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Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4700821
10/22/14 02:06 PM
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Man your right Bob, I use Dougs one way door traps exclusively. And that gutter board nose cone is great! I use WCS special squirrel cages exclusively for baited squirrel traps and if I'm out of both I make a basket out of 1/4 in hardware cloth a put a 110 in it. I had a Comstock squirrel cage but ran over it and haven't replaced it.


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Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4701063
10/22/14 05:26 PM
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Now right there is a leading question. ( Besides the fact that a guy actually admitted to running over his own squirrel trap ) How

many of you use the WCS Special exclusively like Travis and I? ( Two great minds thinking alike, obviously ) I have been told by

the experts that the 5 inch by 5 1/2 inch configuration of the WCS Special is just not large enough for the Eastern Grey Squirrel!

Thank God that they only told me that and not the over 1000 Eastern Gray Squirrels we catch every year. Now I have to admit that if I

had to duck my tail to get at the bait in the back of a WCS, you probably wouldn't get me to enter, but then I'm not a Grey squirrel.

Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4701196
10/22/14 06:44 PM
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How many of you use the WCS Special exclusively like Travis and I?


I use the WCS Special squirrel trap when I need a baited cage for gray squirrels. They work very well. I use the little double door Tomahawks if I need a cage for a runway set. More often, I use the tube trap now made for WCS. I probably use 120 conibears almost as often as the cages.

As you can see, I'd rather deal with my squirrels dead. When I can't, those little 5 inch cages do the job. The 7x8x24 skunk cages will work for grays too but are kind of overkill.

Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4701236
10/22/14 07:07 PM
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Another excellent post, Steve. I envy you guys that can use tubes and Conibears. I did when we started over two decades ago and

between the flack from the protectionists and the flack from my boss and our daughter, I figured I had to invent a better method.

When I took the time to put repeaters over the holes and set baited cages for any squirrel who might not be home, and I started

catching entire families in one trip, I knew I had this thing nailed! Now, if I could just convince all of our techs to do it my way!

Re: single vs double door [Re: Paul Winkelmann] #4701244
10/22/14 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted By: Paul Winkelmann
Now, if I could just convince all of our techs to do it my way!


haha, just tell 'em how to do it. You're the boss!


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Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4701321
10/22/14 07:49 PM
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Or they can learn the hard way.

Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4701322
10/22/14 07:49 PM
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Jeremy, thanks for the vote of confidence! Our company, Advanced Wildlife Control Inc. is equally owned by three people; Myself, my

son P.J., and my wife Jessica. We have at least 10 full time and part-time employees. I can guarantee you that if you asked anyone of

them, who is the boss?, it wouldn't be me or P.J.

Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4701339
10/22/14 07:57 PM
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Paul, I realize I opened my mouth too soon! Jessica can chock this up as a win. That would be a fight neither you or I want any part of!


Serving Ga's Fayette, Fulton, Coweta, and Clayton counties.
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Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4701454
10/22/14 08:41 PM
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I'll second the quality of the WCS Squirrel Specials. I have however found that by using the equal quality AES 4x4 and 3x4 gutter traps my cage catches have actually gone up and my possum by catch has dropped to almost zero.


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Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4701496
10/22/14 08:56 PM
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Paul I have caught coon so big in 7x8x24 traps set for squirrels on platforms attached to trees at shoulder height that you could barely see the wire due to the fur pushing thru the wire grid. If it wasnt for the slanting door the wire grid would have been invisible. I am sure if a coon wanted to get into a 6x6x24 cage it could get in it. I have seen coon use access' and move thru openings that would make Houdini jealous.

Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4701730
10/22/14 09:57 PM
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Even better than one ways and baited cages is Doug Fields one way with an additional one way on top. Works exceptionally well on reds especially when one is already caught.


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Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4702003
10/22/14 11:57 PM
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Bob, I know whereof you speak. I once dumped a huge raccoon out of a 7x7 Tomahawk. My wife said, "look, he must be sick; He can't

move." I told her to just relax. The raccoon was so cramped in that small cage that he lost the circulation in his legs. Which is

exactly what happened. And to be perfectly honest, I'm sure we've caught more raccoons in those 7x8 Safeguards than anything else.

Re: single vs double door [Re: Throw Back] #4702254
10/23/14 07:57 AM
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Not a 20 pounder but a 15 plus pounder. I to have caught big ones like Bob stated.



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