Do you put the trap just inside the cubby, on the edge of the front entrance to the cubby or just outside the cubby?

Depends. If it is a walk thru,set just inside each end with stepping sticks.
If its a true cubby concealing a bait and one opening,set just outside the opening with guide and stepping sticks to make cat step on trap when he approaches the opening.
Snares and a bit of fencing will get him or another one while circling the bait cubby or walk thru.

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I was thinking of the outside but wasn’t sure. I never thought about the outside snares. Good tip.

I like mine half in half out on the side sometimes one on each side.

I'm not a deep snow trapper but I though one of the advantages to a cubby in those conditions is keeping some of that snow off trap so I'm guessing inside if ur trying to do that.

Make your cubbies a walk through type or big enough that they can turn around in . Just put a roof over it but leave the walls so you can see through them . Set the trap under roof and your good for any kind of weather ! It should look alittle something like this !

Hopefully when you check they look like this !

Looks nice

Thanks AJE , I run about a hundred cubbies each trapping season !

It must take you a lot of time to go out in the woods and make all those

AJE,Some of my cubbies are 10 or 12 years old . I just freshen them up each year and add a few more to my line every year. If i catch a cat then the following year i skip that cubbie . Notice the picture with the cat . Some of the branches are old and dried out and just fresh branches on top to help shed the rain. I always run exposed traps with cats inside the cubbies . It gives the cat someplace to step and staying dry they stay working all year even with several feet of snow !

That is one pretty cat! Dont know about the belly but our Pa cats are basically ugly.......jk

Thank's, It had the spots, But the belly had a grayish tint. Not real white .

Really Nice

Very interesting

That's how I make mine. Cats and grays love them

I use steel barrels so I set just off the lip of the barrels, I brush them in and extend the top coverings to help cover the trap from the weather.

That makes good sense, thanks. Do you use brush to create a sort of guide fence, or just kind of put brush over the barrel?

Over the barrel to blend it a bit I use blockers to guide to the trap, we have a lot of dead elms here so sheets of bark are easy to come by for protection of the trap from the weather.

Okay I think I follow what you're saying as far as placing the trap and how to blend in over the barrel. I'll try to work on coming up with some ideas for blockers & fencing. If I fill my tag I'll let you know