What size should I get for coons and groundhogs

The coon size ones...

Sorry, the devil made me say it...lol
but seriously, I think it's the xtra large one.....

I think I have the HD X-Large one and it works real good.

12x12x30

I like 12'' by 12'' 30'' too. I have a few that are 14" by 14" by 32", I like a little better, but I don't know of any being made anymore. They have solid metal doors, which I prefer too.

I used to buy them at the Coon Den in Palestine, Ohio, right on the Indiana border. It was a cool old trapping and dog running store. When I used to go, there were always old guys hanging around and talking about coon hunting, trapping, fishing and hunting in general. I suspect they hung out there all the time. Does anyone else remember the Coon Den?

I looked them up. They are still in existence.

The Coon Den
100 N Main St, Palestine, Oh 45352
(937) 548-9634

I haven't been there in over 20 years.

Keith

When you make a coon belly crawl to get in a cage it does not increase you odds of them going in. Think of how tall a coon stands when walking, it should be at least that tall and wide. I like a 36" deep cage.

So I should go with 36 inch one just to be safe?

I’ve had such better luck with bigger (taller) traps than shorter ones.
I went to using bobcat sized traps and haven’t looked back. Gives me flexibility in size of animals I can catch and I get such a higher catch rate and yes on coon too.
Getting them to commit to entering a bigger traps is more productive.
I ran a lot of cages over the years. Summer damage work, winter fur trapping. Barns, woods and coon trails, you name it. Ran coon sized cages right in same locations as I did the larger bobcat sized cages. Wasn’t even close on catch rates. Bigger works better hands down.
I don’t know if it’s a matter of coons having to squeeze into an opening. I wouldnt think that would be an issue. They squeeze into some pretty narrow openings in hollow cottonwoods around here.
But bigger size cages I’ll run those all day long now over coon size traps. No fussing around with stabilizing and trying to force them all the way into a smaller trap. Yes those traps work fine but I can run larger traps here and have more success plus I have something I can run for cats too, and no way I can get a cat to squat down into a short trap. Narrow and tall, yes, but not short. Coon seem to work the bigger traps much better too. I checked way too many empty smaller traps over the years and took enough coon in the bigger traps in same location to look back now.

Coon damage work in summer near sweet corn and garden issues.

So I should get the duke xxlarge

I have the HD large, catch's my coons here no problem, I'd expect the HD xlarge to be more than enough... Bigger will obviously work too, but if your only targeting coons and chucks why spend the extra money?

If you’re trying to set up a business, think of how many you can haul too. Those big cages means more trips. I prefer to normally swap out cages. Make a catch you need to leave a cage working and can’t make multiple trips. You are going to need a lot of cages fast once you figure it out. There have been places I might have 10 live traps at one place, last spring I went thru a place and had 9 filled the first night.

wws

something ADC and I can agree on , they seem big enough while not being overly expensive and you can get a reasonable number in a truck bed

I’m a little confused, will a coon anywhere from 10 to 20 pounds enter the large cage trap? Would I need a bigger trap to get more catches like jabne said? I don’t have enough money to buy all the different kinds of traps sadly. I do appreciate all the input though guys

I’m trying to figure out if the extra money spent on a bigger cage would help my success or not

I've caught many 20+ pound raccoons in these, and most of the animal control guys here use this size as well. Our coons average larger than yours.

Knowing how and where to set them as well as bait selection are way more important. I have some 10x12 cages that I have caught coon approaching 30 pounds in.

thanks ADC, i will pick one up