The Most Versatile Beaver Trap !

The Most Versatile Beaver Trap !

A few nights ago I arrived at a nuisance beaver location close to dark and found the six foot culvert better than half plugged, as expected, not unusual by any stretch.  I had asked the highway department to pull out some of what had been a dam nearly six feet high. ...
Baited Trail Sets using the Comstock Double Door Cage Trap

Baited Trail Sets using the Comstock Double Door Cage Trap

Positive sets and trail sets are the way to go in many, if not most circumstances for woodchucks and skunks as well as other creatures.  It is what we rely on easily more than 95% of the time.  In the 80’s we made the switch from dirt hole sets to trail sets for...
Using Aluminum Sheet Metal for blocking with Positive Setting

Using Aluminum Sheet Metal for blocking with Positive Setting

  Scraps of aluminum left over from making nose cones for the Comstock 9×11 double door cage traps were put to good use with positive baitless den sets where additional light weight, practical blocking was required.  Woodchucks and skunks will usually go...
A bit about the new Comstock Cage Post Trigger Wires…

A bit about the new Comstock Cage Post Trigger Wires…

Single wire top mounted for larger animals Single wire lower post mounted Tandem wire set at high side Tandem wire set at low side   Options in Setting Comstock 9×11 Double Door Cage Traps with the Pop on Triggers Wires The catalyst for composing this segment...
Stacking Comstock Swim Through Beaver Cage Traps

Stacking Comstock Swim Through Beaver Cage Traps

Though it’s not all that often that we stack our beaver traps on top of each other, at times it fits the situation.  We do set them side by side a lot of the time, two, three and even four wide to cover the width of a creek, traps and fencing “all in...