I was thinking about building some wooden box traps for rabbits id like to see some pictures of what you all think is the best design and and any tips for getting them to go in

I've heard rabbits are curious and like to go in box traps to check them out!

Fence staples and wire to attach the door to the trap. Nails in the bottom for a door stop. Fence staples in the middle of the top for a trip wire to slide through and into a hole in the bottom of the door. Apple, Carrot or half an ear of corn on the wire for bait. Chicken wire on the back. I caught a lot of rabbits in these when I was a kid.

There was an old trapper in these parts that had been a high roller back in the boom . After the crash you would see him riding around with a truck load of those type boxes running a road line setting them in the road ditches and every patch of weeds he could sneak them in . His didnt have the nails in the bottom the doors were just long enough they wouldnt fold back past the bottom the hinges were made of leather Thanks mink44 those are the ones i was thinking about building out of barn wood

http://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/resources/2010/05/4525_2245.pdf

Enjoy

I was a young lad of about 5 or 6 years old when my dad and I made a trap pretty much like the one mink 44 has a drawing of. Only thing is I just used a stick to hold up the swinging door. When the rabbit went in he knocked down the stick and the door hit his back and when the rabbit kept going in the door dropped down. The two little nails kept the door from going backwards to open. After I caught a few rabbits in that first trap dad and me made...… I made a bunch more wooden traps through my childhood. Never stopped making stuff even as I grew older. Now as a more mature ( and smarter.... hopefully) sixty year old plus man entering the backside of his years, I still enjoy making stuff.... only now out of steel.

What was that a link to MDCwont load on my phone it looks like their website has CWD with holes in it and mixed up spots .

Any dimensions for this design?

There’s a couple of good plans and boxes on YouTube. I enjoy running rabbit boxes. Reminds me of my boyhood.

Hang an apple half soaked in salt on the inside of the back wire so they can smell it.

Wish I could go back and relive those days!

Chris

No dimensions. I saw this post on Trapperman while I was at work and had a few minutes to kill so I made a quick model and drawing just going off of memory from when I was around 12 years old. Just make it big enough for a rabbit to fit in.

Yes don’t make it big enough for possums or you’ll catch them and they stink up your trap. The ones I like the best are the John Wooding ones on YouTube. The old ones I used were the type with the stick on top with a trigger down through a hole in the back. They work fine too. I bait with Apple and leave a peeling in the doorway for them.