Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
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06/02/22 03:31 PM
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patrapperbuster
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A farmer told me they are attracted to poplar bud oil on lettuce when it comes to cage traps. But they are easy to trap in trails or with body traps if legal
TILL THAT DAY.....
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Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
[Re: 080808]
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06/02/22 08:54 PM
06/02/22 08:54 PM
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I use boards to funnel them from the hole to the cage trap with cantolope or apple, trying not to disturb thier hole too much
1776 ONE MORE TIME,FREEDOM NEVER COMES FREE
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Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
[Re: trapper al]
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06/02/22 09:04 PM
06/02/22 09:04 PM
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I use boards to funnel them from the hole to the cage trap with cantolope or apple, trying not to disturb thier hole too much When you do that, you dont even need the bait. I dont do that much with single door traps but occasionally I run out of double door traps so I just fence in a single.
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Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
[Re: 080808]
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06/02/22 10:56 PM
06/02/22 10:56 PM
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I had great success with hawbakers coon lure. Seriously. Removed a ton of woodchuck from barns with #1 longs springs bedded in front of a stick dipped in it. That was on a tip i got years ago from Dennis Vicars, and it was spot on. No clue why the licorice smelling hawbakera coon lure was attractive to them, but it was. You can also guide them easily with some scrap boards too, funnel them right into cage traps. If you have the hole or tunnel where they go in and out, aittle spade work and you can make a channel from the hole that will exactly fit the the small cage trap and cover the trap and tunnel with a piece of plywood. They funnel right into the cage.
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Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
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06/03/22 06:34 AM
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Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
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06/03/22 07:13 AM
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They snare pretty easily too along their little trails and holes networks. That spade trick works too if you cut a square channel from home along trail from hole...make it just big enough to stabilize a 160 in the square channel and cover that with plywood. Jim
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
[Re: jabNE]
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06/03/22 07:36 AM
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They snare pretty easily too along their little trails and holes networks. That spade trick works too if you cut a square channel from home along trail from hole...make it just big enough to stabilize a 160 in the square channel and cover that with plywood. Jim Just dont set the snare too close to the hole, unless you want to do some digging to get the sucker out. Especially, dont do that under a building because who knows what kind of lines are nearby for the thing to wrap up on.
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Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
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06/03/22 08:52 AM
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Goat feed with cracked corn oats and molasses mixed in works great and bugs don't carry it off to quick, I think just molasses on some fruit would work too
Last edited by rattrapper1234; 06/03/22 08:53 AM.
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Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
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06/05/22 08:00 PM
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This question was just asked last week I rarely use bait in a cage trap. Reason - catch one right away and the others see it and no more. I have photos of them walking between baited cages.
I use Comstock cages and catch them entering or exiting.
However bait is: apple, pear, cantaloupe, watermelon, cabbage, brussel sprouts, sweet corn, carrots.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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Re: Woodchucks. Bait?
[Re: MChewk]
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06/16/22 10:37 AM
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However, you catch them ..their droppings urine and body odors left behind in the cage is a great attractor. Re set that trap...lol Same with striped skunks after you catch one. You can just reset cage and you'll have another.
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