How To Make A Bobcat Set

What'due south your go to bobcat gear up? #6428193
01/14/19 01:xxx PM 01/14/nineteen 01:thirty PM

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I know this has been brought up earlier, and there are many threads showing individual sets ( just after a quick search I tin't observe exactly what I am looking for), but I think information technology would exist a great learning experience to know what everyone's go to Bobcat ready is and why they prefer it. To clarify, I would like to know what kinds of sets are preferred when a person is targeting bobcats, I know that they are defenseless on canine sets regularly.

As for me I prefer a walk through with lure i either side and some flagging higher up and in between the traps. The reason I adopt this set is... it's the simply one that I have been able to catch a cat on lol. [Linked Image]

Concluding edited by Hobbs; 01/14/nineteen 01:32 PM.

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Re: What'south your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6428229 01/xiv/19 02:07 PM 01/14/19 02:07 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 666 VA coolbrze trapper
trapper Joined: February 2007 Posts: 666 VA	Adept thread, I'll be following this i. I've only defenseless iii cats & they were in dirt hole sets but I think a post set would work well too in the mountain woods where I trap.

Re: What's your go to bobcat gear up? [Re: Lazarus] #6428251 01/14/19 02:35 PM 01/14/19 02:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming Hobbs OP trapper
OP trapper Joined: January 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming	Nice ready. Why did you bury the trap? I buried the trap out of addiction I set more coyote sets than cat sets each year. I am running #3 bridger'southward. On a side note, the wind blew through there so hard the week after I ready that it blew both traps clean and blew my pan covers over the rainbow haha It's a trappers life for me

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: trapperdan93] #6428366 01/xiv/19 04:56 PM 01/14/19 04:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: two,400 Morgantown, WV Dfabs trapper
trapper Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 2,400 Morgantown, WV	Tracy, those attractors you sell are the bees knees. I tin can run across those turkey feathers I got spinning in the wind from over 100yd away. Yous guys should check them out if you haven�t even so. My favorite bobcat fix is definitely a walkthrough forth a logging road around hither, just I tend to make a lot of big showy dirtholes too and do very well on them.

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6428368 01/xiv/19 04:58 PM 01/fourteen/nineteen 04:58 PM
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trapper Joined: Mar 2022 Posts: 3,303 Nevadafornia	Thanks Dfabs. I notice they fool my canis familiaris from time to fourth dimension. He will grab a glimpse of one and accuse toward it until he gets close plenty to effigy out what it is. And so he puts on the brakes and gets this embarrassed look on his face and tries to act like he knew what it was all forth.

Re: What's your go to bobcat prepare? [Re: Hobbs] #6428462 01/fourteen/19 07:01 PM 01/14/19 07:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: vii,462 Arkansas J Staton trapper
trapper Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 7,462 Arkansas	People say walls don't work. Nice looking set up. Flashy clay holes work well for me here.

Re: What's your go to bobcat ready? [Re: Hobbs] #6428496 01/14/19 07:53 PM 01/14/19 07:53 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 153 New York Trap4fur trapper
trapper Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 153 New York	Blind exposed sets where you no they are going takes patience simply I exercise very well with them

Re: What'due south your become to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6428685 01/fourteen/19 10:41 PM 01/14/xix x:41 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: ii,414 Idaho Falls, Idaho Furvor trapper
trapper Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,414 Idaho Falls, Idaho	Because the Idaho bobcat flavour doesn't open up until Dec 14, my favorite high desert bobcat set is a snare on a trail in sagebrush. Last edited by Furvor; 01/14/19 ten:45 PM.

Re: What's your become to bobcat prepare? [Re: Hobbs] #6428715 01/xiv/nineteen 11:06 PM 01/fourteen/19 eleven:06 PM
Joined: January 2022 Posts: half-dozen,562 Marion Kansas Yes sir trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 6,562 Marion Kansas	I started communicable cats when I started thinking blind trail sets. If you want to add some smells or visuals to information technology that'south ok as well but put the trap where the cat walks .

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6428801 01/15/xix 01:xv AM 01/fifteen/19 01:xv AM
Joined: Oct 2022 Posts: 4,953 montana carmine mt trapper
trapper Joined: Oct 2022 Posts: four,953 montana	I catch a lot cats just like yes sir says put a trap between 2 trees lure on each tree and go, aye its cached .coyotes can ride home with me someday.

Re: What'south your go to bobcat set? [Re: Dfabs] #6428806 01/15/19 01:29 AM 01/xv/xix 01:29 AM
Joined: Mar 2022 Posts: 4,369 N.C MO TONY.F trapper
trapper Joined: Mar 2022 Posts: four,369 Northward.C MO	Tracy, those attractors you sell are the bees knees. I can see those turkey feathers I got spinning in the current of air from over 100yd away. You lot guys should check them out if you oasist still. My favorite bobcat prepare is definitely a walkthrough along a logging route around here, but I tend to make a lot of large showy dirtholes too and do very well on them. I Couldn't concur more got 2 cat sets on field edges inbound a wood road ane has a turkey fly the other a Truman attractor the Truman attractor is visible past me over 400 yards away the turkey wing 200 at best Live LIFE Like THEIR IS NO TOMMORROW

Re: What's your go to bobcat fix? [Re: Hobbs] #6429136 01/xv/nineteen 11:46 AM 01/15/19 11:46 AM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming Hobbs OP trapper
OP trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming	Thank you lot anybody who as chimed in so far on what works for y'all in your areas! Information technology'southward a trappers life for me

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Dfabs] #6429278 01/15/19 02:48 PM 01/15/nineteen 02:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 290 SW Pennsylvania mauser06 trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 290 SW Pennsylvania	Thanx! I saw those. Definitely gotta become some for side by side flavor. I wasn't sure if "Truman" were something different.

