Posted By: Actor
Testing Barometer Theory On Coon - 11/22/22 10:04 PM
When I got up this morning, I looked at the weather forecast and saw that the barometer reading was somewhat like I was saying in my other post, as far as being steady or basically constant. I never expect it be a perfectly straight line, but it not jumping up down. Even though I didn't feel up to trudging through the woods and stream, I put on my Big Boy Pants and went out and made some sets at another golf course I have been trapping for years. Here to start is a copy of the weather forecast and you can see the pressure reading.
I decided while I was playing silly test games, I would see which worked best, live traps or Dog Proof. Earlier in the summer you may remember I did a nuisance job with red fox tearing up the greens. At which time I got 2 young fox and that stopped the problem. I also found the den, which lead me to the place I set the traps today. At the time of the fox job, I caught 2 small coon. I thought this would be a good spot. I set the one live trap w/o a DP withing a few feet of where I had caught the fox and young coon. The is nothing in the location that stands out, just the area.
The first 2 sets, combination sets, live trap with a DP close by, I found when scouting for the fox den earlier. It is approximately 50 yards from the fox den. At the time there were multiple sets of coon track going through a culvert running under the highway.
The live trap is apparent in the photo. To the right of it is 2 logs lying on the ground. The DP is between the logs and located between the 2 sticks that are crossing the closest log to you.
About 35 feet to right of that set, up the little gully, are the other live trap and DP traps. If you look close, you can make out the DP just this side of the horizonal log. The log is lying right at the edge of the gully.
So... the scene is set, and the traps are set, we will find out if there are any coon working tonight. Probably get a truck load of grinners.
Tight Chains My Friends...
Garry-
I decided while I was playing silly test games, I would see which worked best, live traps or Dog Proof. Earlier in the summer you may remember I did a nuisance job with red fox tearing up the greens. At which time I got 2 young fox and that stopped the problem. I also found the den, which lead me to the place I set the traps today. At the time of the fox job, I caught 2 small coon. I thought this would be a good spot. I set the one live trap w/o a DP withing a few feet of where I had caught the fox and young coon. The is nothing in the location that stands out, just the area.
The first 2 sets, combination sets, live trap with a DP close by, I found when scouting for the fox den earlier. It is approximately 50 yards from the fox den. At the time there were multiple sets of coon track going through a culvert running under the highway.
The live trap is apparent in the photo. To the right of it is 2 logs lying on the ground. The DP is between the logs and located between the 2 sticks that are crossing the closest log to you.
About 35 feet to right of that set, up the little gully, are the other live trap and DP traps. If you look close, you can make out the DP just this side of the horizonal log. The log is lying right at the edge of the gully.
So... the scene is set, and the traps are set, we will find out if there are any coon working tonight. Probably get a truck load of grinners.
Tight Chains My Friends...
Garry-