Post by wildkaat on Apr 23, 2011 21:01:56 GMT -5
I used cages for the first time this last winter with some success but I also run into some problems that I am trying to figure out a solution for. I built my own traps with a swing down door, I missed two cats and maybe more because a small branch got thru the wire and stopped the door from going all the way down. I check for this after I got them set and brushed up and never seen the Branch's so I am thinking they settled there after getting snowed on or the wind blew brush around enough for them to work thru the wire.
I have looked and only seen one reference to anyone using a canvas cover over there cages.That was someone in Colorado that was using it on double door cages. I have found some water proof camo that will work great for in the sage brush and some for the cedars I set in.
Does anyone use a cover to help eliminate the problem of Branch's stopping the door or to just help winterize them?
Will a cover like shown in the pics be a detriment because they won't allow the wind to disperse the lures as well as just being brushed up which allow the wind to past thru the trap?
When you use brush around the trap it keeps the cat a certain distance from the trap, If the trap just has this cover on and the cat goes around it to investigate the smells will it be able to get close enough to the sides or back to satisfy his curiosity?
I believe using these covers will speed up set time and which will allow me to run more traps and will help eliminate any snow getting in around the pan which I did have this past winter. With the camo pattern I believe it will give me more set locations that I didn't set this past winter because of no trees or brush to put trap in or under. I think with this pattern I can place this trap right in a fence line and catch cats that went thru last winter.
I have looked and only seen one reference to anyone using a canvas cover over there cages.That was someone in Colorado that was using it on double door cages. I have found some water proof camo that will work great for in the sage brush and some for the cedars I set in.
Does anyone use a cover to help eliminate the problem of Branch's stopping the door or to just help winterize them?
Will a cover like shown in the pics be a detriment because they won't allow the wind to disperse the lures as well as just being brushed up which allow the wind to past thru the trap?
When you use brush around the trap it keeps the cat a certain distance from the trap, If the trap just has this cover on and the cat goes around it to investigate the smells will it be able to get close enough to the sides or back to satisfy his curiosity?
I believe using these covers will speed up set time and which will allow me to run more traps and will help eliminate any snow getting in around the pan which I did have this past winter. With the camo pattern I believe it will give me more set locations that I didn't set this past winter because of no trees or brush to put trap in or under. I think with this pattern I can place this trap right in a fence line and catch cats that went thru last winter.