I took a walk down to the shed to look for a tool I needed. I heard some rattling in the corner where the boys have a stack of colony traps. turns out a cottontail had pushed his way into one of the colony traps. He's a lucky little guy, I rarely go in that shed. The boys were sure happy to catch something, but Emmett was pretty mad that I had him release it. I guess we're going to have to flip that bottom row of traps so the door stays open.

Reminds of something I did years ago.....lol

I was doing an ADC job for a customer for raccoons. He called me up on Easter for an animal in a trap. Just as a joke I got my neighbor to let me borrow one of his domesticated rabbits , a large brown one. Put it in one of my cage traps. Got to the customer's property and grabbed the raccoon captured and put in my truck just as the customer came out his door.

As he came out , I told him I caught the Easter bunny.....lol. Then pulled the trap out my truck with the rabbit. He got all excited and got the wife out to look. I confessed my deception then and got a few laughs.

I got a really ,really good tip from them when I finished the job.

When you release it, yell "PULL" and let the Beagle go.

cool, never thought about that,

I've caught bullfrogs in them. Baby groundhogs, raccoon, squirrels and even birds.
Just by setting them on the ground

Yup, me too. Actually just got a grinner out of a muskrat funnel trap I had stacked behind shop. Dog was going nuts over there.

Opened the cellar door once and found a rabbit staring at me on the top step...no idea how it got in the cellar, lol

Now crab pots....empty, on dry ground, catch everything that'll fit....birds, squirrels, possums, box turtles ,even got a sharpshinned hawk once...
Gotta keep my eye on them and let the silly things out.

I bet you will cherish that picture forever. My three sons are grown know and the outdoor pictures I have of them are some of my favorites.

Have to store the crab and shrimp pots with the access doors open, for the tweeties to find their way out, here.