Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
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09/02/21 08:08 PM
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The Beav
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Well I believe the WI DNR say's you can't bait and lure before the season opens. I guess I never felt that pre making sets helped much. Look for locations that funnel the critters from one spot to another. Look for tracks look for scat. Once you find these spots set them up when the season opens. And always make at least 2 sets at each location. And sometimes 3 would work better.
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
[Re: Motley Row]
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09/02/21 11:41 PM
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At least 20 feet apart. If your trapping farm road set both sides so you can play the wind If It changes. Big showy sets will get a cats attention.
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
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09/04/21 10:57 AM
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Rather than dirt holes and cubby's I recommend starting cat toilets. There are places in the area I trap with bobcat toilets that are frequented by all the cats in the area. I can easily pick up a gallon can full of scat from one of these (sandy areas under prominent ledges) and use them to start other toilets at convenient places to trap later. Do it several months in advance of season to give them time to start using them.
Examples of places I've started pottys: Under a big bushy juniper at the point of tree covered hill where it meets a sagebrush draw. Under an overhanging rock at the point where two canyons meet. Under a lone Juniper tree in a sagebrush flat. Under a prominent tree in the saddle between two ridges. Under edge of a house sized boulder along the border of sagebrush flat and pinyon-juniper ridge. Under dry bridge in large drainage.
Of course locations will be different in your habitats but hopefully this will give you some ideas of where to try it.
Choose places that will give some protection from the weather and are along cat travel ways and are easy to check. Make mock scratches with several groups of scat. Applying a little bobcat urine and gland lure is helpful. These new pottys should be on location for where cats will naturally travel anyway. But once they find it and start using it the frequency of visits from different cats should increase. Good luck.
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
[Re: Motley Row]
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09/04/21 08:26 PM
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The Beav
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The thing we have to remember Is Motley Row Is trapping In WI. I've spent lots of hours working the north woods of WI and looking for cat toilets Is not going to pan out. My advice would be to find every beaver dam In your area and start setting. Bob cats just naturally tend to work these areas. Not sure If It's legal to hang CRs on dams but those trails leading to those dams set up with Crs or foot hold type sets will catch you a cat.
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
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09/05/21 11:28 AM
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I issue I see with pre-making cat sets is the cat kills the curiosity before the trap is there. Most cats are drawn to the set because it’s flashy, and new, and pulls at the cats curiosity. Once a cat feeds that’s curiosity by checking out the set, the set looses its appeal to the set.
Like mentioned above, I would focus more on finding choke points and travel ways. Beaver ponds, water crossovers, edge lines, and trails. Then set all the travel ways you find. It’s easier to catch a cat doing what it wants than trying to draw it to a set.
If traps work like the Antis say......I would have no fingers.
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
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09/05/21 07:04 PM
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I’d set the cubbies up just before the season opens then bait accordingly to state laws. Cats check out new things so a change in their territory should earn a visit.
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
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09/06/21 12:15 AM
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If you are selling on the raw fur market october is too early. Cats prime later than other furbearers and your best pelts will be dec and jan If you're just trapping for your own use november will be OK.
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
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09/06/21 12:40 AM
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The Beav
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Boco that trapper had to wait around 5 years to draw that tag. Get out and trap that cat as soon as you can. He may never live long enough to draw another tag. LOL
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
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09/09/21 09:42 AM
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Boco that trapper had to wait around 5 years to draw that tag. Get out and trap that cat as soon as you can. He may never live long enough to draw another tag. LOL If he is starting in October, he didn't wait 5 years. Only tag that cant be drawn with 2 or less points is the late northern season.
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
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09/09/21 10:27 AM
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The Beav
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Well the point Is that you just can't get a tag or tags when ever you what.
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Re: Another rookie bobcat question.
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09/09/21 10:59 AM
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I've skinned lots of WI cats(DNR fur school) and we don't have decent cats here In WI.
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