Thought I would post a picture of 4 pretty ones I caught yesterday. Well, 3 anyway the far right one ain't that great.
Sorry if it is a little blurry. I am not too steady holding the camera I guess.

Sure look different than the ones we have in Michigan, thanks for posting.

As always, humptulips, thanks for the post. Those are super-cool little guys. That one check for you just about equals the annual reported catch for the state of Idaho.

Jack

Lots and lots of civets in the Cascades.

We don't have Civit (Spotted Skunk) at all here, I assume you meant different than our Striped Skunks.

This is the right time of the year to get them. Should still be real bright colors.

I think you should give them another try with the camera. Pretty little pelts.

Very cool!

What Santa brought me for Christmas and the second pic, Boxing Day.

nice really nice!!

humptulips -

I'd sure like to see your livetrap setup once again. Aren't you making them commercially now? I sure like them civets. Thanks for the pictures.

Jack

Super cool Animal

Great second & 3rd picture

Those are very cool, don't remember ever seeing one of those before.

They are cool little critters. I used to have a trail cam video of one of the little guys chasing two adult bobcats off a beaver carcass. Looked like a circus skunk bouncing around on his two front legs.

nice. I love them stinkers

Jack,
I'll add a picture of them for you but I believe they are effectively obsolete. I started working on F&W 2 years ago to let us use the KORO rodent trap. Wording in the law outlawing "bodygripping traps" makes an exception for rat traps and the KORO rodent is sold as a rat trap. It was a struggle but we received a letter last summer from the Director of WDFW telling Enforcement not to write tickets for the use of the KORO rodent trap. Still a little fight in the matter to come but those traps eclipse my pipe traps. While they have some drawbacks they are cheaper and give us a three day check compared to live traps which must be checked daily.
1st a pic of one in a KORO rodent. I still am using my pipe trap some.


Other States the trap of choice would be a 120 conibears but unfortunately we lost that in 2000.

I don't catch nearly as many as you but have been using the Koro trap,in a box,for awhile and it is my favorite for civets.

Taxi,
Are you using the rodent or large rodent model? I'm curious how you set them. I find the rodent to be a little small and find it necessary to cut the pan so they will get far enough into the trap. As is from the factory often the jaw pushes their head out of the trap. I prefer a strike across the shoulders or chest so I would prefer them deep in the trap.
Just curious how you are setting them.