Re: What's your get to bobcat fix? [Re: Hobbs] #6429280 01/fifteen/xix 02:49 PM 01/15/19 02:49 PM
Joined: Apr 2022 Posts: 442 Upstate NY David Morse trapper
trapper Joined: Apr 2022 Posts: 442 Upstate NY	they await like something I would troll on the big lake.

Re: What'due south your become to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6432200 01/18/19 02:24 AM 01/18/19 02:24 AM
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 37 Reno,NV RenoMick trapper
trapper Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 37 Reno,NV	It has to be the walk-through sets for me. I think what I like most about them is the speed and ease of set structure, and of course their effectiveness. Lifelong northeast trapper, at present in the loftier desert of Nevada. Angling, hunting, trapping and on the lookout man for Large Brother's black helicopters.

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6432448 01/xviii/nineteen 11:04 AM 01/18/19 xi:04 AM
Joined: January 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming Hobbs OP trapper
OP trapper Joined: January 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming	To those that use walkthroughs, do you prefer single trap or double trap walkthroughs? To those that like the flashy clay holes, do you use a commercial bait or exercise you use hunks of carcass? I gear up in an expanse that is mostly eroded sand stone so the basis if very soft. I lost a set this year considering I used an earth anchor, when I set it was frozen and the anchor was really solid. Every bit information technology warmed up though I plant the trap missing and when I checked the other trap at that place I found that it was like shooting fish in a barrel to pull out. What methods exercise you use when setting areas like this? I rest the area using a 12' cedar limb about 6" thick with a rock tied to it to slow it downward further. What other methods exist for anchoring traps in less than perfect places? It's a trappers life for me

Re: What's your become to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6432551 01/xviii/19 12:37 PM 01/eighteen/19 12:37 PM
Joined: January 2022 Posts: 144 Idaho IDTrapman trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 144 Idaho	Ouch! Lost a trap and a high-dollar cat!? That would injure! Narrow your walk-thru down existent skilful and make the trap pan the very best place for them to identify their foot. Just one trap needed. It don't take much of a drag for bobcats. This is peculiarly truthful when using a long cablevision, similar I do. They get tangled-upward real quick. Having said that, I don't utilise drags (branches) very frequently -only when I have to. I prefer anchoring to a nearby tree or other stationary object (rock, large sagebrush, etc.). I believe it'south benign to keep them at the fix -mainly because it makes the re-brand that much meliorate/bonny. Just too because I like to know exactly where they're at and not have to go observe them downward the slope or wherever they went. Roads? Where we're going, we don't demand roads.

Re: What's your become to bobcat fix? [Re: Hobbs] #6432823 01/xviii/19 05:29 PM 01/eighteen/19 05:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming Hobbs OP trapper
OP trapper Joined: January 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming	Thank you for sharing everyone, I know this has been very helpful for me and I am sure others on hither are learning things as well. It's a trappers life for me

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6433634 01/nineteen/19 02:17 PM 01/19/19 02:17 PM
Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 7,462 Arkansas J Staton trapper
trapper Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: vii,462 Arkansas	I use both commercial type baits and hunks of carcass.Caught my third cat this a.k. Two take been taken with Pulverisation River and one with Hiawatha Valley. Caught a rabbit today and its head and hibernate volition be residing in a clay hole tomorrow.

Re: What'southward your go to bobcat set up? [Re: Hobbs] #6434936 01/20/nineteen 04:08 PM 01/20/xix 04:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 999 West Cent IL illinideer trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 999 West Cent IL	Even though I deceit keep them Zagger pipe dream did very well for me this twelvemonth J Coyote 5 Coons 40 Bobcats 2 Released Grinners All of them USN AE2 VF-31 Tomcatters Retired SMSGT IL ANG 183 Fighter Wing Coyote U Class #4

Re: What'south your go to bobcat set up? [Re: Hobbs] #6435175 01/20/xix 07:58 PM 01/20/19 07:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,273 SW Pa Bob Jameson trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: five,273 SW Pa	My go to cat sets are those that fit the location. Travel ways, hunting areas, bedding sites, natural funnels, barrier edges, water course edges, dry stream beds, fence lines, hedge rows, short cuts thru embrace and on and on. I have documented hundreds of locations and sets over the years. Each gear up and method is effective. Once yous know cats they come up piece of cake if you have them. These are just a few locations that assist to evidence the settings and habitat that I set. What ever the location gives me I set it with what I feel will work best. Flashy sets with reasonable eye appeal with lure and bait at times. Rub sets I use alot. Aroma spray mail and tree sets are very productive forth travel ways. Some of these locations are Western and southern states. Multiple cats were taken in several of these locations over 4-6 weeks of trapping. Skilful corridors will produce several catches. Caught many coyotes on the exposed trail sets along with skunk and coon. They dont discriminate, who always gets in that location first. Many of these extended bulwark trails I will set 3-5 sets in a row all within 100 yards, All the castor piles and thickets that I notice all become a couple of sets. Lots of pack rats,quail, pheasant and cottontails for feed in these locations. These areas draw lots of interest from all predators. Walk thru sets, lots of exposed trap trail sets. Lots of cable extensions and drags where possible to hook upwardly to keep locations undisturbed if possible and to place them where I feel they will work best. Snares work well in tight spots and high weedy areas where I can fill in with areas not covered by traps.

Re: What's your go to bobcat prepare? [Re: Hobbs] #6435231 01/20/19 08:45 PM 01/20/19 08:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 6,562 Marion Kansas Aye sir trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 6,562 Marion Kansas	Bob I caught a true cat within 20 ft of the one in fourth pic myself

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6435390 01/20/nineteen x:l PM 01/twenty/19 ten:fifty PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 6,562 Marion Kansas Yes sir trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 6,562 Marion Kansas	Cant recognize anything in the other picks. Not many pines in Marion. Lol

Re: What'southward your go to bobcat gear up? [Re: Hobbs] #6435425 01/20/19 11:13 PM 01/20/19 11:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 1,640 SE Nebraska possumcatcher trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 1,640 SE Nebraska	Those are some great pics. I go along looking through them and more things go on clicking

Re: What'south your go to bobcat ready? [Re: Hobbs] #6435428 01/20/19 11:xiv PM 01/20/19 11:fourteen PM
Joined: December 2022 Posts: i,640 SE Nebraska possumcatcher trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: ane,640 SE Nebraska	Now similar with those dirtholes you have? Exercise you ever exit information technology exposed and block hard with stick?

