Dog Proof Traps - HOW TO (Raccoon Trapping)
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- In this video we set a small trapline for raccoon using dog proof traps. We show you the areas to look for, how to set the trap, and the bait to use!
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they work great. Been using them for about 20 yrs. One important suggestion is to put the bait in the trap before setting it, to avoid prematurely setting off the trap while installing the bait after the trigger is set.
Good tip!! Thanks for watching!
You just have some top G strength. I have to use a setting tool for those hard headed suckers. Great videos. I subscribed!!!
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed!
dog proofs are great traps. we have had a lot of success using Jeff Dunlaps Smokey fish DP bait. We are a trapping channel out of Indiana. good luck on your line.
Hey thanks for watching! Good luck to you as well!
These dogs proof traps are great, easy to set, I love them. Caught 3 coon's in 4 days around are hunting shack, with only marshmallow. Try it
Thanks for watching!
Great video! My neighbor has a raccoon problem in Wyoming. I will help him get set up getting rid of raccoons. He’s 81 years old and I want to help him. Also I see you had a Iowa state university cyclone sweatshirt on! I follow the cyclones. My grandpa graduated there in 1922!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this fantastic video.
Thanks for watching !
The boys and I with BE outdoors will be using your video to help us eliminate some trash pandas!
Thank you!
Good luck 👍
First time using these i got a coon on the same one every day for about a week and ive been using them for about a year now with a success rate of about 35% on each trap per day. Try to set it near a water source and near a food source like a deer feeder as well. A mix of dogfood and whatever food they’re used to in the area (mine happened to be corn) works the best. If you dont have access to these and you’re deep in the woods, try to find a small little coon trail and secure the trap to a nearby tree. Then take your dogfood mix and put a small pile in front of the trap. Then take handfuls of the mix and scatter a small trail leading from the trap back to the coon trail, it works better if you cross the dog food trails with the coon trail at two separate points so they have the best chance of smelling it. Happy trappin yall
Good stuff! Thanks for watching!
The coon`s head is down as he plods along the trail. Put the trap smack in the middle of the trail for the highest percentage of catches, and space your traps out along the trail for maximum effect.
That also looks like some prime mink territory. I would have to gang set some traps if there is any sign around. Same goes for coon traps too, not just DPs but some legholds and body grips because coon travel in groups a lot of the time and you can load up at one location.
Thanks for watching!
I haven't done any foot hold trapping in awhile, but I've recently been dealing with raiding coons killing chickens. With electrified poultry netting, I thought we were good and couldn't figure out how they'd gotten inside the fence and then into the coop until I put up a trail cam and they came back. The identifying feature of the kills that told us we were dealing with coons was that only the heads were eaten. What we discovered was they weren't climbing the electrified net from the ground, but would stop short of the netting, study it, then jump part way up and scramble over the top. Because they weren't starting from the ground, they weren't grounding out and getting shocked. (I've since learned they do make electric netting with alternating ground and hot lateral lines that would have prevented this.) I'd been fairly successful with cage traps, but I saw the recent killers on camera sniffing and looking at the trap, then moving on. By the way, I also use mackerel. Great bait! Or I should say - usually great; it's what I'd baited the cage traps with but they had chicken heads and a couple of sport kills in mind. Some chickens were killed with a bite to the head, but the whole chicken was otherwise untouched. The half dozen or so traps I already have, (aside from 2 cage traps), are the spring jaw type, but I've ordered the DP traps to set near the house where our dog could inadvertently get caught if I used my jaw traps. These coons might avoid going in a cage trap, but the DP traps are much more natural and innocuous looking. Cheers and happy trapping.
Thanks for watching and good luck keeping your chickens safe!!
@@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV Thank you. Fingers crossed that we can prevail and end up with a bird count higher than the number we've lost. I'd be embarrassed to say what I've spent trying to keep the chickens safe. We've easily spent more than what store bought eggs and chicken would cost over some number of years, so now it's practically a matter of principal. We're not waiting to see what happens next, but "taking the fight to the enemy," as they say.
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They killed 4 of my birds last week; killed in the same manner. I bought 2 of these traps Tuesday and baited them with beef fat pieces in bacon grease. Got
one Coon Wednesday night and another last night. Excellent traps. The chain did break on one the very first time, but the critter got wound around some branches. The chain material looked cast where it broke. May have to beef up the chain or use a cable.
