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Is it easier to catch a bobcat in #7413070
11/23/21 11:21 PM 11/23/21 11:21 PM
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footholds or cage traps?
Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7413079
11/23/21 11:26 PM 11/23/21 11:26 PM
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Footholds for me I set cages and cubbies with foot holds and the cubbies score every year cages are hit and miss.

Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7413104
11/23/21 11:52 PM 11/23/21 11:52 PM
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I have good luck with footholds in a natural cubby.
Find a good cedar that has fallen over and the roots make a sort of cave.
If that is where cat tracks are, or where it has produced over the years.
Throw a half of a beaver carcass in, with a couple 550s or 3Ns guarding it. It seems much more weatherproof and works great for me.
I also like a good box with a 220 or 160 belisle.
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Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7413483
11/24/21 12:52 PM 11/24/21 12:52 PM
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I would say Footholds for sure, but then, I ain’t no Mercer Lawing!
Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7413654
11/24/21 03:52 PM 11/24/21 03:52 PM
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Depends on the situation, once you figure out cats and cages life can get a lot easier.
Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7413877
11/24/21 08:29 PM 11/24/21 08:29 PM
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I have tried foot holds, snares and body grippers. Have caught them in foot holds and snares but never in body grippers.
Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7414041
11/24/21 11:25 PM 11/24/21 11:25 PM
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I am either really poor at snares and leg holds, or crazy lucky with the body grips. I have caught a bobcat in a 120 box set for mink, 3 in 155s boxes, several in 160 and 220 boxes, set for cats. Probably almost as many in both bodygrip/leghold, snare. My only quess is that the boxes tend to hold up to any melt thaw, and a fair amount of snow. Probably the biggest things that helps me is that I drive through my trapping area at least a couple times a week all year, so I have a good idea of where they hang out.

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Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7414093
11/25/21 12:34 AM 11/25/21 12:34 AM
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Cats have a hard time walking by objects that look interesting to them would be my take on that.

Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7414116
11/25/21 02:37 AM 11/25/21 02:37 AM
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Lots of cats have been caught in cages.They are not difficult to catch in cages.
But there are easier ways to catch them.

Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: FriarTuck] #7414277
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Originally Posted by FriarTuck
I am either really poor at snares and leg holds, or crazy lucky with the body grips. I have caught a bobcat in a 120 box set for mink, 3 in 155s boxes, several in 160 and 220 boxes, set for cats. Probably almost as many in both bodygrip/leghold, snare. My only quess is that the boxes tend to hold up to any melt thaw, and a fair amount of snow. Probably the biggest things that helps me is that I drive through my trapping area at least a couple times a week all year, so I have a good idea of where they hang out.

I have tried them but to no luck. I have seen where some set them at angles so the front is higher than the back, That I havent tried how do you set yours if you dont mind me asking. Yes they are pretty much weather proof that is why I ask.
Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7414309
11/25/21 10:00 AM 11/25/21 10:00 AM
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I build the boxes with a good taper in them so that they stack inside one another well, and that makes them so that you can see inside them from a higher angle also.

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Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7414677
11/25/21 06:15 PM 11/25/21 06:15 PM
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Boxes with conibears, a 220 box on the ground or a 280 box in the tree, and snares fill my limit for me.
Re: Is it easier to catch a bobcat in [Re: FriarTuck] #7415019
11/26/21 09:54 AM 11/26/21 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by FriarTuck
I am either really poor at snares and leg holds, or crazy lucky with the body grips. I have caught a bobcat in a 120 box set for mink, 3 in 155s boxes, several in 160 and 220 boxes, set for cats. Probably almost as many in both bodygrip/leghold, snare. My only quess is that the boxes tend to hold up to any melt thaw, and a fair amount of snow. Probably the biggest things that helps me is that I drive through my trapping area at least a couple times a week all year, so I have a good idea of where they hang out.


The deciding factor in MN is the check law. Footholds, snares and cages all have a 24 hr check, where body grips are on a three day check. You get more refusals with body grip cubbies, but far more efficient in the long run than daily checks on the others.
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