Though we are not in production with manufacture at this time, we are excited about the new traps we have developed and will be making in our shop on a limited basis. Since it is just me cutting, bending parts, welding and doing all of the fabrication at this point, I won’t be able to make big numbers, but will be happy to provide traps as quickly as I can for those interested.
We now have bobcat traps, powered, angled, lock ring doors with wire triggers, something not done before. The traps are fast, with powered doors, lock like ring door traps combined with the signature wire trigger we are known for. We have made them in 10.5×19.5×36, 12x24x36 and others.
Since this trap worked so well, we quickly made them in 12x12x36 for raccoons, with great results.
With these under our belt, we plan to make some 8x8x24 to try out on skunks and chucks.
Lock rings are not as versatile as lock bars, but for many animals like chucks, skunks, armadillos and possum that are often caught on the ground, they will work just fine. They have worked great baited for raccoons, but in positive setting conditions where traps may be set either sideways, upside down or vertically, the 9×11 lock bar trap is the way to go.
After a quick study of this system it was evident that this combination would actually work vertically too when the door was facing downward, which meant, we had a winning combination for a Drop In Raccoon Chimney Trap. The Chimney Trap will drop into a Chimney, out of sight. When the raccoon climbs the trap to exit the chimney and reaches the closed door, he will pull on the trigger bar located 1″ from the end of the trap and fire it. The powered door slams shut. The lock rings drop to the bottom. The raccoon is caught. This trap was made with a 5×9 outside opening like widely used chimney traps that have been around for years. Other drop in traps are 43 inches long, while this trap is but 29 inches long. At just under 9 pounds, it is a light weight, easy to take up a ladder. Rather than clip the top plate to the end of the trap, we made the place to fold and fit into the trap for storage and to save on shipping. It can be clipped into place and left in place if desired.
Having made a trap similar to this chimney trap last year at 30 inches long that worked as expected, we believe this trap will perform the same way. In the first test 3 coon were each captured first night in the we tested last year, all big coon, no misses or mishaps.
We will be taking orders for these over the phone, 518-792-2371. These traps are simpler in nature to what we have made in the past and are intended to be less expensive, while still doing the same job as previous models with the exception of special situations in ADC work. We can make custom sizes to suit.
