Re: what is your preferred cage trap?
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05/14/15 08:38 AM
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Jim Bethell
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I favor the koonce cage trap...sets flush with a hole if need be...tough enough for the biggest coon and when you lift the door it sets itself...the back door is an awesome feature too....livetrap.com has em for $77.50 each These are the ones for me in most cases.
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Re: what is your preferred cage trap?
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05/14/15 04:25 PM
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Paul Winkelmann
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Leave it to Joshua to come up with a trap we don't own. And it looks like a pretty decent cage at that. I was washing cages today
( Yes, Mr. Jameson, apparently I'm the only one allowed to clean cages around here ) and putting them on the rack. Here's what I
noticed: We have some of the old style Havaharts, Plasti-catch, Safeguards, Wickenkamps, Advanced, WCS, and Tomahawk. I think some of
the guys must be hoarding the Comstocks. Joshua, if I could only have one cage, it would be the 9x9x28 inch Tomahawk professional. I
have caught everything from chipmunks to 30 lb. raccoon in some of mine. ( Okay, the chipmunks weren't on purpose but they were still
in there )
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Re: what is your preferred cage trap?
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03/22/20 03:58 AM
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AJE
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For racoon, I don't think the cages from Little Wolf Trapping Supply can be beat. Cumberland's is about the only retailer Brian uses, if you wish to buy from a dealer, otherwise he has a fb page.
Last edited by AJE; 03/22/20 03:58 AM.
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Re: what is your preferred cage trap?
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04/01/20 06:12 AM
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Willy Firewood
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For 90% of trapping with cages, it is a Comstock trap.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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Re: what is your preferred cage trap?
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06/23/20 05:25 PM
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HayDay
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So next question......where is best place to buy these traps?
I was set to order a couple traps until I realized shipping was almost half as much as the traps were. Or is that to be expected?
Edited:
Two traps were $180. If memory serves, shipping was going to be $79 (WCS)
If that is right, it is what it is.
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Re: what is your preferred cage trap?
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06/23/20 08:42 PM
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Willy Firewood
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Since my reply here on 04/01/20, I have had some very unusual and challenging jobs. I have a good arsenal of cage traps from which to choose, but it seems that the most versatile and adaptable cage trap has been the Comstock 9x11x18 with a separate cage material nosecone.
The difficult situations have been conquered with that workhorse trap and nosecone along with some indispensable accessories - zip ties, a roll of electric fence wire, fender washers, screws, and shortened step-in electric fence posts. A good dose of ingenuity or imagination allows that trap to be fitted into just about any space with minimal site modifications. Alternate escape routes are easily blocked if necessary so the path of least resistance is right through the trap.
I agree that the shipping charges are high. But there is no realistic alternative.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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