I don’t usually mention anything about new traps until we are up and running, but we have been producing a limited number of these new traps in several sizes in our shop upon request and will continue to make them here until they are in production.
We are always working toward new and better cage traps, first to fill in the gaps in our own line of cage traps to capture everything from chipmunks to beaver and most animals in between, but also to improve upon what we already have. Accessories are routinely added from time to time to make jobs go faster and easier. I believe the last accessory was the universal setting tool for the Comstock 9×11, 12×12 and 12×18 cage traps.
Bobcat and chimney traps are two cage traps we needed to have a nearly complete line of cages. In keeping with our tradition of power doors and wire triggers, these traps will function similarly to what we have, but with a different style of door and lock up taken from existing traps, configured differently to accommodate powered doors and our own trigger. They will of course be available in both single and our signature, versatile double door traps.
For some months we have been working on new traps for bobcats and fox, taller and narrower. Two very different traps were developed. The first, B-1, has some really great features, more complex and requires some simplifying yet to make it easier to reproduce. The second was ready to rock and roll as soon as it was conceived. Not only will this trap work for ‘cats in sizes from 10×20 to 12×24 openings, but in smaller versions it has worked great for raccoon in a 12×12 model. We will experiment with other sizes larger and smaller, 10×10 and 8×8 to begin with. This trap can be called the B-2 type, which is now in action.
We made a raccoon chimney trap last year. It worked great, 3 for 3 on the first outing on large coon, all captured first night. However, that trap is a beast to make, lots of parts pressed into a small confined area. So, with the advent of the B-2 type trap there was reason for optimism. With this design a trap of few parts was constructed in a few hours, powered door, the same trip bar as they earlier traps and same size. This one is much easier to produce, a simpler cost cutting model that does not sacrifice function, while it is as fast as any we have made, perhaps faster. Designed to drop into a chimney like the Noseeum completely out of sight, we believe this trap to be a major improvement over the 43 inch Noseeum chimney trap because our Comstock version is but 29 inches long! It is a full 14 inches shorter, 1/3 shorter than its counterpart. Due to the construction and set up we have, we can live up to our name and build custom sized traps to order, 6×6, 7×7, you pick it, for those who encounter odd, small sized chimneys and require a different size. This line of traps should be attractively priced.
In a nutshell, we have a bobcat type trap that can be made in virtually any size as well as a chimney trap that likewise can be made to order in opening or various lengths. In time we hope to have a second bobcat trap, B-1, with expanded features.
Anyone with interest or questions can give us a shout as we can now make these two traps on a limited basis.