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6435453 01/20/19 11:24 PM 01/twenty/xix 11:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 187 Bison, South Dakota Dustin_Drews trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 187 Bison, Southward Dakota	I love blindsets! Caught my first double on cats with em! God Anoint Dustin Last edited past Dustin_Drews; 01/20/19 11:25 PM. You got i shot at life, where are your sites aimed today?

Re: What's your become to bobcat prepare? [Re: Hobbs] #6435469 01/xx/xix 11:32 PM 01/20/xix 11:32 PM
Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: seven,462 Arkansas J Staton trapper
trapper Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 7,462 Arkansas	Down here in the pine plantations there are a million different game trails. Other than finding actual sign is there anything you trail set guys look for when setting for cats? Lots of pelting downwards here about every season. Sign is non often abundant.

Re: What's your go to bobcat ready? [Re: J Staton] #6435509 01/twenty/19 eleven:56 PM 01/20/19 11:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 187 Bison, Due south Dakota Dustin_Drews trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 187 Bison, South Dakota	T Downwards here in the pine plantations in that location are a million different game trails. Other than finding actual sign is there anything you trail fix guys look for when setting for cats? Lots of rain down here about every season. Sign is not often arable. Find the turkeys the cats will be close past! God Anoint Dustin You got one shot at life, where are your sites aimed today?

Re: What'south your go to bobcat set? [Re: Dustin_Drews] #6435548 01/21/19 12:39 AM 01/21/19 12:39 AM
Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
trapper Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook	Find the turkeys the cats volition exist close past! I had a flock of thirty turkey at my identify the year earlier last. This past flavor that flock had been reduced to five birds. I wondered what became of them. I think the affluence of cat sign I've seen this winter explains a lot of the mystery.

Re: What'southward your get to bobcat gear up? [Re: Hobbs] #6435648 01/21/19 07:44 AM 01/21/19 07:44 AM
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Re: What'south your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6435656 01/21/nineteen 08:04 AM 01/21/19 08:04 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,797 Huntingdon Co. Pa. forestman3 trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,797 Huntingdon Co. Pa.	Bob is a scent spray post and a rub gear up the same thing?Never heard of a olfactory property spray post so if it is different can you lot explain how that all gets fix and what lures you use.

Re: What's your get to bobcat set up? [Re: Hobbs] #6435739 01/21/nineteen x:06 AM 01/21/nineteen 10:06 AM
Joined: December 2006 Posts: v,273 SW Pa Bob Jameson trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: five,273 SW Pa	Possum catcher I am an instinctive trapper after doing information technology for so long. One time I know or feel I am in skilful habitat in general I expect around for things that volition work naturally for me already in place to put in sets or snares. Things like the type of footing comprehend, institute life, trails, stone formations, hay storage areas, erstwhile homesteads, crop areas, quondam ditches, game trails, cow paths, dry creek beds, slight game trails running along and above stream banks. etc. At that place are so many places to take advantage of y'all just demand to recognize the squeeze points, narrowing areas or develop them into squeeze points to your liking to make your sets more effective and less hitting or miss. Use lures, bait and visuals where needed to bring it all together better. Some places lure and bait should not be used as you don't want to ho-hum them down or for them to change their travel gait much. That works for yous at times. Make animals do what yous wish them to do and they volition follow your lead in almost cases if you merely suggest a route of travel or re route them if you so choose. If need exist block off ane place to direct their choice of travel or involvement to a pre selected position or expanse that you take selected that is a better location in your mind. Some sets and trails the habitat determines the types of set up and how hard I block and guide the sets I use. Some sets like " open game trail blazon sets" cow paths etc. that run for some distance are only narrowed downward slightly on the approach to the trap that is exposed with stepping sticks placed tight to the jaws. The sides of the trap/trail are blocked a bit with rocks, sticks or sticks pushed into the ground creating a slight clasp point briefly at that point where the trap is set. I don't desire to draw likewise much attention to the traveling animal to an obstruction that is alee on the trail. Information technology should be subtle with just a suggestion to pace over the slight stick or object that needs to be stepped over as it approaches the set. View your set from either management of approach to make up one's mind if it looks natural and acceptable. If it doesn't then some adjustments need to made in what you have done. I like stepping sticks ane-1/ii" > 2" in size diameter. They have worked well for me over the years. You may find smaller ones are better suited for your needs. As a general rule of pollex. Every bit the embrace gets more than thick and tight, more confined in space and travel options, the more than I block and ascertain a set for more specific foot placement. This has e'er worked well for me. Generally these sets may take lure or bait or none at all. It is instinctive as to what I decide to practise.

Re: What'due south your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6435820 01/21/19 11:19 AM 01/21/19 11:19 AM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming Hobbs OP trapper
OP trapper Joined: January 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming	Bob, Cheers for sharing all of this, and thanks to everyone else who has shared. I'm learning quite a chip by reading through these, with everything in learning, its not about copying what someone else has done. It is using what others take learned and are willing to share an then applying it to your own experiences and finding a way to blend what you learned from them and what you have learned on your ain into a pattern that works for y'all. It'due south a trappers life for me

Re: What'due south your go to bobcat ready? [Re: Hobbs] #6436027 01/21/xix 03:09 PM 01/21/19 03:09 PM
Joined: December 2006 Posts: v,273 SW Pa Bob Jameson trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,273 SW Pa	Always skillful info on Tman if you pay attending. Photos help to back up the explanations in set structure and locations for different trappers across the country. If I had more than fourth dimension I would contribute more tutorials on fox, coyote and cat trapping. I take lots of photos and videos from trapline piece of work from the 70's, 80's , 90'southward and 2000'due south. Always idea I would put together all the trapline 8mm,video viii and vhs work tapes what a treat to see when I was a younger man. I worked alone almost of those years and filmed much of my autumn and winter trapping beyond the U.S.. Long before GoPRo cams etc.

