Camtrip is my next purchase! The Schroeder cages are solid and for the price in our area were hard to beat forever, but I’m not sure they are still being produced? I also have a set of briar patch cages and I would say they are very well put together also.

It would be worth going camtrip just to support Mercer. After I started following camtrip stuff on Facebook it quickly became apparent all the positive stuff he does in the fur world. Had I realized that prior I would likely have just gone camtrip from the start, I was torn between the camtrip and briarpatch and went with the latter simply because the cage sets were slightly larger dimensionally and I thought they may work better if the situation arose where you wanted to set it for a raccoon. After catching large northern Nebraska raccoons in even the smallest Schroeder and briarpatch cages I’m not convinced it matters. If a raccoon is interested in the cage he is probably going to stuff himself in there even if he has to work at it.

Cool, thanks

I don't seem to see Mercer post on here anymore

Same here Rob. I try to set them under a thick spruce or fir as well and in a good size patch of those types of younger trees. In this country that’s a favorite hang out for rabbits and grouse so cats spend a lot of time hunting it.

Osky

I build traps here in Texas but shipping might be a killer. I am working on a new 36" x 18" x 12" for fox and cats too.

Too bad nobody is making them anymore.

hey guys. kevin jones "grizz' has bought the busin from the boys. i am helping him get things going. its slow but he has some ready to go. John

Very cool, Kevin. Can’t wait.
Jim

I don't like cage traps with the pan too far inside the cage. The animal has to commit all the way to the back before he trips the trap. Cats make some crazy yoga moves inside the trap and you'll miss some with the pan too far to the rear.