Tim in Ohio generally uses 9×11 Comstock double door cage traps for raccoons without issue, but at times chooses a larger Comstock double door trap. This time Tim used a couple of larger 12x15x33 cages set tall, 15 high and 12 wide, in trail sets in the grass. Designed for beaver as a smaller alternative to the larger 12x18x39 traps, Tim sometimes uses these larger traps in dumpsters and in trail sets. Tim has learned to set them with the trigger coming up from the bottom with a door that closes from the side. It’s nice to have traps that work in any manner of set, options. With the trigger coming up from the bottom, Tim has found that the raccoons do not fight the trigger once the trap is fired, while is makes it all but impossible for a ‘coon to pass over the trigger bar without firing the trap.
