Coons have short front legs but long hind or back legs. This means that Mr. Coon goes around with his butt stuck up in the air. Because the door on the Have-a-Heart trap is cankered backwards, this means that a big old coon will get slapped on the backside by the trap door before it locks...
You may need a bigger rock. Some mean old boar coons tip the scales at 40 pounds. The record coon was 60lbs. This reminds me, is your Have-a-Heart trap big enough for the amount of coon that your trying to capture?
I know that many of you have experienced coons reaching through the wire, grabbing a bird and either pulling it apart or eating it to death through the wire. The Dog Proof Traps use the coons own feeding behavior against them. The coon must reach into the trap to grab and pull the bait out of...
It is very likely that you have as many as 30 coons visiting your coop or even sleeping in your attic. The natural approach would be to get yourself a hungry cougar or a wolf pack but your chickens may not fare any better with these predators living on your property. Bald and Golden Eagles...