Re: What's your become to bobcat set? [Re: Bob Jameson] #6436043 01/21/19 03:38 PM 01/21/19 03:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 977 Kansas Rcates trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 977 Kansas	Always good info on Tman if you pay attention. Photos help to back up the explanations in set construction and locations for different trappers across the country. If I had more time I would contribute more tutorials on play a trick on, coyote and true cat trapping. I have lots of photos and videos from trapline piece of work from the lxx's,80's , 90's and 2000's. E'er thought I would put together all the trapline 8mm,video 8 and vhs work tapes what a treat to run into when I was a younger man. I worked alone about of those years and filmed much of my fall and winter trapping across the U.S.. Long before GoPRo cams etc. That would be very absurd to run into!

Re: What's your go to bobcat gear up? [Re: Hobbs] #6436045 01/21/nineteen 03:43 PM 01/21/19 03:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: vi,562 Marion Kansas Yep sir trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 6,562 Marion Kansas	If your taking requests Bob I'd go for something were you share ALL yous know near all the lure ingredients you accept tested, I dont even need recipes just all your noesis of ingredients. It would save me a lifetime or 2 since I got a late start . Lol

Re: What'due south your get to bobcat set? [Re: Lazarus] #6436757 01/22/19 12:37 PM 01/22/19 12:37 PM
Joined: February 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada cat_trapper_nv "True cat Chief"
"Cat Master" Joined: February 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada	Personally I prefer pocket sets. First thought was you got some random coon trapping pic, then realized thats your domestic dog. And then my next thought was why were you wasting time with coons. Then I realized that was a true cat haha. If traps work like the Antis say......I would accept no fingers.

Re: What'due south your go to bobcat ready? [Re: Hobbs] #6436764 01/22/19 12:forty PM 01/22/19 12:40 PM
Joined: February 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada cat_trapper_nv "Cat Principal"
"Cat Principal" Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada	I just keep information technology unproblematic. Stock Duke 1.75 in an exposed walkthrough. Haha I only have ii dukes and this catch confirmed why I don't have more. I had to beat out this trap around with a rock to get everything lined support so I could reset information technology haha. If traps work like the Antis say......I would take no fingers.

Re: What's your go to bobcat gear up? [Re: Hobbs] #6436810 01/22/nineteen 02:01 PM 01/22/nineteen 02:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,273 SW Pa Bob Jameson trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,273 SW Pa	I didnt think there was whatsoever water in Nevada. Did yous have that built and irrigated all yr simply for fun. That is a guaranteed set with that squeeze point on the quondam foot span. I bet you lot can catch a variety of furbearers on that span over time. Some greyness fox likewise ? I use to catch several fox and coon on a local foot bridge that wasn't x feet long but it was used to keep from getting wet feet and swimming.

Re: What'southward your go to bobcat fix? [Re: Hobbs] #6448442 02/02/19 01:06 AM 02/02/19 01:06 AM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 82 Buffalo, SD Wanbli trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 82 Buffalo, SD	I defenseless 2 cats in a walk-through set and ii in a cubby set. I mostly do a cubby set up but I could see in the snow where they had run through a perfect surface area to narrow for a walk through and that worked for me. I ended up releasing a cat, he was also immature. This was the beginning time I've ever had to do that so I was a bit nervous. Andrew "At that place is value in any experience that reminds us of our dependency on the soil-plant-fauna-man food chain" Aldo Leopold

Re: What'due south your get to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6449386 02/03/19 12:35 AM 02/03/19 12:35 AM
Joined: December 2022 Posts: 1,640 SE Nebraska possumcatcher trapper
trapper Joined: December 2022 Posts: one,640 SE Nebraska	Those are some awesome cats. Do you happen to take any pics of the walkthru exposed dirtholes yous made?

Re: What's your go to bobcat gear up? [Re: Hobbs] #6449542 02/03/xix 09:59 AM 02/03/19 09:59 AM
Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 65 upstate, NY Jpwilson trapper
trapper Joined: February 2022 Posts: 65 upstate, NY	Thankyou. I don't unfortunately, not certain why just I never took any pics of them. Set structure is exactly the aforementioned with out burial the trap. I do sprinkle some dirt on the pans and guide heavily.

Re: What's your go to bobcat fix? [Re: Jpwilson] #6453434 02/07/xix 07:21 AM 02/07/19 07:21 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: iii,404 Maine Mac trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: three,404 Maine	Skillful stuff JP. Good to see you lot posting. Thanks for sharing. Mac

Re: What'southward your become to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6453625 02/07/19 11:30 AM 02/07/nineteen xi:thirty AM
Joined: January 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming Hobbs OP trapper
OP trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 302 Wyoming	Thank you anybody who has shared on this thread. I have learned a lot and I am sure others are picking up some new information as well. It's a trappers life for me

Re: What'due south your go to bobcat fix? [Re: Hobbs] #6711409 12/31/19 12:09 AM 12/31/nineteen 12:09 AM
Joined: January 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin AJE trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin	I'grand thinking of putting a chunk of beaver meat down a dirt hole at a bobcat fix

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6711609 12/31/19 08:22 AM 12/31/19 08:22 AM
Joined: May 2022 Posts: 5,242 SW Georgia Wanna Exist trapper
trapper Joined: May 2022 Posts: 5,242 SW Georgia	Any coyote set I make appears to turn into cat sets!!

