It struck again last night!

[centrarchid]

Where can I get one?

Any sporting good place. I have been getting some at Walmart as well. Moultrie is the brand I am liking most. Make certain in motion censor mode when using for this application.

 

[centrarchid]

No there were way more birds killed.

More birds than you had?

 

[centrarchid]

Do not rule out a gray fox just yet. Block things off and set out camera to record who approaches access point from outside.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Money is better spent on the correct traps.

 

[DobieLover]

Money is better spent on the correct traps.

Money is better spent on truly securing the coop.

 

[centrarchid]

Money is better spent on truly securing the coop.

You can do both. Security can also involve understanding who is after your birds and how they do it.

 

[helios]

Do not rule out a gray fox just yet.

If the tracks on the glue trap are larger than a cat's, yes, might be a gray fox, as they have semi-retractable claws.
No scale was given on the glue trap, but I found a photo of a similar one, and if the trap is this big, I could maybe see the tracks being big enough...cat tracks would fit within a quarter's circumference, while the fox's would be perhaps slightly larger than the quarter. Would the fox pile the bodies in the corner? I've seen a mustelid do that first hand.
Regardless of the predator, securing that coop is first priority. Photos of the predator don't change that 4" gap.

 

[centrarchid]

If the tracks on the glue trap are larger than a cat's, yes, might be a gray fox, as they have semi-retractable claws.
No scale was given on the glue trap, but I found a photo of a similar one, and if the trap is this big, I could maybe see the tracks being big enough...cat tracks would fit within a quarter's circumference, while the fox's would be perhaps slightly larger than the quarter. Would the fox pile the bodies in the corner? I've seen a mustelid do that first hand.
Regardless of the predator, securing that coop is first priority. Photos of the predator don't change that 4" gap.

If cannot get carcasses out it mite pile them up. You would have someone that is frustrated and not knowing what to do. It would be another example of apparently odd behaviors imposed by confinement.

 

[helios]

That hair on the top of the gap would be easy to identify if it's a gray fox.
Weasel family would be uniform brown or white, not tipped like a fox's coat.

 

[centrarchid]

That hair on the top of the gap would be easy to identify if it's a gray fox.
Weasel family would be uniform brown or white, not tipped like a fox's coat.

Raccoon can have white tips as well. Recently I had post showing half dozen predators at one kill sight in a single night.