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Canadian Fisher Study

Canadian Fisher Study

A Canadian research team has been capturing, collaring and releasing fisher for a couple of years in Quebec.  Due to issues with standard live cage traps last year, the decision was made switch to Comstock Live Cage Traps, a big plus for the project.  Fisher are...
Encounter with Lynx

Encounter with Lynx

This outstanding, unique footage of 4 Canadian Lynx was provided by a Canadian research group.  The female Lynx was captured in a 12x12x36 single door Comstock Wire Triggered live cage trap with a Power Door.  Incidentally, “Mom” was released unharmed to rejoin the...

Rob Winters of Animal Control Specialists from Ohio shared this great video of a raccoon being captured in a quick closing Comstock, 9x11x36, wire triggered, powered door live trap.  This raccoon looks as though he might have been captured before and released by the...
Another Happy Ending

Another Happy Ending

Occasionally we get calls from pet owners or the trapper they have hired to capture a lost, unusual or exotic pet.  A few weeks ago we got another call about a wolf-dog that had gotten away from a new owner.  The stories are always accompanied by a measure of...
Never Know What to Expect

Never Know What to Expect

This is the random skunk that happened into the cage when the first skunk was stuck The other day I got a call that a skunk was “stuck” in the foundation of a porch, a first for me.  A big fat skunk tried to get under a porch and was pinned, still very much alive with...
Skunk Dirt

Skunk Dirt

The preferred cage trap for skunks has tight mesh, usually 1/2×1, to keep skunks from digging.  However, many of us have old cage traps, or even new hardware store traps made with 1×1 mesh that we use for skunks.  There are plenty of skunks caught...

Woodchucks in a Beaver Cage Trap

Last year, though a rare occurrence, I had a woodchuck give me the slip, avoiding/springing all I threw at him before the constant pressure, in the end, forced him to vacate the property. He had even sprung a 160 Conibear and a foot hold trap, which had never happened...
Tenth Anniversary of the Comstock Cage!!

Tenth Anniversary of the Comstock Cage!!

It was ten years ago today that marked the beginning of what would in time become the patented Comstock swing bar wire trigger system, now successfully used with several different types of door systems on traps that contain powered, fast closing doors, which include...
More Power in 2020

More Power in 2020

 Comstock Swing Panel Squirrel Cage Traps are now equipped with 2 Springs on each Door.    (for added stability for vertical setting, added speed and power to make escapes unlikely) These double door swing panel squirrel traps have proven to be a great asset...
Great News!!

Great News!!

We had always suspected that the self contained, Comstock, bifold, double door traps could be used for more than mere land sets for bobcat, fox, fisher, raccoons, etc., so weren’t at all that surprised to learn of other successes when used both in and under water. ...