Re: What's your get to bobcat set? [Re: Bob Jameson] #6712939 01/01/20 xi:48 AM 01/01/20 11:48 AM
Joined: December 2009 Posts: fourteen,467 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
"HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 14,467 The Colina Land of Texas	I try to read anything this homo is willing to share with any of us aspiring true cat men. My go to cat sets are those that fit the location. Burying traps takes time and so I dear dropping in an exposed trap. Big pans look like better places to step and hidden catches don't attract idiots with 12 gauges who desire to "help" you lot with a acceleration or worse all the same haul your cat to boondocks. Here is my favorite true cat rig. In characterless areas information technology is super simple to fix a trap on the ground, plant a post, monkey it upward and bulldoze away. Yous may notice the jump stick because deer are jerks. Cattle are even worse! In that location is polyfill flagging on the ground and the top of the post probably has something spinning in the current of air and a funky LDC doing its matter b/c cats tin can be coached. A caster based rubbing chemical compound eighteen" up the post volition make him want rub on it when he gets there. Here is my fav fix. Last but non least, here is the results I similar to see. It but doesn't get any better unless Im also hauling a mega-hot gate opening assist! Hither is my fav morning surprise (ok 2nd fav- I am a man you know LOL) Here is why it is my fav and why I think it is the most deadly cat gear up bar none. i) A cat will meet my set b/c I set up upwards travel ways that they are jump to use. Sign is hard to come buy in some regions but travel ways basically wave at the cat just like they waved you downwardly in the truck. 2) When a cat sees it he piece of work it. Flagging loftier and depression, long distance call lure, caster based lure, and probably some fox pee ensure multiple reasons to hang effectually and get caught. 3) I am convinced I get 3 changes to gage the cat! Follow my logic. Keep in mind this is a walk thru. Imagine a northbound cat on the trail. He comes in, rubs the right side of his face up and shoulder on the post (chance #one) He loves the castor (and maybe there is some catnip (read cat ecstasy) so he turns and rubs the other side (run a risk #2) Now the northbound cat is southward of my set once again. Even if he stepped over my trap twice, to continue the same management he heads north (gamble #3) �What�s good for me may not be proficient for the weak minded.� Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: What'southward your become to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6713646 01/01/20 ten:31 PM 01/01/xx 10:31 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: seven,818 WI - Wisconsin AJE trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin	Leftlane, Why fox pee instead of bobcat urine?

Re: What's your go to bobcat prepare? [Re: Hobbs] #6713961 01/02/20 10:37 AM 01/02/twenty 10:37 AM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: fourteen,467 The Loma Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
"HOSS" Joined: December 2009 Posts: 14,467 The Loma Country of Texas	I'thou sure I could use bobcat but the only time I approximate I exercise is when I have it from a female in heat or coming into it. I plow them loose then I guess collecting them is my manner of making them aay give thanks you lot. The rub over the trap is the of import part I am pretty sure. I've used straight castor, store bought products, and homemade concoctions that were vaseline, castor, catnip, and valerian (maybe valarium sp?). All of them piece of work very well. Cats dont appear able to walk past this type of service basically stuck correct into their trail �What�s skillful for me may not be proficient for the weak minded.� Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: What'due south your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6713979 01/02/20 11:05 AM 01/02/20 11:05 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: one,600 Maine shorthair trapper
trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,600 Maine	"My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my traps for what I said I paid for them."

Re: What'southward your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6714377 01/02/20 05:30 PM 01/02/20 05:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 14,467 The Loma State of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
"HOSS" Joined: December 2009 Posts: 14,467 The Loma Country of Texas	I agree shorthail this is my fav topic right at present. Gorgeous bobcat and location pics plus keen information from some fine true cat men. Maybe this tin be the new Bobcat set and locations (sorry Lt Grey) �What�s expert for me may non exist good for the weak minded.� Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: What's your get to bobcat gear up? [Re: Hobbs] #6714565 01/02/twenty 09:33 PM 01/02/xx 09:33 PM
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"Cat Primary" Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada	Tough to be the quick and effective exposed walkthrough. Put the set where the cat wants to go anyways and y'all don�t have to worry near refusals. Call up of lure and flagging equally more of a backup than the main reason a cat goes to your set. Brand certain you cover all your bases...... Put a trap where they hunt (edges, stone piles, ledges) Where they want to annunciate (toilets)..... And where they want to travel (washes, trails, roads) If traps work like the Antis say......I would have no fingers.

Re: What's your get to bobcat fix? [Re: Hobbs] #6714569 01/02/20 09:36 PM 01/02/20 09:36 PM
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trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: seven,818 WI - Wisconsin	Nice pictures. Do cats follow roads much? Rocky areas are to difficult to find around hither, but logging roads & field roads are abundant. Last edited past AJE; 01/02/20 09:36 PM.

Re: What's your go to bobcat fix? [Re: AJE] #6714570 01/02/20 09:37 PM 01/02/20 09:37 PM
Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada cat_trapper_nv "True cat Master"
"Cat Master" Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada	They like to move effectually equally easy as possible then they probably use them every bit well. If traps piece of work like the Antis say......I would take no fingers.

Re: What'due south your get to bobcat fix? [Re: Hobbs] #6714633 01/02/twenty 10:24 PM 01/02/xx 10:24 PM
Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
trapper Joined: November 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook	Cats use logging roads merely not usually for appreciable distances like a canine. Not hither anyway.

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: AJE] #6714703 01/02/twenty 10:56 PM 01/02/20 10:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: fourteen,467 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
"HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 14,467 The Hill State of Texas	Squeamish pictures. Do cats follow roads much? Rocky areas are to hard to discover effectually here, but logging roads & field roads are abundant. Sounds to me like that terrain would great edges and edges are gold.mine travel ways. �What�s expert for me may not exist proficient for the weak minded.� Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: What's your go to bobcat fix? [Re: Hobbs] #6714755 01/02/xx eleven:32 PM 01/02/20 xi:32 PM
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trapper Joined: January 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin	Edges, yeah. Hmmm. Interesting. i spot I'yard fix on right now is where an area was clear cut xv years ago bordered by a mature open woods. Last weekend I saw cat tracks walk thru the mature forest, non far from the thicket. I gear up 2 CR'south & a foothold there. I gotta believe it'll exist back, simply it hasn't notwithstanding. Last edited by AJE; 01/02/20 xi:32 PM.

