Well, I went and got me some DP traps about a week ago. Baited them with sardines and bagged 2 coons within the first 1.5 hours, and the 3rd coon by morning. Then, almost a week later, one more coon with both hands in the trap. Wow!

Turns out these traps are cat-proof as well (Z-Traps) if you use the optional cap (Z-Cap) and stake the traps well in the ground so they won't shake loose. And you DO have to have the traps stable with the caps in there if you want CAT-proof! I stuck 5 traps in the ground, baited and UN-set, capped and uncapped, just to see what my cats would do. They stuck their paws in the uncapped ones, and did everything imaginable to both to try and get the sardines out. They couldn't get anything out of either traps, nor could they uncap the capped ones, but they would have definitely caught themselves if the caps hadn't been placed in the traps once set. They licked them all over and gave up eventually.

Anyways, I'm having trouble with bait theft by ants. I'm using sardines because we have cat food out and I figure the sardine smell would attract coons better than marshmallows if they come for cat food, right? So any ideas about that to do about the ants?