I have lost 11 to this super-predator. I have lights up but he doesn't care. I need to trap him.
I have two steel cage single door traps. How should I present the traps so he actually goes in?
Bobcats are about the eaiest predator to trap. Some are very docile in the trap others are crazy. By the size of the track you have a large one there. They will crawl into your cage trap but with a cat that size be sure and wire your bait tight to the back of the cage.
He is probably climbing up at a corner of your pen. Try wrapping your corners with tin to prevent him climbing in.
I used a HavaHart trap and one of the prev nights partial victims as bait. The next morning I had the Bobcat. I left the bait for 2 more nights and got nothing.
There is no need to trap this animal- your efforts should go into securing the coop, as others have said. You have laid on a buffet, and the cat needs to get back into the woods to hunt rabbits.
The Bobcat got in again last night, but I moved the birds so they are fine. He opened a hole in the corner of the roof, I guess he thought there were birds still in there. The hole is not very big, I secured the hole and have begun to put up hardware cloth. We will see if this works. I hope so. Thanks for the help.