Re: What'due south your become to bobcat prepare? [Re: Hobbs] #6725531 01/12/20 12:42 AM 01/12/20 12:42 AM
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trapper Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 1,881 Oklahoma	Revive attempt #1 Seems like a good time of year to see some new replies to this question. What is your become to bobcat set? and Why? What lures exercise you lot employ at your go to set? What puts the most fur in your stretchers? For those of y'all who take already replied to this a year back.. has anything changed? Accept you learned anything new that you're willing to share Matthew 7:6 KJV Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine.... -OFBA, NTA, FTA, TTFHA-

Re: What's your go to bobcat ready? [Re: Hobbs] #6725542 01/12/20 12:52 AM 01/12/20 12:52 AM
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trapper Joined: January 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin	I employ Lenon lures & Reusaat urine and MTP'south Feline Fix gland lure & MTP'due south silver vine. Sometimes I employ Trapper Fine art's Nitro long distance telephone call lure (it reminds me of Gusto. I haven't continued yet this year, we'll run across. Concluding edited by AJE; 01/12/twenty 12:55 AM.

Re: What'southward your go to bobcat ready? [Re: Hobbs] #6725556 01/12/20 01:02 AM 01/12/20 01:02 AM
Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: i,881 Oklahoma Ken Smith trapper
trapper Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 1,881 Oklahoma	I prefer a rub post it rub rock style set. I employ a lot of Weiser's and Apple Road bobcat glands. Wayne Derrick's Pecos Valley, and true cat urine. I really similar a bullseye way rub fix. I commonly add together scat to these two sets. I have much meliorate luck keeping my traps covered rather than exposed. I've learned that more blocking is always ameliorate. I likewise like using a staked downward cat pes with gland lure in it. Always gets the cats playing in a bullseye set. I thing I need to piece of work on is using some kind of eye appeal. I catch more than coons with flagging than cats I'yard probably but not doing information technology right. Another affair I needs piece of work on is the walkthrough. Matthew 7:6 KJV Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither bandage ye your pearls earlier swine.... -OFBA, NTA, FTA, TTFHA-

Re: What's your become to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6725608 01/12/twenty 03:14 AM 01/12/20 03:14 AM
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trapper Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook	I had ii or three close calls in addition to catching 1 cat this year. The biggest thing I was concentrating on was putting my sets on location and trying to make the cats deviate as little as possible from their route. Even at that they managed to snub my sets.

Re: What's your go to bobcat ready? [Re: cat_trapper_nv] #6727320 01/13/20 xi:44 AM 01/xiii/twenty 11:44 AM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 14,467 The Hill State of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
"HOSS" Joined: December 2009 Posts: 14,467 The Hill Country of Texas	Put the set where the cat wants to go anyways and you dont have to worry nearly refusals. Retrieve of lure and flagging as more of a backup than the main reason a cat goes to your set. I think you do a better job of explaining what I try to do than I e'er accept! �What�due south good for me may not be good for the weak minded.� Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: What'southward your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6727524 01/13/20 02:21 PM 01/xiii/20 02:21 PM
Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
trapper Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook	I try to make something of a walkthrough on every gear up only it's virtually impossible to predict exactly where a cat is going to go, at to the lowest degree in my part of the world. I run cameras all year long and monitor activity on the snow, and so I have a pretty good handle on how the cats are using the area. There'due south a quaint picayune logging route merely a 150 yards from my cabin that I get cat pics on quite frequently and they use it all four seasons. It's a narrow route that also gets used by moose, deer and bear. I put my sets simply off to the side of the road to go along the unwanted critters similar acquit, moose and deer out of my traps. As you can run into from the video, it's non always possible. https://youtu.be/LQH-bVuuE4k I'll utilise a tree, stump or brush pile equally a backing and place a iv or v foot long stick in front of information technology where I want the cat to walk. I place my trap/traps between the stick and the bankroll creating a subtle walkthrough. We're dealing with cats. There's just and so much you can do. Here's a nice cat using the road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=segCpoMrLKI

Re: What's your go to bobcat prepare? [Re: Posco] #6727996 01/13/20 09:05 PM 01/13/twenty 09:05 PM
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trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin	it'due south virtually impossible to predict exactly where a cat is going to get, at least in my role of the world. Tell me about it. I've been finding sign but then the true cat doesn't come dorsum through. I'1000 miffed. They just are not cooperating. Going into this season, I figured if I plant sign I'd be golden. Merely tracks in the snowfall are telling me the cat comes through & then doesn't show back upwardly in that surface area. I'll stick w/ information technology & hopefully information technology comes back thru b4 1/31. Final edited by AJE; 01/thirteen/xx 09:07 PM.

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6728565 01/14/20 10:49 AM 01/14/20 10:49 AM
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trapper Joined: January 2022 Posts: seven,818 WI - Wisconsin	We've been getting more than snow storns & changing temps the past week. Maybe that'll help It'due south tough b/c I don't have much for natural funnels, nolls, or rocky areas to ready, so I've been setting on tracks, which to me makes sense, except these true cat(s) are meandering effectually the property w/ no credible interest in following the same tracks. 'Has me stumped, baffled, & frustrated. Final edited by AJE; 01/14/twenty 10:49 AM.

