Three weeks in a cabin up North. 25 miles to gas station and lots of time alone suited me just fine.
A little colder than I'm used to and there was a bunch of icy white stuff on the ground but the combination of big cats to try and cage and open night hunting is right up my alley.
Cats where pretty scarce and sometimes difficult to commit to cages but each trip I learn a little more.

Biggest heaviest cats I've ever handled.

This one went 47"

ML

Beautiful...well done

That is a gorgeous cat. Gotta love those nice white bellies. Glad you had a good time.

What caliber are you using on those cats?

Looks like a great trip. Congrats

Way to adapt, Mercer. Glad you got some Colorado action. Side note, the cages pictured sure look different than the ones I got from ya. 🤔

Do you make a double door cat cage?

I noticed that, too. Mine don't have the round rod running up high the length of the cage.

Those are walk through cages. Something I've been working on for a few years. I like to test them out good before they go retail. Don't want and "upgrades or repair kits" after the release.

The rifle in the pic is .17MACH 4. My other night gun is a .19 Badger by Calhoon.

ML

Beautiful cats! Looks like an awesome trip

You got but a small taste of the trials and tribulations of trapping in Colorado
Be glad your not here now.

I also like the look of the recessed doors on those double door traps. They'll work real sweet set up tight next to cliffs.

I did have amazing weather. Trip couldn't have been smoother.

You guys been fighting extreme cold and snow for two months now.

ML

Gorgeous cats. Congrats!

Very nice!

Thanks for sharing Mercer! Beautiful cats

Thank you.

Trapping Gal is being a little modest. I gave her some double doors to try and she has caught a few in them.
She also has videos of cats refusing to go in them. Acting just like they sometimes do at single door traps.

ML

Any chance of getting a retro fit to the double from the single door?

Posco the DD cages are 4' long compared to 3' for the singles. Trap wouldn't be long enough. Different dimensions as well. A retro kit would be more work than building an entire cage.

I am not convinced that they are any better or easier to get a cat to commit to. I ran around CO this year with 36 cages. 18 singles and 18 DD. Caught exactly the same amount in each (which wasn't very many) AND had almost exactly the same number of refusals. The walk through concept makes more sense in our human brain but to a bobcat hard to say.

Trappin Gal has been working hard with trail cams on hers and has plenty of evidence of refusals.


ML

Thanks, Mercer. Wasn't trying to put you in a tough spot. You build a great cage but like everything else in life, things advance. I'll keep plugging.