New York State Trappers Convention / The Comstock Line of Products

New York State Trappers Convention / The Comstock Line of Products

Judy and I just returned from three days at the New York State Trappers Convention.  Not only was the weather incredible, 40’s to 70, we had a great show and enjoyed seeing everyone again.  Because we had traveled to Wisconsin to pick up a trailer load of cage...
Finally met Legendary Beaver Trapper, Fred Lawrence

Finally met Legendary Beaver Trapper, Fred Lawrence

It surely was a pleasure to meet Fred Lawrence from Washington.  Fred, his wife Carol, son Mark and grandsons took us to lunch yesterday on the Hudson River in Luzerne where the river drops into a narrow falls.  A perfect fall like day, cool and sunny, Judy and I had...
Comstock Beaver Cage Takes All Sizes

Comstock Beaver Cage Takes All Sizes

The large Swim Through Comstock Beaver Cage Traps take beavers of all sizes.  Pictured are six beaver, three adults weighing in the 30-40 pound range with three young beaver and a muskrat.  Note that the beavers are not much larger than the muskrat.  All seven animals...
Woodchuck Triplets in an 18 inch 9×11 Comstock Cage Trap

Woodchuck Triplets in an 18 inch 9×11 Comstock Cage Trap

I guess this is the year for multiple catches for us.  Though many others have reported catching two and three animals at a time, fox, raccoons, beaver, woodchucks, skunks, even one trapper who actually caught 5 otters at one time, I haven’t had that happen...
Trigger Wires Sometimes Last “Forever”

Trigger Wires Sometimes Last “Forever”

We just had a conversation with a trapper who informed us that he has been using two of the 12x12x36 Comstock Raccoon Cage traps for the past year.  He told us that he has caught at least 300 Raccoons with these two traps and but best yet, he has never had to replace...
Woodchuck Strategy-Patience, Lots of It

Woodchuck Strategy-Patience, Lots of It

Previously the longest time I had left traps at a location for woodchucks was 36 days, next to a flower garden that absolutely needed guarding.  The traps were positive sets over den holes set a few feet apart.  Intermittent chucks can be gone for days or weeks, only...
Doubling Up, Two Beaver at once in a Comstock Cage

Doubling Up, Two Beaver at once in a Comstock Cage

    For the first time I finally caught two beaver in one of the Comstock swim through beaver cage traps, an adult and a smaller beaver that was a year or two old.  This particular trap above was a bit larger than the standard 12x18x39 trap we offer for sale....