Re: What's your get to bobcat set? [Re: AJE] #6728595 01/14/20 xi:xvi AM 01/14/20 11:16 AM
Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: eight,269 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
trapper Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook	We've been getting more snow storns & changing temps the by calendar week. Peradventure that'll help It'south tough b/c I don't have much for natural funnels, nolls, or rocky areas to set, and then I've been setting on tracks, which to me makes sense, except these cat(s) are meandering around the property w/ no apparent interest in following the same tracks. 'Has me stumped, baffled, & frustrated. Are y'all seeing quite a few tracks? Noticed any item areas where you seem to encounter more than others? This pic doesn't bear witness much of the lay of the land but information technology'due south in a wild apple orchard. Early settlers in the surface area planted apple trees and over the years, comport, grouse and other critters spread the seeds over the countryside and we have these wild copse by the tens of thousands. The apple trees attract hare and grouse which attracts the cats. I defenseless this one in a cubbie set baited with a beaver carcass. Cats seem to frequent this detail part of this orchard. Information technology'southward on a slope and it must give the cats an advantage of looking up or downhill for whatever it is they're hunting. The cats ignore other spots nearby but hunt through here year after year. If you think you're seeing a trend on where the cats are walking, flag it, lure it and bait it hard. Mix upwards your flagging material, lures and baits. You all the same accept 2 weeks.

Re: What's your go to bobcat set up? [Re: Hobbs] #6728820 01/xiv/20 03:21 PM 01/xiv/20 03:21 PM
Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 1,881 Oklahoma Ken Smith trapper
trapper Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 1,881 Oklahoma	Skillful advice Posco, We accept 6 weeks left for cats hither and I merely demand 10 to limit out. Here are a couple sets I fabricated the terminal 2 days Matthew 7:6 KJV Give non that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine.... -OFBA, NTA, FTA, TTFHA-

Re: What'south your get to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6729415 01/fifteen/20 12:26 AM 01/15/twenty 12:26 AM
Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 5,228 Kansas Pawnee trapper
trapper Joined: December 2022 Posts: 5,228 Kansas	I similar edges along the creeks were the bend of the creek forces everything to the top of the bank and out of the lesser. I made this ready Dominicus on a creek bend and put my flag in the middle of the two rails. Ane of my favorite sets. He was waiting on me Monday forenoon, but he was a bit camera shy. Everything the left touches it destroys

Re: What's your become to bobcat set? [Re: Posco] #6729473 01/xv/20 01:xxx AM 01/15/20 01:30 AM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin AJE trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: vii,818 WI - Wisconsin	We've been getting more snowfall storns & changing temps the past calendar week. Maybe that'll help It's tough b/c I don't have much for natural funnels, nolls, or rocky areas to ready, and so I've been setting on tracks, which to me makes sense, except these cat(s) are meandering effectually the property w/ no apparent interest in following the same tracks. 'Has me stumped, baffled, & frustrated. Are you seeing quite a few tracks? Noticed whatever detail areas where yous seem to see more than others? This pic doesn't show much of the lay of the land but it's in a wild apple orchard. Early on settlers in the expanse planted apple tree trees and over the years, bear, bickering and other critters spread the seeds over the countryside and we have these wild trees by the tens of thousands. The apple tree trees attract hare and grouse which attracts the cats. I defenseless this one in a cubbie set baited with a beaver carcass. Cats seem to frequent this detail part of this orchard. It's on a slope and it must give the cats an advantage of looking up or downhill for whatever it is they're hunting. The cats ignore other spots nearby simply hunt through here twelvemonth after year. If you think you're seeing a trend on where the cats are walking, flag it, lure information technology and bait it hard. Mix up your flagging material, lures and baits. You lot withal have two weeks. Not a lot of tracks. Only enough to tell me there's a true cat in the expanse. But it'due south big country where I'one thousand trapping, & no funnels. Every set of tracks I've seen has been solo. They say to set on sign, simply it's not working in my case b/c the true cat(due south) not post-obit route(southward) w/ any apparent regularity. I've made 3 sets at another holding & at present today I set up a cam along a creek on the other end of the county. I figure when something'southward non working, effort something more. I've seen no tendency. Last edited past AJE; 01/fifteen/twenty 07:47 AM.

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6729474 01/15/twenty 01:33 AM 01/15/20 01:33 AM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,467 wyoming southeast danvee trapper
trapper Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,467 wyoming southeast	I have tried so many different sets and they all work for me, what I don't do is spend a agglomeration of fourth dimension creating a certain ready. Instead I let the location dictate the blazon of set ie. if its heavy sage brush no place to hang flags set a snare or a blind prepare on a trail. Cliff over hang might exist a slap-up place for a pinch point walk through. Border of a field a dirt hole with a fleck of sheep wool hanging out has caught enough of cats for me. Why laissez passer a skilful location because information technology does not take a certain characteristic to create a dream what ever set. Get creative and put a prepare in and catch that cat. NEVER pass upwardly cat sign, put a set in a grab him. 80% of catching a cat is existence on location, x% lure and the other x% is the type of set. I accept defenseless as many cats in coyote sets as I accept in the custom cat set. Keep it unproblematic and grab them.

Re: What'south your become to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6730177 01/15/20 05:59 PM 01/15/20 05:59 PM
Joined: Apr 2022 Posts: 5,966 Northern Mn rick olson trapper
trapper Joined: Apr 2022 Posts: 5,966 Northern Mn	Compression points,rabbit trails in good locations,frozen water ways walk thru's and blind setting.Instead of trying to make a cat practise what you want,put a trap/snare where they want to go,cubbies are expert attractors, but are ameliorate to blind ready around them,but nevertheless prepare the original cubby.A lot of times i'll ready the trap,traps 5' to 10' from the archway,let the terrain dictate how y'all set things up for bobcats. Final edited by rick olson; 01/xv/20 06:01 PM.

Re: What's your get to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6730762 01/xvi/twenty 02:eighteen AM 01/xvi/20 02:xviii AM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin AJE trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: vii,818 WI - Wisconsin	Compression points are tough to find effectually here. It'd probably be a lot easier in a state that allows snares. I've been getting more sets out though. I haven't establish a spot however that a cat has used twice, but I'll be looking and waiting. Concluding edited past AJE; 01/16/twenty 02:55 AM.

