/22 01:42 PM
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Thanks guys - I ready to trap - wish it was early October - gone let it cool off - but ready
My cats kicked me in the nutts - surprisingly - fox seemed easiest - I would hv assumed they the smartest - but my sets may hav been unknowingly geared more for them - they were not geared for cats - good info for me on this thread for cats
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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06/30/22 09:04 PM
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^^^ Soul taker and Hell Fire 🤣 cool names - i got to try that
I use Hiawatha a lot and wind walker and Cronic dog among others - but I gone try that. Like what u and PCP saying about real animals - want to try the rabbit
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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07/01/22 06:50 AM
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^^^ Soul taker and Hell Fire 🤣 cool names - i got to try that
I use Hiawatha a lot and wind walker and Cronic dog among others - but I gone try that. Like what u and PCP saying about real animals - want to try the rabbit Dunlap makes them, work great for me
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Re: Cats - attraction?
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09/12/22 10:37 PM
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Hope to start trapping soon - bumping this up to top - lot of good tips In it
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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