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opossum traps
#7197990
06/14/18 11:37 PM
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General Guts
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Are the live traps worth $30.00? I'm in town so no guns ... the darn thing is eating my maters ...
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198018
06/15/18 12:06 AM
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shea.mcphail
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I have the Havahart 1084 Easy Set One Door Cage Trap. Used it in the backyard and attic. Caught raccoons and opossums. Been worth it to me since I can’t shoot in the city.
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198050
06/15/18 12:35 AM
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stxranchman
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City animal control probably has traps they can come out and set, might call them to see.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198058
06/15/18 12:43 AM
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SnakeWrangler
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Archery......
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198095
06/15/18 01:17 AM
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stxranchman
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I have caught them in Duke Dog Proof traps also.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: opossum traps
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06/15/18 01:43 AM
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General Guts
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Archery......
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198121
06/15/18 01:44 AM
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I have the Havahart 1084 Easy Set One Door Cage Trap. Used it in the backyard and attic. Caught raccoons and opossums. Been worth it to me since I can’t shoot in the city. Bait?
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198133
06/15/18 01:57 AM
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stxranchman
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I have the Havahart 1084 Easy Set One Door Cage Trap. Used it in the backyard and attic. Caught raccoons and opossums. Been worth it to me since I can’t shoot in the city. Bait? Tomato
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198134
06/15/18 01:59 AM
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mikei
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I've caught most of mine in town in a Have-A-Hart trap using the cheapest, nastiest smelling canned cat food I can find at the Dollar Store. If they're eating your 'maters, toss a 'mater core or two in with the cat food.
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198169
06/15/18 02:50 AM
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8pointdrop
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City animal control probably has traps they can come out and set, might call them to see. True^^^ They set and monitor the traps and ask that you call if one is caught.
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198227
06/15/18 09:13 AM
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mustanger
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I've had a lot of success with just ordinary farm store box traps baited with dry cat food. The stinkier the better. They can't resist it. I use a water bottle cut down to make a cup and install that full of cat food in the back of the trap. It's wise to stake the trap with long rods poked through top to bottom. A couple of these will keep the rambunctious ones from turning trap over on it's side and escaping.
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198243
06/15/18 10:26 AM
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RattlesnakeDan
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Best way to catch those rascals is with meat, like chicken. They are so light footed they will often go in a live trap, eat your bait and leave w/o setting it off, so if you use one set the trigger very light! I prefer Dukes style dog proof with some dry catfood topped with some leftover chicken scraps.
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198589
06/15/18 04:58 PM
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colt45-90
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Best way to catch those rascals is with meat, like chicken. They are so light footed they will often go in a live trap, eat your bait and leave w/o setting it off, so if you use one set the trigger very light! I prefer Dukes style dog proof with some dry catfood topped with some leftover chicken scraps. and you don't spoil the meat
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: opossum traps
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#7198951
06/15/18 11:13 PM
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Black Duck Dog
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Re: opossum traps
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#7199015
06/16/18 12:34 AM
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Jimbo1
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Catch them all the time in the backyard with the Havehart live traps. We use bones and scraps. Take them to the lake a few miles away and let them go.
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Re: opossum traps
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#7201730
06/19/18 05:40 AM
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shea.mcphail
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I have the Havahart 1084 Easy Set One Door Cage Trap. Used it in the backyard and attic. Caught raccoons and opossums. Been worth it to me since I can’t shoot in the city. Bait? I’ve always used bird seed.
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Re: opossum traps
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#7206415
06/23/18 07:54 PM
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snake oil
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I use the kind when they stick there hand in to get the bait it catches them...
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Re: opossum traps
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#7206921
06/24/18 12:45 PM
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lms
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Cheapest opossum trap you can buy is a open top 55 gallon barrel, put stinky bait in the barrel and place next to a fence post and the critter climbs the post and jumps in to the barrel and can't climb back out.
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Re: opossum traps
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#7207303
06/24/18 09:25 PM
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RattlesnakeDan
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Cheapest opossum trap you can buy is a open top 55 gallon barrel, put stinky bait in the barrel and place next to a fence post and the critter climbs the post and jumps in to the barrel and can't climb back out. Now that I have to try!
Just like Jesus, sometimes you gotta kill some hogs. Lone Star Mesquite . com RattleSnake Dan's Shredding Service
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Re: opossum traps
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#7232985
07/23/18 02:09 PM
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Dave Scott
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I'd try snares provided they are legal. Today's snares are totally different and they hold the animal but don't kill it. Possums aren't too smart and they often wander into traps set for other animals. Snares are cheap and you can set up a bunch. Any cat or dog can be safety let go. You can keep the possum and fatten it up.
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