I have the entire carcass. Just looked at Dobbins solution and it looks like a good start. Now I am new to trapping (3years) 1st year used cages and never knew there were so many possums in a square mile. Second and third MB550 and a couple Dukes. Thought I would use the Bobcat carcass in the freezer rather than waste it. However what I am really looking for is a good Bobcat bait. Any suggestions? The skunky solution sort of appeals to me but I am open to any suggestions.

Here's a way to make a meat based k9/cat bait. The ingredients I added are only my choice you can add as many or few additives as you would like. Also the meat may be mice, beaver, cat, groundhog, muskrat, rabbit, ect... You're only limited by your imagination but this will give you an idea what is involved and give you a look at bait making step by step.

1. This is one gallon of meat base diced into 1" pieces. I removed all the guts, fur, and head then diced the rest bones and all. (There are no bones over 1" long)...



2. I then put the lid on this bucket and set this bucket inside a 5 gal. bucket with a lid on it. I made 4 pinholes in the lid of the 5 gal. bucket to allow gases to escape but to keep flies out. (it is very important to never let flies get into the bait) I set the bucket outside in the sun for a few days to reach a medium level of taint. At that point it looked like this...



3. *I poured the meat into the 5 gal. bucket for easier mixing. I then mixed one pint sodium benzoate (preservative) with warm water til it was dissolved and added it along with a pint propylene glycol or glyceryn (anti-freeze), some beaver castor and some muskrat glands and a few other "secret" things like that to the meat base and stirred it well.

*instead of step #3 above you could just order a pint of Dobbins Bait Solution, add it to the gallon of meat and go on to step #4.

4. I replaced the lid on the bucket and moved it to a cool place. I will stir it once or twice weekly for two weeks or so to allow complete permeation and intermingling of the ingredients.

Here it is after two weeks...



5. You can then jar it up and it's good to store any place out of direct sunlight.

I hope this gives you some ideas to try your own concoction. If you do let me know how it works.

~ADC~

To really simplify it, you could preserve the meat add a little glycerin for anti-freeze and mix in one of your favorite cat lures and/or a bottle of Backbreaker.

Even simpler yet, just chunk it up and use the fresh chunks in your dirtholes. Keep it frozen until you wanna use it. You can chunk it and lay the chunks on board, or similar, covered with waxed paper in your freezer. Freeze them solid, then divide them into freezer bags so you can just grab a bag when you go to set traps. ... since you are dealing with a relatively small quantity.