Re: Baby Coons (2)
[Re: Jim Comstock]
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06/26/15 09:00 AM
06/26/15 09:00 AM
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Jim Comstock
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Thanks for the help! Though I have not seen the last baby, the nice Russian lady left a message "raccoon got caught in middle of night." Hope its true. I put out some fruity stuff and some water mellon pieces, like Jonsie stresses, food baits they like to eat at the entrance and then through the trap.
A rough spot to set. The only trap that would fit up into the space was a 9x11x18, in the unset position. Had to push it up, then set it in place and bait it standing on the ladder in the small opening. Though there can be advantages to being large at times, this surely was not one of those times.
I had thought about calling having heard others do it, but did not have the set up. Wish I had the volume of coon business to justify buying a player. Could need it next week, but this was a first for me in 20 plus years and the first coon job this year. Can't sing, can't hum either, so would not attempt to make coon noises and embarrass myself in front of a coon who would succumb to laughter.
Thanks again.
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Re: Baby Coons (2)
[Re: Jim Comstock]
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06/26/15 10:01 AM
06/26/15 10:01 AM
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bjansma
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If I already got the mother and the babies are the only thing left I switch to your 8x6x30s. I feel like the babies can slip through the wire trigger sometimes, especially after I have replaced them. I know they aren't getting around a panel trigger and the spring is strong enough I havent had a problem with them escaping.
Bob Jansma
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Re: Baby Coons (2)
[Re: Jim Comstock]
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06/26/15 11:28 AM
06/26/15 11:28 AM
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That was my plan too, use the swing panel trap for the same reason as you mentioned, since small animals can't pass through them without firing the trap, but the "baby" I saw was pretty big and not sure the 30 inch trap would fit up through the hole in the ceiling and turn. I tried a 36 inch trap, but it was too long. Good part about a swing panel trap is that springs can be added, subtracted, stretched etc. to make the trap what you want it to be. Some guys even file a small mark in the trigger bar to make a solid set on the swing panel.
On the wire triggers. You can use soft wire or stiff and extend them of course, also squeeze them into the holes into the swing bar with vice grips. It seats the wire and makes it tight for smaller stuff, no slop or travel. Sometimes I have purposely left slop in the wires so that larger animals get farther into short traps before the traps fire. Each trap, foothold, conibear or cage trap, has a lot that can be done to make them do what you want them to do in differing situations with a variety of animals.
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Re: Baby Coons (2)
[Re: Jim Comstock]
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06/26/15 09:22 PM
06/26/15 09:22 PM
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Jim Comstock
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[img:left] [/img] I think the point that Paul is trying to make is that you can never have too many traps. Happy to find the last little bugger waiting. Trap is 11 inches tall so you can see there was little room to spare. I might have crawled around up there 40 years ago but happy to place a trap and wait it out. Larisa said she heard the trap go off at 2 a.m., then some banging. I know this is nothing for lots of guys, common place, all in a days work, coon by the hundreds, mom's and babies, but a novelty for us. We might have gotten a dozen or so coon calls over the years, or just forgot. Almost as apt to get a fisher call.
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