Re: Caging bobcats
[Re: AJE]
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10/08/19 10:41 PM
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I'm thinking about using large chunks of tree bark to cover the floor of the cage.
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Re: Caging bobcats
[Re: AJE]
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10/09/19 12:12 AM
10/09/19 12:12 AM
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Easier. It's what I did when I caged a fisher. I'll keep your advice in mind though.
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Re: Caging bobcats
[Re: AJE]
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10/28/19 08:04 PM
10/28/19 08:04 PM
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I'm thinking about using large chunks of tree bark to cover the floor of the cage. I use old dried cedar needles, natural and works for me.
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Re: Caging bobcats
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11/15/19 05:50 AM
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I got to see Mercer's bobcat demo at the Ks convention this year and when it comes to cats and also cats and cages that guy knows is stuff. I'd pm him with any questions I have or as mentioned buy his videos .
What did he say about the importance of concealing a cage? I'm trying to figure out how good I have to blend in the 2 cages I bought.
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Re: Caging bobcats
[Re: AJE]
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11/30/19 12:25 PM
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I went out with a researcher here in Cali once. We used to have some real pro trapping people in the department. This guy had busted his hump and came up with funding to do a population study. I sold them a crap ton of cages and gave them a little schooling. Like most projects it started out a little rough. Biologists, often PhDs I have been around get into their vocation because the love nature and the outdoors. They soon find that they spend most of their time under artificial light so when they actually get field work they want to do it themselves. They went to school to be biologists not trapper and their projects would be better if they hired us trappers more often.
All that to say that they called and reported bobcats making toilets in front of their cages. I went out with one of them to try and help. Asked her to show me how she makes the set. Well she was squirting bobcat pee in a spot just in front of the cage. Sometimes even leaving a turd. I asked her to think that through and answer the question"how does that cause the cat to be interested in the "INSIDE" of the trap. How does making a fire hydrant in front of your trap cause this wild animal to want to enter the trap? Just makes them want to mark the spot like that last cat did.
I used to go round and round here in Tman years ago with a guy who said to mist the front of the trap with bobcat urine to hide your human scent. 1) turned your cage into a fire hydrant 2) if you think bobcats are scared of your scent you need to trap more bobcats.
Not saying for one minute that urine leading into the trap won't work. Just saying I would be happy to trap for pink slips with someone leaving distractions outside the set.
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Re: Caging bobcats
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11/30/19 08:39 PM
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To answer the shingle question, When setting here in western Colorado during wet/freezing conditions: I will level the trap bed and put a shingle down, set the cage on the shingle then sift dirt on the bottom of the cage. This will help prevent the cage from freezing down hard to the ground. Next put a shingle on top and brush in. This will help prevent icicles from forming from the top when freeze/thaw conditions happen.
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Re: Caging bobcats
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12/01/19 01:18 PM
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For me in this country of heavy snow my cages are pocketed in thick young pine patches mostly. I clear snow then lure under and set the cage in. I use some sand on the bottoms, maybe mixed with the natural duff. I buy the sand in bags, mason sand at Home Depot. Most has been plenty dry even for setting my 650's.
Osky
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