I had a 4 cat day myself, but ours sure ain’t as purty at yours lol

Those look great Clay! Can't see all the bellies but from what you can see they sure look dandy!

Nice looking bobcats

Well, she surprised me and weighed 18 lbs.

They look like great cats. A great day!

Sure wish I could figure out a cat set that was coon proof lol.

You'll never go hungry

Or one to keep the dogs out.

Sure wish I could figure out a cat set that was coon proof lol.

Been in alot of place's in my life but never anywhere that had as many coons as Sumner, MO! lol

Impossible to keep them out of anything.

Never caught a single raccoon in my life lol

Fact Jackie!!!
It doesn’t matter. Short of a FULLY submerged 330, you’re gonna catch coon in any set around here.
There was a time I was happy about incidental coon lol

You’re missing one of the true joys of the trapping world lol

Maybe like catching a squirrel in your mahten set.

You guys set a pretty high bar for any trapper to follow, great stuff.

This thread has been very enlightening. I might try things differently next year. If I understand correctly when the carcass gets hit you obviously set up a walk thru. I imagine you might find a conducive spot for the walk thru before you throw the carcass just anyplace? And proximity is probably not that important or are you having your walk thru feet away. Great catches and thread. Just when i thought i couldn’t envy you anymore with all those otter pics you had to go and do this. Thumbs up

I have caught plenty of squirrels in marten sets...for a critter that supposedly eats nuts, they go nuts for a chunk of pork belly

Thanks for the kind words.

So here is a pic of one of my set ups of the last couple of days. You can see where the cat scratched up dirt, moss debris over the carcass. If you look closely you will see my set right next to the carcass with stepping sticks. The notion I have is when the cat returns to the carcass it walks around the perimeter checking things out before it starts to feed. I often help it out with a little castor or otter musk/gliserin in the general area so that it needs to travel from one scent to another passing through where my trap is. But the trap is right next to the carcass.

Good stuff.
Do you all have possums out there Peeler?

Yeah, you need one?

Actually they're not native out here but in my area showed up in the late 60's. I catch one or two most years.

lol
No we don’t need anymore of the blasted things!
Caught 3 today.
They aren’t quite the pain in the rear that coon are in this country, but they’re dang sure a close second!