Re: Bobcat bait
[Re: rick olson]
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12/05/19 09:28 AM
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I think I catch more cats at walk thru the flat sets lured than any type of baited cubby or dirt hole. I completely agree with location being the biggest thing when I am successful, so I set travel ways, choke points, and other places that I know draw cats. A pond dam would be a place I always set. Good luck.
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Re: Bobcat bait
[Re: ecam]
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12/05/19 09:56 AM
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Here's an idea I heard once that I never tried, but I was told it is great bait. It will probably only be practical for guys who live on the coast though.
The guy would cook his dungeness crabs whole, then he'd peal the back shell off, clean the crab, put the guts in the shell (shell acting as a bowl) and that would be his bait. He swore by it.
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Re: Bobcat bait
[Re: Leftlane]
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12/05/19 10:44 AM
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I think I catch more cats at walk thru the flat sets lured than any type of baited cubby or dirt hole. I completely agree with location being the biggest thing when I am successful, so I set travel ways, choke points, and other places that I know draw cats. A pond dam would be a place I always set. Good luck. That's been my way of doing it. An old timer told me the only thing you had to remember was a bob cat is just a cat.
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Re: Bobcat bait
[Re: Okie Farmer]
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12/05/19 11:01 AM
12/05/19 11:01 AM
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Leftlane
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An old timer told me the only thing you had to remember was a bob cat is just a cat.
I think I agree. Bobcats can fall to the most random of things just like a barn cat
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: Bobcat bait
[Re: danny clifton]
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12/09/19 04:59 AM
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Re: Bobcat bait
[Re: waggler]
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12/23/19 08:13 PM
12/23/19 08:13 PM
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Here's an idea I heard once that I never tried, but I was told it is great bait. It will probably only be practical for guys who live on the coast though.
The guy would cook his dungeness crabs whole, then he'd peal the back shell off, clean the crab, put the guts in the shell (shell acting as a bowl) and that would be his bait. He swore by it. Crab has a very loud smell. I hear people do well on coyotes with crab.
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Re: Bobcat bait
[Re: ecam]
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12/23/19 08:29 PM
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Me and my daughter each have a tag for the wisconsin season. She had an early season and me a late season tag. While i don't claim to be an expert, we used rabbit pen cleanings for both bait and lure. We used tinsel as flagging and made sort of a walk through cubby with rabbit pen cleanings on both sides of the walk through. In 3 days her tag was filled with a 21 pound female. Looking forward to trying this set later this week when my season opens, and use it for fox and coyote. Might try some hay sets with these rabbit pen cleanings. They smell so strong like rabbit urine i would think any K-9 could smell it 100 yards away. Not sure if they check it out. Has anyone else ever tried this? I have heard of mouse nests, kind of a magnum version of that. Here are pictures of the first cat, a 21 pound female, going to try to find a larger tom to work on in a few days.
Last edited by rudydog; 12/23/19 10:44 PM. Reason: adding pictures
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Re: Bobcat bait
[Re: rudydog]
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12/24/19 04:52 PM
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Every land trap we use for coyotes, fox, and now bobcats are painted pink. I have done this for years, even before she was born. There are lots of deer and they always snap traps. And we check most of our traps from a distance with binoculars. You can see painted traps, cant see brown or black ones if the deer snapped them unless you get real close, and we try to stay away.. I have trapped for about 40 years and have still to hear why you want a black or brown trap for land trapping k-9's, white, pink, or green have always worked with zero negative effects. Best coyote trappers I knew in my area painted all his traps bright blue. Said he rarely lost one or had one stolen. He was the county sheriff too.
Last edited by strike2x; 12/24/19 11:56 PM. Reason: Misspelling
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Bobcat bait
[Re: ecam]
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01/10/20 10:13 AM
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danny clifton
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if you hang it high enough wolves cant reach it, a cat may never find it. I have had hounds that could and would climb trees if they could first get up in the lower limbs. I have seen lots of photos of red fox and coyotes in fruit trees. I bet wolves can climb good too
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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