A few years back at an NTA convention one trapper said he had a very smart cat that used to regularly sleep in a pan cage trap, waiting to be fed, step over the pan, eat the bait, then go back to sleep in entrance to the cage waiting for the next meal. It went on for quite some time. Finally, he took an 8x10 inch swing panel cage trap, wired the trigger back out of the way and then propped a stick up under the trigger bar with cat rub on it. Came back to the show the next day, said he had him first night. Have always thought the same thing could be repeated or also duplicated with a 9x11 swing bar cage by removing the trigger wires and using electric ties to fasten a small diameter 8 inch long stick to the vertical swing bar. Cats push pretty hard when they are trying to leave their scent. Should do the same with either trap and fire the trigger. I know there are a couple of cat gland lures made for cats to rub. Bob Jameson would know more about the lure end of it. For cats that have "seen it all" this just might throw some of them a curve.
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Just bait the cage or set the cage on a trail or bait set, as you normally would, and just use a rub lure on the hanging wires themselves. Got video of catching a variety that way.
Done it on small as well as large traps and animals on numerous occasions showing in you tube videos. Doesn,t really matter the size of the trap if the trap is big enough, it is the type of trigger that makes the difference. How the lure is placed in relation to the trigger whether it be a pan or wire trigger it doesn,t seem to matter. Just use a trap that you have or buy one that has multiple options for baiting and choosing set locations that is large enough for targeting a variety of animals.