Re: What's your get to bobcat prepare? [Re: Hobbs] #6730967 01/16/20 ten:07 AM 01/16/20 10:07 AM
Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: 1,881 Oklahoma Ken Smith trapper
trapper Joined: Aug 2022 Posts: one,881 Oklahoma	I've noticed a could pinch points I plant to ready Matthew 7:half dozen KJV Give non that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine.... -OFBA, NTA, FTA, TTFHA-

Re: What'due south your go to bobcat gear up? [Re: Hobbs] #6730980 01/16/20 10:23 AM 01/16/twenty 10:23 AM
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trapper Joined: Sep 2022 Posts: 217 Northern Nv	I spend the spring, summer and fall hiking looking for sign and making walk throughs at pinch points so by the fourth dimension I set a trap they're used to it. My new favorite tool is a battery sawzall I may non accept gone where I intended to become, just I retrieve I have ended upward where I needed to be.

Re: What's your become to bobcat ready? [Re: Bob Jameson] #6731634 01/16/xx 09:44 PM 01/xvi/twenty 09:44 PM
Joined: May 2022 Posts: 5,242 SW Georgia Wanna Be trapper
trapper Joined: May 2022 Posts: 5,242 SW Georgia	I accept learned not to use whatever visual feathers or such in open air sets for many years. Too many hawks and owls get interested in that type of centre appeal. In cover you tin usually get abroad with information technology. Just words of experience speaking. Only had issues if they could see down the pigsty...started stuffing grass in information technology and no more than surprises. Still dark releases are a lot calmer than daylight releases.

Re: What'south your become to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6731703 01/16/20 10:25 PM 01/16/20 10:25 PM
Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
trapper Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: viii,269 Maine, Aroostook	Weighed the ane and simply cat I took this twelvemonth. Xxx-two pounds. Not a bad cat. Pipage set.

Re: What'due south your become to bobcat gear up? [Re: Hobbs] #6731753 01/xvi/twenty 11:01 PM 01/16/20 11:01 PM
Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada cat_trapper_nv "Cat Chief"
"Cat Main" Joined: February 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada	Tough to beat an exposed walkthrough on a travel route. Flagging up loftier and lure on each side of the set for added measure. If traps work similar the Antis say......I would have no fingers.

Re: What'due south your become to bobcat set? [Re: Posco] #6731898 01/17/twenty 02:32 AM 01/17/20 02:32 AM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin AJE trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin	Weighed the one and simply cat I took this yr. 30-2 pounds. Not a bad cat. Pipe ready. Nice cat, Posco. I put a pipage gear up out on Tuesday. nv, I've never really thought of putting lure on both sides of the trap.

Re: What's your get to bobcat set? [Re: AJE] #6732302 01/17/twenty 12:17 PM 01/17/xx 12:17 PM
Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada cat_trapper_nv "Cat Principal"
"Cat Principal" Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 997 Southern Nevada	nv, I've never actually thought of putting lure on both sides of the trap. And brand sure its two different lures. Ordinarily a straight cat gland on one side and a curiosity on the other like caster, mink, catnip oil (or all 3 in the form of Pulverization River Cat Phone call). And then the true cat has to walk over the trap to check them both out. Sometimes with one lure next to the set up, the cat will check from one side of the ready, feed his marvel, then head another direction. I believe this is what Steve Wood calls the inline walkthrough fix, but this mainly for a back up. The biggest thing I've learned with felines thats different with canines is lure/allurement/flagging needs to exist thought of as a back up. Of course location is key for all species, but more specifically for cats. With K-9s, you await for coyote sign, then make a prepare with the proper eye appeal and scents to pull the coyote to the prepare. Cats are moody and stubborn. A cat can be walking downwards a path with a perfectly made set off to the side. Perfect eye appeal and smells. Depending on its mood, it might walk right by. A trap in the path of the cat is far deadlier. And while a cats mood is unpredictable, their travel routes aren't. Making sure to cover all these travel routes might take a lot of traps, merely its a lot more productive and well worth it especially in places with high dollar cats. If traps work like the Antis say......I would accept no fingers.

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: cat_trapper_nv] #6733205 01/17/xx 09:44 PM 01/17/xx 09:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin AJE trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin	while a cats mood is unpredictable, their travel routes aren't. Making sure to cover all these travel routes might take a lot of traps, simply its a lot more productive and well worth it I have not been able to discover i of these travel routes yet. Last edited by AJE; 01/17/20 09:45 PM.

Re: What's your go to bobcat ready? [Re: AJE] #6733296 01/17/20 ten:xvi PM 01/17/twenty 10:sixteen PM
Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
trapper Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook	I have not been able to find 1 of these travel routes yet. Neither accept I. I know general areas they come through but narrowing down precisely where a cat volition step based on its past visits through an expanse I accept not.

Re: What's your go to bobcat gear up? [Re: Hobbs] #6733563 01/xviii/twenty 01:49 AM 01/eighteen/20 01:49 AM
Joined: January 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin AJE trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: vii,818 WI - Wisconsin	Perhaps we should rely more on trail cams, Posco.

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: AJE] #6733569 01/xviii/twenty 01:58 AM 01/xviii/20 01:58 AM
Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: eight,269 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
trapper Joined: November 2022 Posts: 8,269 Maine, Aroostook	Mayhap we should rely more than on trail cams, Posco. I'd similar to run more but they become expensive betwixt the batteries, cards and the cameras themselves. I have iv out right now merely haven't captured whatsoever good pics in a while. Fob, coyote and hare for the most function. I run cameras all year and get great bobcat intel from them.

Re: What's your go to bobcat set? [Re: Hobbs] #6735188 01/eighteen/20 eleven:57 PM 01/18/20 11:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: vii,818 WI - Wisconsin AJE trapper
trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 7,818 WI - Wisconsin	A cat walked thru here a week or two ago, then I made this set. I'grand trying hard. The cats only don't seem to be using the same trails. Last edited by AJE; 01/18/20 11:57 PM.