@@07blackdog Ugh, sorry to hear about the bird loses, but glad to hear you're having success trapping. I started with 3 DP Traps and quickly went to 6 because a couple of mornings we discovered we had coons in all 3 traps! More than likely we had more than 3 come in but the traps were already full. The amount of coons coming in when we started was stunning, but we're caught up and only catching one here and there now. Plus, they go for the easy treats in the traps first and are trapped before they even get a chance to think about what they need to tear up to try for a chicken. We've also learned that coon carcasses work great to sweeten a mulch pile. I guess this will be the first year I'll need to pull bones out of the garden mulch as we spread it. 😄
That don’t sound like a raccoon we had the same problem it’s a mink the mink bites the head or the head off and sucks out the blood then they leave the rest of the chicken untouched
Nice demo, please do more trapping videos
Thanks for watching! Make sure to subscribe and hit the bell for notifications because there are more to come! A snare trapping basics video is coming soon and there are plans to do a canine trapping video this winter as well!
Was a great video! A lot of people keep asking for more trapping videos yet I know it is hard to keep up for sure.!
We have uploaded 6 raccoon trapping videos so far and people seem to like them and ask for more all the time lol. Please go check them out on our channel and tell us what you think in the comments.
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I have two of these both have different triggers. The coon eat the bait but won't set off the trap. Any way to lighten the trigger a bit?
Not that I am aware of but that doesn't mean it's not possible 🤷
I have (had) about 10 of these damn things laying waste to my peach orchard. They have exploded in population here in NJ. Good job sir!
Thanks for watching!
hey i was wondering where you got your stake?
More than likely I made them but I can't remember, as a few of them have been purchased from other trappers . Thanks for watching! Make sure to subscribe as we will start to make trapping videos more regular on our channel when it's in season!
What triggers the trap? Do they push down on the trigger or pull up on it
A trigger is pulled down inside the trap
The ones I have they pull up on the trigger. And they look almost identical
Cat food mixed with grape jelly
Raccoons love it
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Very interesting - thanks! How do you dispatch them? Clearly you want to keep the pelt, so shoot them in the head?
Dispatching generally depends upon the type of trap. Thanks for watching!
Where can you purchase traps like these?
Scheels is where these were purchased
I just ordered a half dozen through MidwayUSA.
What do you do after you kill the raccoon?
Generally sold to a fur buyer or taxidermy. Thanks for watching!
Please man i only have a foot hold and two live traps
Not sure if that is a question or a statement? Either way, thanks for watching!
Do these traps catch cats by accident? Just wondering because I have neighbors that let their cars run loose and I don’t want to catch the cats.
Have not personally had that happen but it probably could.
@@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV Thanks!
@@CSWRB, caught a feral cat in one yesterday. Push pull ztrap dog proof.
Have you ever had one pull out a stake and drag the trap away?
Luckily that has not happened to us with any dog proof traps yet!
Will that trap hurt a barn cat ? I've lost a lot of chickens over the last few years to coons
I'm sure that it probably could
I use McDonalds chicken nuggets for bait, never fails.
Adds as a snack if you get hungry 😁
Does it hurt the coon
It is unknown to us what level of pain, if any, the raccoon experiences while in a dog proof trap
The trap doesn't break the hide or bone or draw blood. If the coon was released he would be unharmed.
Having caught myself, I will say it hurts, but nowhere near as much as hitting your thumb with a hammer, which I did just yesterday for the first time in forever. 😆 The upside is that continuous compression on any combinations of nerves, (median, ulnar, radial depending on position of catch), soon causes numbness to the extent that a small percentage of coons roll out and leave their paw behind if you don't use swivels on the anchor chain. The swivels prevent them from rolling until the trap can't turn anymore giving them enough leverage to fracture and chew at their paw until it separates. Smart as coons are, they're apparently not smart enough to avoid the next trap indefinitely and some have been caught that were already missing a front paw.
Why do you kill racoons? Genuinely curious
Taxidermy, nuisance/pest control, conservation - to keep a balance for egg laying animals like turkeys & pheasants, fur harvesting
no one wants coons ,
@@petefish2472 I kinda get it now, being from the UK we dont have them so I didnt realise what a nuisance they can be
@@jamesking1883 their carrion animals that eat their own, jist get rid of them
We raise chickens for eggs. Raccoons get into the chicken coop and they will kill every chicken they can catch. And they bite the heads off and leave the rest. You can build a great coop and they will still find a way in. They are smart but very destructive. I lost 5 laying hens this week and have traps set tonight.
Great video we are family trappers from Wisconsin we use dog proof also check us out
We'll check it out! Thanks for watching!
So.........Ive had my trap out for 3 weeks........nothing yet. Ive tried countless baits...... and nothing yet ! My camera shows at least 12 coons pass by the trap per night. None even go near it ! What will coons eat ? Tried.. marsh mellows bacon grease with corn..... cat / dog food. and many others. Nothing they even look at ! What do coons eat ?
All of those baits should work!
Try using a 220 trap in a bucket.
Talk to us, not play music in our ears. Otherwise a good video.
Thanks for viewing
Add cruddy music? Tarra.
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What size rebar? 3/8 or 1/2 inch
Generally I use 1/2 inch rebar