264Magnum said:
I don't know the specific dimensions, but its pretty good sized. Laying on its side, it takes up half the bed space in my short bed F250.
Awesome. There's a perfect drainage on the property that I see coyotes traveling pretty often, stands to reason that bobcats would use it, too.Water ways and narrow drainages above and below ponds is where I catch most of my cats.
Trap height is important on the cats, 18" or taller is what I try to go by. Width doesn't seem to matter, a friend uses some traps that are only 10" wide with success. I use duck carcasses almost exclusively and the occasional pheasant. Trap location is key, since they don't hunt much with their nose, you've got to put it where they will see it, good luck!
Good job on the cats and coyotes guys. I loved seeing those bobcats in a cage. Coyotes don't chew their legs off Shooter. That is an old wives tale. You can catch them by a toe or two and hold them most of the time. If they get out with their leg still in the trap, it is because the bone broke and the sharp edges of the bone cut the flesh and got them loose but they will not chew out.
My son and I got out again last weekend and had a great hunt. We called in 15 and only killed 3 out of those. Should have had 6 but our shooting sucked and we kept having hard chargers that we could not get stopped for a standing shot. All the yelling and whooping we could do would not get them stopped. Killed the farthest at 225 and it was sleeping when we started calling and just stood up in front of us. Shane got 2 of the coyotes and both his were inside 75 yrds. We had a ball and the action was exciting. Our first stand on Sat morning we had a pair come in from Shane's left that I never saw, a pair come in from in front of me that circled to his side for wind and then a single hard charger that ran straight in....so 5 dogs on the first stand of the weekend. Here is a pic of him with one from Sunday morning. I'll post up the other 2 when I get the pics.
