This is my first year trapping in Arizona. How long do you generally leave a lineout? I started putting mine out in desert areas in Arizona November 10th. I only have 8 traps and have rotated them to different areas after about 5 or 6 days. I also had one other question. I oftentimes see you setting traps out fairly close to well-traveled roads. How close are those roads to town? Or are they out in the sticks?
I leave my line out for about 11 days. That gives me a couple days to get all of them out and then a couple days to pick them up wash them and get ready for the next line. They say cats may not come back through an area for at least 14 days. I run about 30-40 cages typically. I have developed these lines over many years…yes some traps are off highways and traveled roads and some way out… cats will hang out near urban areas as much as in the wilderness… just make sure you follow all regulations and you’ll be good
@@trappingspots Thank you for the info and encouragement. I was getting pretty discouraged. I'm only running 8 camtrip cages as that's all I could afford for now. I just set out a cage fairly close to the 74 between Morristown and Lake Pleasant where I found a toilet. Hopefully it'll pan out for me. Do you ever build your own cages? We met at the trapper class last May. I was the one who asked you how many cats you catch during a season if you remember. God bless
@@Brian-rr3nj oh ya…. Don’t get discouraged. I think you’re in a good area I used to trap a small section of private land on the 74 and caught several cats in there. I don’t build my cages I just rather buy them from Mercer if I need them.
@@trappingspots those cages are awesome. I'm a police officer and just got off shift. I got home and was getting out of uniform and my wife and son came and told me there was a Bobcat next to out chicken coop. I went out to find it on the roof of my run. He jumped on my roof and of into the darkness. We went back inside. About 5 minutes later it was back trying to reclaim the chicken it killed. It ran to my neighbor's front driveway and sat there. I set one of my cages and threw that dead chicken in there along with a Squeaker box. Went back inside and 5 minutes later.....bingo
@@Brian-rr3nj Holy cow that’s fast….sounds like he wasn’t too scared of humans…and really wanted those chickens….cats are easy to catch but finding them sometimes it’s kind of hard. Nice work.
Great way to check the traps! Good luck with everything my friend!
Thanks buddy
Some good looking cat country. Good luck
Thanks buddy
Beautiful country out there
I think so too
This is my first year trapping in Arizona. How long do you generally leave a lineout? I started putting mine out in desert areas in Arizona November 10th. I only have 8 traps and have rotated them to different areas after about 5 or 6 days.
I also had one other question. I oftentimes see you setting traps out fairly close to well-traveled roads. How close are those roads to town? Or are they out in the sticks?
I leave my line out for about 11 days. That gives me a couple days to get all of them out and then a couple days to pick them up wash them and get ready for the next line. They say cats may not come back through an area for at least 14 days. I run about 30-40 cages typically. I have developed these lines over many years…yes some traps are off highways and traveled roads and some way out… cats will hang out near urban areas as much as in the wilderness… just make sure you follow all regulations and you’ll be good
@@trappingspots Thank you for the info and encouragement. I was getting pretty discouraged. I'm only running 8 camtrip cages as that's all I could afford for now. I just set out a cage fairly close to the 74 between Morristown and Lake Pleasant where I found a toilet. Hopefully it'll pan out for me.
Do you ever build your own cages?
We met at the trapper class last May. I was the one who asked you how many cats you catch during a season if you remember.
God bless
@@Brian-rr3nj oh ya…. Don’t get discouraged. I think you’re in a good area I used to trap a small section of private land on the 74 and caught several cats in there. I don’t build my cages I just rather buy them from Mercer if I need them.
@@trappingspots those cages are awesome. I'm a police officer and just got off shift. I got home and was getting out of uniform and my wife and son came and told me there was a Bobcat next to out chicken coop. I went out to find it on the roof of my run. He jumped on my roof and of into the darkness. We went back inside. About 5 minutes later it was back trying to reclaim the chicken it killed. It ran to my neighbor's front driveway and sat there. I set one of my cages and threw that dead chicken in there along with a Squeaker box. Went back inside and 5 minutes later.....bingo
@@Brian-rr3nj Holy cow that’s fast….sounds like he wasn’t too scared of humans…and really wanted those chickens….cats are easy to catch but finding them sometimes it’s kind of hard. Nice work.