I have a bobcat that has been coming through the area. I made a cubby set with some feathers and and lure in it and set my trap about 12 inches back from the entrance. I have a trail camera aimed at the set and the cat walked by looked at the set for about 5 seconds and then kept walking. Is there anything I should change or should I just wait him out and hope that he eventually approaches my set? I am planning on looking around to see if I can tell where he is walking before and after the set I have now to see if there are other areas I can make other sets to hopefully have other chances at him working one of my sets.

Walk thru sets work well, fence both sides in good.

Block the trap in good with guides, use guides that that they wont step on.

I use rocks and sticks for guides, nothing smooth our they will step on it.

Theres a lot of good info in the archives with photos. Good luck

Take half of a plump,fresh beaver castor,turn it inside out,and wrap it loosely inside a hay ball.Hang that in the middle of the cubby about 6 inches off the ground with a trap or snare at both ends.It works real good for lynx,it should work for bobcats too.

Just set where the cat is walking.

Can I get an AMEN!?!?!?!?!?

Just make a walk through set (a lured trail set, if you will) where the cat walked by. He's already shown you he doesn't have enough interest in whatever you've got in the cubby to change his direction. Cats are lazy, indifferent, ADHD, or whatever, so you have to catch them in the path of least resistance. Think of snaring with a steel trap.

As others have answered the trapping or snaring question, I suggest you consider something in your set of feathers and lure is teaching you a change is necessary as your lure is not alluring and feathers are for movement, not bedding for cats. I do not know if your state allows visuals, but the standard in cat trapping is movement. A wing fluttering or an aluminum plate were standard as cats will take a step toward something moving as it triggers them.
That cat is teaching you that it notices the hole you made, but the lure and feathers have no attraction Revisit your presentation and reconsider what you are spending your money on in lure.

That is the reason for walkthrough sets. Changing set to a walkthrough and offering new attractors appears to be your best bet.

I use a cut bank set when I can as not all cats will work cubbies/cages, cats will sometimes locate a bait and come back later to work it so don't give up on that cubby just yet. Had a cat last year get pinched in a cubby set in 1 then he draw cross over to another draw looked at another cubby and get caught in a cut bank set 100 yards away.

Thanks for all the advice. I think I might add a little something different to the cubby set I have already and add a walkthrough set in another spot on his trail. Hopefully that will get him.

Check the law before setting 2 traps. Unless the law has changed in the past few years you can't set closer than 15' in Ky. There were efforts to get this changed but they were not successful at the time I moved away.

They changed the law this year. Now you can have 2 traps within 10 ft on private land with written permission from the landowner. WMAs still have a 10 ft spacing requirement.

I added a flashy dirt hole set with some different lure and bait in the same general area that I had my other sets where the cat was coming through and today I had him caught in it. Nice big male cat. Best part was I had my daughter with me checking traps today and she got to see it.

Nice and a pretty looking cat.

Nice looking cat and daughter! Did u weigh him?

Nice cat!!

Didn’t weigh him but I measured 34 inches from head to tail along his back.

Great job. Good pic with the cutie! Lil Ms trapper with a story now

Congrats! Glad you got him!

Good belly on that cat...congratulations

Good on ya, looks like a fun day on the trapline!