Posted By: Urbancoon
Smart Mama Coon Protecting Kits from Traps - 09/25/21 07:04 PM
Hey All,
I have multiple incidents on camera where kits are headed toward the cages and mama warns them away (can hear the chatter just before the kit runs away from the cage).
Can't get any of the family to commit in spite of different baits and different locations of the traps.
Right now, the last of the apples are falling off locals' trees, so food is quite abundant, but that won't last for more than a couple of weeks--in a month, natural sources of food are going to be pretty scarce. Thought that if the coons don't move off, then they should commit to the cage more readily due to hunger....
Can't using killing traps or footholds where I am. Any ideas?
Thanks.
I have multiple incidents on camera where kits are headed toward the cages and mama warns them away (can hear the chatter just before the kit runs away from the cage).
Can't get any of the family to commit in spite of different baits and different locations of the traps.
Right now, the last of the apples are falling off locals' trees, so food is quite abundant, but that won't last for more than a couple of weeks--in a month, natural sources of food are going to be pretty scarce. Thought that if the coons don't move off, then they should commit to the cage more readily due to hunger....
Can't using killing traps or footholds where I am. Any ideas?
Thanks.