I had 6 Safeguard cages set for raccoons that may or may not have been going under a deck, 3 in each spot, guarding the crawl unders. These two were in adjacent cages at the same time, from the outside. What happened next blew my mind.





If I hadn't recently started using cameras on some of my jobs, I would have thought that cage was tripped by the caught coon.
Fortunately, he stuck around and committed to one of the other 3 cages, which also had a camera on it.

Looks ike he wasnt caught to begin with.he just backed out when the other coon was caught then the door closed after he was almost out.

I get that, I just couldn't believe he was quick enough to get under that door. He was fully in the cage when it tripped.

He didn't escape...he was never captured. Door fell on his back.

I just can’t believe he stuck around and recommitted…

Light trigger? Or not stable?

guillotine type door and you would have had him/her.......jk

Vinke, the cages may have been touching, but otherwise stable and I didn't notice the trigger being light. I think he hit the pan on his thrust backwards and caught the door.
There was no indication of a 4th coon (caught 1st one two nights before). But I suppose it's possible. It surprised me that it would commit again.
Just thought some of you might want to see the close call, even though my description may have been unintentionally deceptive.
The previous night, one raccoon went into four different cages and stole the bait without tripping any of them. Catching the action on cameras has explained a lot of empty cages and missing bait over the years, that I can adjust to. Time and efficiency. Always learning.