The Master Trapper!! 2nd one in 3 days!

[chicks4kids]

What we have noticed from the 2 coons (one at 14 lbs. the other at 17)

(Now don't ask me how I now that)

is that the hardware cloth on the trip platform attached by wire ties is the first change for this trap. The weight of the coons have allowed the ties to move and the hardware cloth to sag.

 

[BuckeyeDave]

One of my friends loaned a TSC trap to a friend, the friend trapped a raccon and then shot it with a shotgun while it was still in the trap, he cleaned the trap and then returned it not even saying a word about the big hole he blew in it with the shot. I rarely loan out my traps and always have them loaded with sardines or peanut butter on an egg, I have caught tons of predators, several cats and even a chicken or two.

 

[chicks4kids]

I can't believe they shot the trap and didn't say anything! The nerve of some people. As if they wouldn't see it or something. Ridiculous.

We loned our trailer that we use for our 4 wheelers to a friend who said it was for moving furniture just down the road...found out her husband almost got it impounded for scrapping in it--long story--point being, he lied to us and took off to a completely different state to scrap.

Some people...

 

[Sunny Side Up]

That is a fantastic design! I am very impressed!

Are the sides covered with plastic-coated fence wire? I'm wondering if that will hold up, over time & under pressure from some really heavy & determined raccoons. It's always a shame to trap a pest only to have it find a way out. Maybe you could change that wire to welded wire or hardware cloth, and attatch it with screws & metal washers to hold it on really well.

 

[chicks4kids]

We did use welded wire fencing for the entire cage, and hardware cloth on the trip board. We used poultry net staples for securing the wire to the 2x4's. Just like these, ours may have been a little larger, but you can get the idea.

 

[jmetzger]

wow, kool.

 

[byrandom]

That is VERY nice.

 

[jaredslilcluckers]

What are you doing with them.

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Awesome trap!
Someone asked for recipes? IF you do plan on eating it, make sure you get the musk glands out! That is what makes it smell... and taste bad. Little glands at the joints that kinda look like kidney beans.
Wash it, trim off the fat and put it in a broiler pan with some cream of mushroom soup, potatoes, onions, diced tomatoes (I use rotel) and a few seasonings, salt pepper, etc. And bake that dude at 300 for a couple hours or until done.
The taste is somewhat like roast beef. The older ones can be a bit tough. If he's really big, put him on low in the crockpot.
Before I get flamed, my state has a very high population of raccoons. Not to mention I'm not going to let them eat my corn, eggs or chickens.

 

[chicks4kids]

jaredslilcluckers,

1st page, 2nd and 3rd post.

I don't want to start a kill or catch/release controversy here. To each his own!!