Can anyone recommend a good/proven cat rub lure ? Two days ago my son sent me a trail cam pic of good sized cat moving through a thick narrow strip of cover that connects two swamps . I went over and did a little scouting . I found a beaver eaten to the bone (only head,feet ,backbone and some ribs ) and a picked clean small buck with tracks indicating the cat was spending a lot of time there (as well as coyotes and fox) . The swamp was frozen and we had about a foot of snow . I set two cubby type sets in the swamp in the area of the carcasses .I got two raccoons that plugged up my sets and now we got clobbered by rain and warm temps . The swamp is now flooded and the snow is gone . The only place left to set is the connector strip but that cover is closer to houses . I don't want to use any bait that would attract loose domestics (there don't seem to be any but the potential is there). I found a spot where the cat passed between two trees close together . Im going to fence it down a bit and put in a set but I want to up my chances by using something that will have it linger and do the happy feet . Its tracks also passed through the strip in several other places as well . I think a few blind sets and a rub lure set or two will cover the area its moving through . The property Im trapping on is private and I have permission . I just think that a bait set has the potential to draw in a domestic that would not be there otherwise .

Wayne makes good stuff

Nice spot for a walk thru set.

Tom thank you for the reminder about Wayne . I had forgotten about him . I just got off the phone with him and placed an order . Bruce , thats what I'm thinking . The snow is now gone and its all big uneven rocks under there . It will be a little difficult getting a set in the best spot . Maybe some good rub lure on each tree will get it moving back and forth .

Should walk right thru that same opening again.A few stepping sticks and the trap

I’d go 5-6 feet each way of those two trees making flat spots for the cat to step. He’s showing the stride. Of course one or two of the center flat spots would have traps.

Osky

Thanks Osky . I'll do that as well .

Waynes Pecks and Bob Jameson Serria Mist and plan old beaver castor will treat you right apply 18”- 20” high,I agree with Osky block down on his trail and include a couple of in line walk throughs,good luck looks fairly open terrain so flagging at your walk through should help you out with those bobcats

Wayne has the rub lures dialed in. O'Gorman's Powder River Cat call is a proven rub lure as well.

Wayne Derricks Pecos Valley Cat Call