What size or cage trap would work best for western coons? Any preferred brands or styles any help or suggestions would be great.

I use Duke heavy duty cage traps on my skunk line. I think they are 15”x20”x3’. Plenty big for coons. The weak spot is the wire on the pan. Big coons rip it off. I replace it with sheet metal. Lots of better cage traps out there but these work for me.

Schroeder cages. Made in Nebraska, durable as well as economical.




Charlie

^^^^^ John knows his cage making. One of the best.

X2 on Schroeders.

X3 on johns

14X14X36 will catch everything we can catch here 12.5 wire is coon proof but I make my own, wire took a big jump so check current pricing.

Tru Catch in Belle Fourche, SD makes a good sturdy trap also.

Any contact information for Belle Fourche or Schroeder's??

Was hoping to see some of these different cage makers at the NTA. Comstock was about the only one there

Website Tru-Catch traps.

Will be watching this thread as I am dealing with some real destructive raccoons here the past few months. Local farmers buy the Havaheart or other cheap big box store traps and the raccoons destroy them in no time, (4 in the past two months). I was at the NTA also and looked at Comstock's traps, nice but a bit out of my price range for what I need. Found one other guy there who makes a good looking trap at a more reasonable price for me but he was sold out.

Will try True catch and contact for Schroeders?

Any contact information for Schroeder's cant locate them on the internet.

John sold the business about 5 years ago. Not sure the buyers are making cages.

Tomahawk traps exclusively.

With the price of wire reasonable takes on a new meaning.

If I didn't have a nuisance business, I doubt I would be buying cages at all right now. Luckily the metal prices haven't quite caught up to the end user yet. I bought three of the single door comstocks at the NTA for less than I expected.

Cheap cages from tractor supply wont hold up.
Here is cage that a coon literally ate a hole through back and escaped. Bent door and pan badly too.

Buy quality.

I just compared a price from Jan 17 2019 to the price listed on their web page and 1x2x36 12.5 is up $21 a 100 foot roll.

Buddy makes a lot of cages if you want a better break on wire it only take $50,000 to get a good price on a load of it he told me today if you want the panels precut, 100 foot rolls would be a better deal now just more labor intensive.