I was asked if I could purchase some graspers for the employees. Well of course I can but my questions is: What for? We have no

snakes that need grasping and if we did they would send me anyway. The vast majority of our animals consist of raccoon and

squirrels and I don't think a grasper would be good for either one. Opossum come with built-in handles and if one of our guys

grasps a skunk, I want to be there and take pictures. ( With the telephoto lens, of course ) So those of you that find a grasper

handy, what do you use it for? ( I do have one guess, but I'll see if someone else says it first )

Dead animal or bird retrieval.... Though a glue board on a pole with gorilla tape works too!

Other than snakes, my Beagle Club does trash cleanup at a Conservation Area we run our field trials on, and it's handy for picking trash out of the water and poison ivy. And, it's a dumpster divers delight! LOL

I have gotten baby raccoons out of a soffit with grabbers from the attic side. Had a Ridgid camera snake in one hand so I could see down in there.Saved time over taking the wood soffit apart in that case.

Those cat grabbers are an excellent tool for coon pups in a tight spot.

I use the blue ones from WCS.

I have used them on a skunk with no issue Paul, but I can't tell you how

I've used them on bats. I purposely don't have a catch pole on the truck so they are less likely to send me in after raccoons. There's a different guy that likes to do that stuff. He gets sent after all the babies.

have gotten dead animals out of chimneys using a set OOS on a rope...drop slowly down til get to the animal and then drop fast...gives a great hold

That's a good idea with the O/S trap. Since we are telling stories here is a good one.

Had a customer that got curious many years back about how an O/S trap worked. So he progressed to pick one up from his lawn after being told not to do so. He later said he just wanted to examine it and put it back. He didn't see any harm in doing so was his comment.

In his handling the trap it some how slipped from his grasp while examining it and it fell landing on his one foot. He was wearing flip flop footwear at the time. Naturally the trap hit just the right spot and fired across three toes.

He never told me the story but his young son did the next time I ran traps he was home from school and couldn't wait to tell me what happened to daddy. LOL

I bet that felt good.

Like Ron White the comedian use to say in one of his monologs. You cant fix stupid.

I prefer the snake tongs over the cat grabbers.

Ok, I've seen a few mentions of O/S trap. What is this?

Have used snake tongs on coon pups many times. They work great for reaching in tight places. You can grab a tail with them if you need to. Like a furry snake.

"Out of sight" mole trap

Yeah, "cat grabbers" are handy for coon kits, grey squirrels, various and sundry pick-ups.

Dave, if you can grab a grey squirrel with a cat grasper you must be aging a lot more gracefully than I!

bob..now that I am done crying from laughing about the guy with flip flops and the trap on 3 toes...wow...I envisioned that all the way

reminds me of a story I read on tman trapping forum where an anti watched a guy setting a coyote trap in a field...then went to find the trap when the guy was gone and apparently was on his hands and knees "feeling" around...that number 3 bridger 4 coiled trap got him right across the knuckles...he used his cell phone to dial 911 and that is how they called the trapper back with the tag on the trap......we all wanted to know what the catch circle looked like and if he had catch pictures

I got a red in one out of a closet. I think he wanted to be caught. He'd been trapped in the closet long enough. I opened the 2nd floor window and tossed him out rather than try to carry him through the house. The whole time I'm thinking he's going to be right back in one of those holes I spotted up on top. The people were having work done and I'm sure the noise and activity chased him down the walls into their bedroom.

? Can somebody post or send me a pic of "Cat Grabbers"? Thanks, BB

Snake Tongs
Cat Grasper

OK, thanks LAt