Re: Is it even worth it any more, coon trap question.
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I don't think they have become obsolete, I do think because of the DP, things have evolved a bit. DP's are easy, so they get used more. They are less likely to catch incidentals which makes them more attractive as well, especially in urban areas and in barns with cats and what not.
Coni's and footholds will still be used, good Lord willing trapping regs don't change. They are another tool in the tool box.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Is it even worth it any more, coon trap question.
[Re: warrior]
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Too many misses with dps for me. When they literally walk by multiple dps on a trail to get caught with the same bait in a pocket set told me not to give up on blind set it your serious for predator control.
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Re: Is it even worth it any more, coon trap question.
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I don't think they have become obsolete, I do think because of the DP, things have evolved a bit. DP's are easy, so they get used more. They are less likely to catch incidentals which makes them more attractive as well, especially in urban areas and in barns with cats and what not.
Coni's and footholds will still be used, good Lord willing trapping regs don't change. They are another tool in the tool box. I think the same way. DPs aren't cat proof depending on the bait used. An example would be marshmallows won't attract cats, but coon, skunks, possum they will.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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Re: Is it even worth it any more, coon trap question.
[Re: warrior]
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The 220 is still my favorite coon trap. I like a dead, dry coon. I like to find trails along the roads going thru culverts or crossing the roads to corn fields. Set them after dark, mark them on the edge of the road with a chunk of concrete or something I can see and doesn't look odd to passers-by, and pick them up before daylight. Plus, they are great bobcat catchers too, especially in trails thru cattails.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: Is it even worth it any more, coon trap question.
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When I work for Delta waterfowl I ran 250 boxes. Mostly 220 boxes but some 160. I got two dozen DPs and set them about four foot from the boxes, both with the same bait. Over the 120 day contract I only ever caught one coon in a DP rather then the box when the two were set together. When I set the DP's alone they had a very low catch rate. I do not feel a DP is as hot an item as some do. I would much rather set a cage trap or box than a DP. Cages ran my highest percent catch rate set in yards. A lot of that was due to that is the only place with trees, so it is a magnet for coon. Often the only trees on a section are at a farm site.
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Re: Is it even worth it any more, coon trap question.
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Too many misses with dps for me. When they literally walk by multiple dps on a trail to get caught with the same bait in a pocket set told me not to give up on blind set it your serious for predator control. Had the exact scenario happen a couple times this year. Convinced me DPs aren't the end all be all for coon trapping.
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Re: Is it even worth it any more, coon trap question.
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Look up Ron Jones (Jonesie) past posts on burying DPs and try that. I suspect coon don’t know that the smell coming out of the ground is something to be avoided like they might with the DP upright on the ground. Jonesie explains things very well.
Never too old to learn
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Re: Is it even worth it any more, coon trap question.
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I have coils, double longs, DPs, conibears, cages...and they have a place on my coon line. No one trap is an end all-be all and ive learned variety is key with coon. Jim
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Is it even worth it any more, coon trap question.
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I use a 1-2 punch
DP's and Coniboxes, baited differently and lure differently.
Foothold for coons in the water 1 1/2 coils
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure
Theodore Roosevelt
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