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Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776254 01/29/10 01:27 PM 01/29/10 01:27 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada A Andrew N. trapper
Andrew N. trapper A Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada	If I lived closer, I'd buy some Schroeder cages.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776258 01/29/10 01:29 PM 01/29/10 01:29 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada A Andrew N. trapper
Andrew N. trapper A Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada	Nephi? Utah?

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776268 01/29/10 01:35 PM 01/29/10 01:35 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada A Andrew N. trapper
Andrew N. trapper A Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada	Hmmm... the wheels are turning as we speak.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: Andrew N.] #1776274 01/29/10 01:36 PM 01/29/10 01:36 PM
B BuckNE OP Unregistered
BuckNE OP Unregistered B	Cameron, what are the dimensions of the cage in that last photo, and how much does one of them cost?

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776276 01/29/10 01:36 PM 01/29/10 01:36 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,371 S.C. Wisconsin Tightchain trapper
Tightchain trapper Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,371 S.C. Wisconsin	Must not be any ambulances to chase today by the look of it! Nice pics Tracy. To bad that boy looks like his daddy. LOL. Them kids caught more grays than most of the guys on this site. Keep it up. I always enjoy the boys two thumbs up pose. He already has his signature pose. Last edited by Tightchain; 01/29/10 01:37 PM. Star Pupil of the Stancil Southern Speech Academy.......

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776279 01/29/10 01:37 PM 01/29/10 01:37 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 822 Texas J jdw trapper
jdw trapper J Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 822 Texas	all the pics are fine except the last few. all im seeing is a white box with a red X in it? nevermind i just had to refresh the page Last edited by jdw; 01/29/10 01:38 PM.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: jdw] #1776289 01/29/10 01:40 PM 01/29/10 01:40 PM
B BuckNE OP Unregistered
BuckNE OP Unregistered B	jdw, I don't understand it. Works for me. All of the pictures are jpg's so the same program on your computer that opens one should open the others.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776290 01/29/10 01:41 PM 01/29/10 01:41 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 822 Texas J jdw trapper
jdw trapper J Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 822 Texas	all i had to do was refresh the page and now i can see the pics.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: jdw] #1776292 01/29/10 01:42 PM 01/29/10 01:42 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada A Andrew N. trapper
Andrew N. trapper A Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada	PM sent Tracy

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776301 01/29/10 01:46 PM 01/29/10 01:46 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 28 northeast louisiana wolfpak382usa trapper
wolfpak382usa trapper Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 28 northeast louisiana	ya'll think it would be cheaper to build cage traps or just buy them ready to go?

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: wolfpak382usa] #1776316 01/29/10 01:57 PM 01/29/10 01:57 PM
B BuckNE OP Unregistered
BuckNE OP Unregistered B	Depends on what your time is worth. The parts are kinda spendy, and there's not a lot of profit in each trap for the cage makers. But they are set up with the parts ready to go, the welders, the saws, and they can kinda mass produce them. But, sometimes the shipping cost can be astronomical. You'd be amazed at what it costs to ship a cage trap. Just go to the MTP link at the top of this page and check out what they charge for shipping. Your best bet is to buy them at conventions if someone there is selling, to save on shipping costs. Another option is to buy Havaharts (which are sold all over) or the ones at Tractor Supply and do a little work to beef them up.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776331 01/29/10 02:08 PM 01/29/10 02:08 PM
B BuckNE OP Unregistered
BuckNE OP Unregistered B	I had a red fox about drive me nuts one winter. I wanted to catch a fox in a cage, so I set one right on some fox tracks at the edge of a field. Dug a hole, baited with chicken neck, put a little wool on top with some Canine Select on it, and set the cage on top of the hole. Next morning, fox had dug a tunnel under the cage to get to the bait. So, I moved the cage and repeated, only this time set some sticks around the cage to make it more difficult to dig under. A couple of days later, those sticks were moved, and the fox had done his trenching job all over again. So I moved the cage and this time put big logs around the outside of the cage. A couple of days later, the fox had been scratching at the ground around the logs, but would NOT enter the cage. I finally caught that fox in a Sleepy Creek 1 3/4 in a dirthole set right next to the cage. Haven't tried to cage trap a fox since.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776335 01/29/10 02:11 PM 01/29/10 02:11 PM
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BuckNE OP Unregistered B	Who is Mercer?

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776351 01/29/10 02:21 PM 01/29/10 02:21 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada A Andrew N. trapper
Andrew N. trapper A Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada	Originally Posted By: BuckNE I had a red fox about drive me nuts one winter. I wanted to catch a fox in a cage, so I set one right on some fox tracks at the edge of a field. Dug a hole, baited with chicken neck, put a little wool on top with some Canine Select on it, and set the cage on top of the hole. Next morning, fox had dug a tunnel under the cage to get to the bait. So, I moved the cage and repeated, only this time set some sticks around the cage to make it more difficult to dig under. A couple of days later, those sticks were moved, and the fox had done his trenching job all over again. So I moved the cage and this time put big logs around the outside of the cage. A couple of days later, the fox had been scratching at the ground around the logs, but would NOT enter the cage. I finally caught that fox in a Sleepy Creek 1 3/4 in a dirthole set right next to the cage. Haven't tried to cage trap a fox since. I've been there. I wish I could set a foothold for those diggers but I have to keep at it with the cage. Even though I have never been successful I keep at it. It's kind of funner that way IMO.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: Andrew N.] #1776355 01/29/10 02:22 PM 01/29/10 02:22 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada A Andrew N. trapper
Andrew N. trapper A Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada	Cameron2, is he hard to get ahold of? I may buy some cages off him y next trip down south.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: Andrew N.] #1776360 01/29/10 02:23 PM 01/29/10 02:23 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 17,438 Central Ohio LT GREY trapper
LT GREY trapper Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 17,438 Central Ohio	I hope Vinke's on here..... Cage trappin' King of the Pacific Northwest...and in Havajunk traps , mind you...now THAT is somethin'!

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776361 01/29/10 02:23 PM 01/29/10 02:23 PM
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BuckNE OP Unregistered B	They strong enough to hold a big Nebraska boar coon? I'd hate to buy one of them sissy California cage traps and have one of our Nebraska coon kits take it apart. But I'd like to try those drop down doors.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776365 01/29/10 02:25 PM 01/29/10 02:25 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada A Andrew N. trapper
Andrew N. trapper A Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada	BuckNE, seems to me a cage ,eant for cats and fox is not meant to take coon after coon due to no internal frame as stated before. LT, I hope he chimes in. He is a wealth of info on caging those other critters as you already know.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: Andrew N.] #1776370 01/29/10 02:27 PM 01/29/10 02:27 PM
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BuckNE OP Unregistered B	Originally Posted By: Livetrap BuckNE, seems to me a cage ,eant for cats and fox is not meant to take coon after coon due to no internal frame as stated before. Problem is, around here I'd probably catch 20 coons for every cat, so it would have to be strong.

Re: The almighty cage trap thread [Re: ] #1776376 01/29/10 02:29 PM 01/29/10 02:29 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada A Andrew N. trapper
Andrew N. trapper A Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,856 New Mexico and Nevada	Pricey cages to get a big coon in. In fact, I was instructed by Reid Aiton not to set them specifically for coon as repairs and reforming the shape would be a constant. They would hold 'em though.

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