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Powered Colony trap #7109341
12/28/20 03:03 PM
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Somthing I've been plying with, first catch on camera so far couple more off .

Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: Wolfdog91] #7109359
12/28/20 03:25 PM
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I like it.


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Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: Wolfdog91] #7109375
12/28/20 03:43 PM
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I like it too. Just one question, why do you have the doors closing from the side and not the top? Just curious.


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Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: waggler] #7109450
12/28/20 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by waggler
I like it too. Just one question, why do you have the doors closing from the side and not the top? Just curious.

With the doors in the side the triggers hang right lol, wasn't really thinking too well when I was putting the trigger mechanisms in lol.
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Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: ] #7109456
12/28/20 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtydogtrapping
Looks like it works. If using for muskrat is it just ment to catch one or can more still get in with the door closed by pushing it open?

Really just a single catch, that being said you could have it without the springs but still triggered and after the first can't they would just push though like a regular colony but kinda defeats the purpose lol. There's guys in WA using basically a big version of this for beaver and works about the same

Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE] #7109459
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Originally Posted by GREENCOUNTYPETE
I like it.

Thanks !

Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: Wolfdog91] #7109530
12/28/20 06:08 PM
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Very ingenious and looks well made. Unfortunately I think you invented a double door live trap.


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Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: Wolfdog91] #7109552
12/28/20 06:23 PM
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Nope, colony traps are meant to pick up more than one


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Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: Wolfdog91] #7109556
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I like the idea of the door hinged on the side.

I was using a similar style of spring loaded door but hinged from the top (like normal) for marten trapping. I had a couple escape by working their nose under the door and forcing it open -two springs put a stop to that but caused other issues.
Trail cam video though showed that the marten would naturally direct their nose to the bottom of the trap when they worked over the door.
I'll bet hinged from the side would confound their efforts. I think you should experiment a little more with that style. The trap being rather asymmetrical like that sort of messes with our minds, but often those are the things that end up working best.


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Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: Trap Setter] #7109578
12/28/20 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Trap Setter
Very ingenious and looks well made. Unfortunately I think you invented a double door live trap.

Lol basically, just thought it would be cool to have a way to turn your off season colony traps into double door for squirrels or something. Honestly if you take the springs off the trigger bar and whiskers just lay flat it it's like any ordinary colony trap

Re: Powered Colony trap [Re: waggler] #7109904
12/28/20 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by waggler
I like the idea of the door hinged on the side.

I was using a similar style of spring loaded door but hinged from the top (like normal) for marten trapping. I had a couple escape by working their nose under the door and forcing it open -two springs put a stop to that but caused other issues.
Trail cam video though showed that the marten would naturally direct their nose to the bottom of the trap when they worked over the door.
I'll bet hinged from the side would confound their efforts. I think you should experiment a little more with that style. The trap being rather asymmetrical like that sort of messes with our minds, but often those are the things that end up working best.

Actually had this chipmunk get out when I tried picking the cage up by getting his head under the gap made by the side of the cage

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