Here's a question for you guys that cage trap beaver. On every body of water in my area, the snapping turtles have just one motto: "Save a Beaver, Get Caught First."

Do you guys get a lot of turtles in cages too?

I haven't had any in the Advance trap but I've had a few in the Comstock cage. Any trap set in the channel will pick up a few.

They're a lot easier to get out of a cage than a 330.

And that is exactly why I have never caught one in a cage but always end up with them in 330's.

Yes and my catch of other turtle species has gone up as well.

I added clips also, one thing to add the current Miller's look like junk I won't buy anymore. The ones I have are early 2000s vintage and I had a salesman at the farm and ranch cut me a deal on them because I was buying 6-8 at a time when I first started my business.

I have nothing but good things to say about Kirk's traps. I've seen many brands, and used a number of them, and Kirk's are the highest quality I've seen.

I own and use around a dozen Advance traps and maybe 20 Comstocks. Both are great traps....in general I prefer the Comstocks but what I mostly would like to say is the new double door Comstock squirrel traps are my go to trap these days. One way I have used them several times lately is at a squirrel hole at the gutterline I slap two of these traps in the gutter with chewed hole between them...then push a piece of hardware cloth under the shingles and screw it to the gutter over the hole. You now have options of catching two squirrels either coming or going. Works like a charm. This squirrel trap is gonna be the standard IMO.

Doing OK Rick considering that I am battling brain cancer! Still working several critter jobs a day and deer hunting so life is good for now. Thanks for asking! And I hate to say I told you so about Comstock traps!

Right you are sir!

Good news. A long time in the works, as of late last week Tomahawk came on line with their own in-house powder coating facility. The larger framed Comstock Cages will now be completely powder coated in flat black, frames and cage wire.

Will the cost go up jim?

No it won't Steve.

Ha! I bet you guys didn't know I was a spray painter for nearly three decades. Although the initial set-up for powder coating may have cost a few bucks, it is still a heck of a lot cheaper than a waterfall booth for enamel or any of the two part paints. Like I probably said a hundred times before, the competition between Advance Traps and Comstocks is going to keep all the trap manufacturers on their toes. And the winner is.......You and Me.

I work in a rural area. I visit a lot of farms or small villages in a week. Quite often while working I will spot a old cage trap buy a lumber pile or some other convenient exposed location. These traps usually have weeds or sometimes small saplings growing through the traps. But when the owner has a problem animal to take care of, they pry the trap off it's growth foundation set it and forget it, fully expecting the cage trap to do it's job. These old clunkers that won't seem to die are always William's cage traps.

Hey bob, I've never owned a Williams but I've got some third generation Wickenkamps which they tell me are very close. Williams are reasonably cheap and I never met a farmer who wasn't, so it's kind of a match made in heaven.