Posted By: HD_Wildlife
"coontroller" reviews - 04/18/13 06:24 PM
Anyone using the coontroller and care to share their success of failures with them?
I bought 4 and they largely sat on my shelf for the last 2 years, but I had some recent skunk
calls and figured why not try them, both were solid situations with minimal entry points and
no ability for new excavation.
Case #1 - 2 skunks in a crawl space, entered through ample openings around ductwork entry.
I setup traps for 3 days with good bait and funnels, no luck even though evidence of them coming
and going was present.
Decided to attach the coontroller device over one hole (wired off everything else)
and put a trail cam on the site as well to document for owner that they "left the building."
Within 2 nights they were both out, I did a crawl through just to verify no living creature in the
crawlspace, all was empty.
Removed excluder and excluded the remaining hole - camera picked up skunks only the first night
searching for a new entry, after that the remaining three nights the cam was there, no visits.
I have two other situations I'm presently monitoring, (1 skunk and 1 ringtail cat).
Anyone else use them? The are unlike most one way doors which have springs and no locking mechanism.
These lock when the animal leaves and being built "coon tough" the one way door swings with light pushing
so many animals could leave through them and therefore this could be used for a myriad of species.
Just curious if others have been using them for some time now and have other thoughts. While they are generally
more expensive than a trap, I'm looking for camera/device setups that reduce other issues and costs. If I can pair
this device with a cheap trail cam (which provides the client proof as well as myself) I can put out a product that
resolves the issue on many of my home types (not all, some houses as has been stated by many are prone to re-entry,
I see this as best used where the home is solid, but had one or two week spots that are fixable in a way that won't
allow re-entry). (Disclaimer - this could still cause the same litter left inside problems that live trapping during whelping
and rearing season brings with it. Won't work everywhere, but can be very effective I believe in a variety of situations).
Here is the link to WCS if you haven't seen one -
http://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.com/M..._Code=KBCOONTLR
Justin
I bought 4 and they largely sat on my shelf for the last 2 years, but I had some recent skunk
calls and figured why not try them, both were solid situations with minimal entry points and
no ability for new excavation.
Case #1 - 2 skunks in a crawl space, entered through ample openings around ductwork entry.
I setup traps for 3 days with good bait and funnels, no luck even though evidence of them coming
and going was present.
Decided to attach the coontroller device over one hole (wired off everything else)
and put a trail cam on the site as well to document for owner that they "left the building."
Within 2 nights they were both out, I did a crawl through just to verify no living creature in the
crawlspace, all was empty.
Removed excluder and excluded the remaining hole - camera picked up skunks only the first night
searching for a new entry, after that the remaining three nights the cam was there, no visits.
I have two other situations I'm presently monitoring, (1 skunk and 1 ringtail cat).
Anyone else use them? The are unlike most one way doors which have springs and no locking mechanism.
These lock when the animal leaves and being built "coon tough" the one way door swings with light pushing
so many animals could leave through them and therefore this could be used for a myriad of species.
Just curious if others have been using them for some time now and have other thoughts. While they are generally
more expensive than a trap, I'm looking for camera/device setups that reduce other issues and costs. If I can pair
this device with a cheap trail cam (which provides the client proof as well as myself) I can put out a product that
resolves the issue on many of my home types (not all, some houses as has been stated by many are prone to re-entry,
I see this as best used where the home is solid, but had one or two week spots that are fixable in a way that won't
allow re-entry). (Disclaimer - this could still cause the same litter left inside problems that live trapping during whelping
and rearing season brings with it. Won't work everywhere, but can be very effective I believe in a variety of situations).
Here is the link to WCS if you haven't seen one -
http://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.com/M..._Code=KBCOONTLR
Justin