Coons are getting in the garden and when I checked the DP's all of the used FB1's Dukes and Coon Grabbers will not fire, even when I put a stick in them and push the dog all the way down. I lubed them up but no help. Only the Grizz and the new FB1"s fired like they should.

Do you have push pull triggers on them all?

I don't think a DP would be my first choice in that situation though.

Some might be pull triggers instead of push, pop an the some fishing line around the trigger set an and give an a pull should set an off

I know the FB1's are push pull

If you're forced to use the DP's you can impale marshmallows on the trigger. One on the trigger and another one in the hole of the DP. Scatter a couple free ones in front. Marshmallows are crack cocaine to coon...once they get a taste, they can't get enough. Lure with vanilla extract if you want but not necessary.

However, I'd go with a live trap baited/lured the same as above. Run a long cross stake through the side of the trap down through the floor just in front of the pan. Keeps the setup from tipping over and acts as a stepping stick in front of the pan.

DPs are pull triggers usually unless modified. I like a marshmallow on the trigger with some cat food and a littlr anise.

Post pictures of the the dog being pushed and not firing.

If you have to use DP's find out where the coons are coming from and try and trap them as far from the candy patch as possible.


otherwise your just selling sad gas station doughnuts outside the best bakery in town.

I think you have pull triggers.

Are the coon grabbers set to push/pull? Pretty sure there was a way to set them to pull only.

The fb1 traps- Look between the trap (tube) and the plate that you press back. You will see how they have it set up to be push/pull. I have found that these traps have more travel than my others. You may have to bend the dog up a little so the trigger has enough travel to lift the dog off of the plate.

For the dukes. they are pull only. Not gonna set them off pushing on the trigger. I think there is a hole on the bottom of them that you can push a wire or small rod in. My sullivan trap tester fits in the fb2 traps.

did you put a short pc of surgical hose on the triggers........as the modification book tells?

also, only put bout 1/2" of bait in it and a marshmallow under the trigger

Used too much when they were new.

You have to use something to get the trap to safely fire, like needle nose pliers. (Watch out for the spring!) If pliers don't work, lay the trap on the ground with the spring facing up. Stand on the stake with one foot and kick the dog off of the spring with the other. Once you have fired the trap you need to figure out why the trigger isn't moving. It might be rusty or caked with syrup. Once you free up or clean up the problem, point the trigger up and impale it with a marshmallow like the other poster have suggested.

I use a piece of rubber gas hose with a short piece of dowel stuck in the end and a cup hook screwed into the dowel.
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