Conibear trap

[Dieseltech]

Saw another whistle pig today, didn't have the gun ready at the time. Set two conibear traps, after setting the second one I was walking away and heard a snap not 30 seconds later and had the pig I saw in the second trap already. I'd seen it run into one end of the hole so I set the trap at the other hole end. So far the conibear traps have got three this year, they just can't seem to run fast enough through them!

 

[Phil Tibbetts]

I like to do my target shooting on them.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Need to set my traps for them. Lots of pigs to get plus any of the other things using the holes,skunks,raccoons and even rabbits. Rabbits have been added to the varmint list this year in MI if I read the article right.

 

[Dieseltech]

I like shooting too, got two last year with a handgun. Traps work better for me though. UPDATE, checked the other trap I set this morning after coming in from mowing thistles, another pig didn't run fast enough so two traps to empty tomorrow. As Clint says, buzzards got to eat too..

 

[glennster]

i use the 330 connibear for beaver trapping in water. i have also caught river otter, mink and muskrat.

 

[glennster]

oh and a quick tip. stake the connibear down real good. a friend borrowed one for ground hogs and i told him to stake the trap. he got a groundhog and a coyote took the hog and my trap!

 

[Dieseltech]

I always use a stake so the traps don't leave.

 

[buickanddeere]

Don t get yourself caught in 330 . You will need help to get out of that double spring system .

 

[glennster]

i carry a 6 ft length of 3/8 rope, loop on one end to set traps. trap tongs work good except for the heavy duty 330s. i welded extensions on
the handles to ease setting the traps.

 

[Charles in Aus.]

A Whistle Pig ? , is that a gopher ?

 

[JF in MI]

Exact same thing happened to me with moles. Always stake them after that.

 

[woodbutcher]

...same as worms.

Butch

 

[jimg.allentown]

Whistle pig:

Also known as ground hog, woodchuck, and probably other names.

They will stand up when you whistle, so you get a nice clean shot at them.

 

[Charles in Aus.]

Thanks Jim, I have often wondered if ground hogs and gophers were the same animal . I certainly didn't know they stood up to a whistle , I wonder who taught them that !

Jawed traps of any kind are prohibited here , the only things allowed are cage traps that catch and hold alive without harm .
So what do you do with the possum you've finally caught after weeks of putting up with it stomping about in your roof space ?
You are supposed to release it into your own yard ! I once acted criminally and drove one to release it in the park three km away , I swear it beat me back home !

 

[anallisguy]

(quoted from post at 21:58:54 06/15/23) Saw another whistle pig today, didn't have the gun ready at the time. Set two conibear traps, after setting the second one I was walking away and heard a snap not 30 seconds later and had the pig I saw in the second trap already. I'd seen it run into one end of the hole so I set the trap at the other hole end. So far the conibear traps have got three this year, they just can't seem to run fast enough through them!

Have used conibears for year for groundhogs. After you set the trap, put a thin stake down between the 'jaws' close to the side to hold the trap in place. Otherwise lots of times they'll get pushed out of place and no catch

 

[miangus]

In my area if the turkey buzzards get there first you better have that trap stacked pretty well. The upside is they well clean it all up no removing a somewhat bloated chuck from the trap.

 

[Old560]

Set one out once to catch a badger ended up catching a skunk which sprayed my patio as it died.

 

[Ozlander]

(quoted from post at 07:15:27 06/16/23)

So what do you do with the possum you've finally caught after weeks of putting up with it stomping about in your roof space ?
You are supposed to release it into your own yard ! I once acted criminally and drove one to release it in the park three km away , I swear it beat me back home !

.22 to the head while it's still in the trap. Then it's turtle and fish food.

 

[Phil Tibbetts]

dead rodents seldom return. Here is a true story.....We have a State of Maine Legislator that introduced a bill to make you give a decent burial to any coyote you shoot. These people reproduce, that is scary.

 

[Jimmydog]

Who the heck doesn't know to stake your trap down??? Turns out my neighbor up the road a bit. Loaned him a leg hold trap so he could catch a racoon. He comes back asking if he could borrow another one. I told him to wire the trap to a fence post (told him that in the first place) and be sure he got out early in the morning to dispatch the critter. Told me he found a front foot in the trap. Yeah, and what time of the day did you check it?

Other neighbor uses a have-a-heart trap. Only problem is he relocates them about eight or ten miles away. Technically here in Michigan it's illegal to do that. He's probably just trapping the same two or three over and over. PUT A PELLET IN THEM!

Racoons have been something terrible this year in SW MI.