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.

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

7 ай бұрын

Good tip!! 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!

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

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

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Good stuff! Thanks for watching!

@stillwater62

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for watching! Good luck to you as well!

You just have some top G strength. I have to use a setting tool for those hard headed suckers. Great videos. I subscribed!!!

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed!

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

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

The boys and I with BE outdoors will be using your video to help us eliminate some trash pandas! Thank you!

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

4 ай бұрын

Good luck 👍

Thank you for this fantastic video.

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

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.

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and good luck keeping your chickens safe!!

@jimmyyounger618

Жыл бұрын

@@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. Liked. Subscribed. Notifications: All 👍

@07blackdog

Жыл бұрын

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.

@jimmyyounger618

Жыл бұрын

@@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. 😄

@ODRL4567

Жыл бұрын

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

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?

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Not that I am aware of but that doesn't mean it's not possible 🤷

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.

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nice demo, please do more trapping videos

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

3 жыл бұрын

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!

@618huntingcrew

Жыл бұрын

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. www.youtube.com/@618huntingcrew/videos

What triggers the trap? Do they push down on the trigger or pull up on it

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

3 жыл бұрын

A trigger is pulled down inside the trap

@NickRanger

2 жыл бұрын

The ones I have they pull up on the trigger. And they look almost identical

hey i was wondering where you got your stake?

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

3 жыл бұрын

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!

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!

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Cat food mixed with grape jelly Raccoons love it

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

4 ай бұрын

👍

Where can you purchase traps like these?

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Scheels is where these were purchased

@jimmyyounger618

Жыл бұрын

I just ordered a half dozen through MidwayUSA.

Very interesting - thanks! How do you dispatch them? Clearly you want to keep the pelt, so shoot them in the head?

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

3 жыл бұрын

Dispatching generally depends upon the type of trap. Thanks for watching!

What do you do after you kill the raccoon?

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Generally sold to a fur buyer or taxidermy. Thanks for watching!

Have you ever had one pull out a stake and drag the trap away?

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

3 жыл бұрын

Luckily that has not happened to us with any dog proof traps yet!

Please man i only have a foot hold and two live traps

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

2 жыл бұрын

Have not personally had that happen but it probably could.

@CSWRB

2 жыл бұрын

@@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV Thanks!

@jacobherrmann8140

Жыл бұрын

@@CSWRB, caught a feral cat in one yesterday. Push pull ztrap dog proof.

Will that trap hurt a barn cat ? I've lost a lot of chickens over the last few years to coons

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

11 ай бұрын

I'm sure that it probably could

Does it hurt the coon

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

2 жыл бұрын

It is unknown to us what level of pain, if any, the raccoon experiences while in a dog proof trap

@brianwilson4861

2 жыл бұрын

The trap doesn't break the hide or bone or draw blood. If the coon was released he would be unharmed.

@jimmyyounger618

Жыл бұрын

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.

Great video we are family trappers from Wisconsin we use dog proof also check us out

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

We'll check it out! Thanks for watching!

I use McDonalds chicken nuggets for bait, never fails.

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

6 ай бұрын

Adds as a snack if you get hungry 😁

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 ?

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

All of those baits should work!

@gradyogrady

6 ай бұрын

Try using a 220 trap in a bucket.

Why do you kill racoons? Genuinely curious

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Taxidermy, nuisance/pest control, conservation - to keep a balance for egg laying animals like turkeys & pheasants, fur harvesting

@petefish2472

Жыл бұрын

no one wants coons ,

@jamesking1883

Жыл бұрын

@@petefish2472 I kinda get it now, being from the UK we dont have them so I didnt realise what a nuisance they can be

@petefish2472

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesking1883 their carrion animals that eat their own, jist get rid of them

@robertthegreatest

Жыл бұрын

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.

Talk to us, not play music in our ears. Otherwise a good video.

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for viewing

Add cruddy music? Tarra.

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

9 ай бұрын

👌👋

What size rebar? 3/8 or 1/2 inch

@UnorthodoxOutdoorsTV

Жыл бұрын

Generally I use 1/2 inch rebar