I put a small marshmallow on just like that. I use that whipped marshmallow for bait and it never fails. I don't trap for money, I trap because I'm tired of coons messing around my house. These traps were a godsend because I live in a town and I can't be cutting loose with my shotgun.
I had been trying to trap raccoons in this trap for the last 5 days. They kept retrieving the bait without setting it off. I watched your video yesterday and it was the GAME CHANGER! Bro, thank you so much for sharing this idea. It made all the difference. Am subscribed. Looking forward to more of your vids.
Hey I know this is two years old but I’m sure you’re still catching critters. Anyway thanks for the tip inside the trap. I used what aircraft electricians call heat shrink. I layered it a couple of times to thicken it. Thanks again
Interesting, Gary Bonnet (inventor and manufacturer of the Griz Gettr') showed us this tip in 2002 and we used it long before DP's were named DP's and RU-vid was just a Thought LOL. Just goes to show, what goes around - comes around,
have you ever had a dogproof nearly cut a paw off of a opossum or raccoon..we did and now we put a bit of thin tubing around the wire so it doesn't cut the foot off
Did you have the trap somewhere for the animal to wrap around or get leverage on? Such as a tree/sapling, log, or anything like that? It's hard to believe you set it in an open area.
Just caught a racoon with one hand. I got him on the one good hand he had. Figured he was caught with someone else's trap, and got away. He didn't get away this time
Do you like the powder coat more than bare? We use to dye them but one year we decided we would try a bare metal and it seemed like they were more curious about the shiny.
When I first started buying them they were bare metal and I painted them white to give them some rust protection. Now they come powder coated so I paint the bottom half white so they stick out to the raccoons a bit more but leave the top half brown so the stand out if there is a light dusting of snow.
I am new to the coon trapping world and I just got me this coon trap in the mail. Is it supposed to come with a setting tool? I do not know how to set it 🙄 Thank You for any feedback.. from Rookie of the yr. Lol
@@blackspruceoutfitters9711 thank You. Yes, I found a metal rod that works perfectly 👍 but I was 🤬 when I first got the trap because I did not know lol
@@blackspruceoutfitters9711 Yep, it works, got a large coon that had been killing my chickens last night. My wife shot it with my Ruger 10/22 while I was at work ;-)
Wouldn't anybody, but a moron, just lay the hose on a solid surface, like a piece of wood, like maybe even a wood ruler, to cut it. Then the job would be, chop, chop, chop... And during the process, you wouldn't have to go bandage your thumb.
