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Coon cages, how narrow is too .... #8414181 06/04/25 05:44 PM 06/04/25 05:44 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 OP trapper
Wolfdog91 OP trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi	What's the most narrow a guy can go when building coon ages and they still be pretty effective in just normal use ? Most of the ones I've built are 10"-12" wide but considering going down to 8".I know I've built some 8" double doors for a few people but those are being used in bushed up trails so about different then these at are just singles and can be set anywhere YouTube expert

Re: Coon cages, how narrow is too .... [Re: Wolfdog91] #8414185 06/04/25 05:49 PM 06/04/25 05:49 PM
Joined: Nov 2015 OH Catch22 trapper
Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 OH	Mine are 12" but have one 10". Set side by side the 12" will catch more. JMO, I would think you'd get more refusals with a 8" door. I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: Coon cages, how narrow is too .... [Re: Wolfdog91] #8414190 06/04/25 05:53 PM 06/04/25 05:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Rodney,Ohio SNIPERBBB trapper
SNIPERBBB trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Rodney,Ohio	I wouldn't try to squeeze them on baited sets. You have better luck getting shy coon into a big cage http://www.sniperstrappingplace.com/tmansearch.php

Re: Coon cages, how narrow is too .... [Re: Wolfdog91] #8414217 06/04/25 06:28 PM 06/04/25 06:28 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	The width isn't all that important. It's the height that's important. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Coon cages, how narrow is too .... [Re: Wolfdog91] #8414363 06/04/25 08:35 PM 06/04/25 08:35 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Ames, IA MikeTraps2 trapper
MikeTraps2 trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Ames, IA	The ones I like best are 12x12 but have caught them in smaller - but our coons run very big in Iowa. Where you are I'd guess 10x10 is good enough Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure Theodore Roosevelt

Re: Coon cages, how narrow is too .... [Re: Wolfdog91] #8415274 06/06/25 12:21 AM 06/06/25 12:21 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin	MIne are the Williams with the washers for the doors and all are 12 by 12 by 30. Bryce

Re: Coon cages, how narrow is too .... [Re: Wolfdog91] #8417544 06/10/25 05:30 PM 06/10/25 05:30 PM
Joined: Nov 2010 Rochester, MN Teacher trapper
Teacher trapper Joined: Nov 2010 Rochester, MN	Ztraps makes a narrow cage for coon. I’ve caught several which struggled to turn around in them. But they went in and got caught so narrow width hasn’t been a problem so far Never too old to learn

Re: Coon cages, how narrow is too .... [Re: Teacher] #8417552 06/10/25 05:39 PM 06/10/25 05:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Rodney,Ohio SNIPERBBB trapper
SNIPERBBB trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Rodney,Ohio	Originally Posted by Teacher Ztraps makes a narrow cage for coon. I’ve caught several which struggled to turn around in them. But they went in and got caught so narrow width hasn’t been a problem so far Ever put camera on them? Last edited by SNIPERBBB; 06/10/25 05:40 PM. http://www.sniperstrappingplace.com/tmansearch.php

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