Bobcats R Us
Welcome To Bobcats R Us The Western Cat Trapping Capital.
Please logon or register to access all the forums
Bobcats R Us
Welcome To Bobcats R Us The Western Cat Trapping Capital.
Please logon or register to access all the forums
Bobcats R Us
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Bobcats R Us

Bobcat Trapping, Hunting, Predator Calling, Fishing
 
HomeHome  Latest imagesLatest images  RegisterRegister  Log inLog in  

 

 Sprung trap?

Go down 
+3
moneyspots
pwc
nevadaagteacher
7 posters
AuthorMessage
nevadaagteacher

nevadaagteacher


Posts : 193
Join date : 2013-12-09
Age : 54
Location : Nevada

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyMon Jan 12, 2015 10:04 pm

I had a bit of an unanswered situation tonight and I did not think to take a picture to show everyone. I had an MB 550 exposed with ant hill sand placed on the pan in a narrowed down trail. I had a trap sprung, the trap had not been pulled on (the chain was loose so there was no struggle) and it had white 1/4" fur on both jaws. No claw, no blood, no struggle..just a sprung trap with white fur on the jaw.

Impossible question, but what is everyone's thought. Could it have been a lion, maybe a coyote, a cottontail that was pinched but not caught, a bobcat? The 550 has four coils and I have bent the dog down to accomplish 3 pounds of tension. This is my first miss on an exposed trail 550 and it's bothering the crap out of me. Just a sprung trap, still on the wax paper, with pure white fur on the middle of the offset jaw.

Any thoughts? Has this happened to anyone else.
Back to top Go down
pwc




Posts : 2
Join date : 2015-01-02

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyMon Jan 12, 2015 10:25 pm

nontarget rodent/rabbit belly hair most likely.
Back to top Go down
moneyspots

moneyspots


Posts : 176
Join date : 2014-09-14
Location : The Silver State

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyMon Jan 12, 2015 10:55 pm

I had the same thing exactly on a buried coyote trap this year. I'm pretty sure it was a rabbit. Trap was fired but undisturbed with the same hair your describing.
Back to top Go down
nevadaagteacher

nevadaagteacher


Posts : 193
Join date : 2013-12-09
Age : 54
Location : Nevada

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyMon Jan 12, 2015 11:54 pm

pwc and moneyspots, you are probably right. I just wonder how in the heck they hit the pan and get out of the way of the jaws as fast as those exposed 550's shut.
Back to top Go down
moneyspots

moneyspots


Posts : 176
Join date : 2014-09-14
Location : The Silver State

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyMon Jan 12, 2015 11:56 pm

I wonder the same thing. I wish I had trail cam footage of it happening.
Back to top Go down
nvsage

nvsage


Posts : 633
Join date : 2012-02-19
Age : 37
Location : NV

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyMon Jan 12, 2015 11:59 pm

I also think it could be a rabbit. But could have also been a cat or coyote wanting to rub/roll on your lure. Were you using any lure with castor in it? I am no lure expert but remember reading in a book about.....I think it was castor that makes them want to rub on it.... I know mink glands cats like to rub on for sure. Got that one on trail cam.


Last edited by nvsage on Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:04 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top Go down
moneyspots

moneyspots


Posts : 176
Join date : 2014-09-14
Location : The Silver State

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 12:22 am

I had a set last year and again this year that I thought a cat had rolled on. Exactly what you are describing nvsage. The thing with those were that the traps were pulled away from there original location with no sign of a struggle. Not saying teach didn't have one roll on his trap. I wish I had enough cameras for each set. They would answer a lot of questions I've had.
Back to top Go down
BUCKSNBOWS

BUCKSNBOWS


Posts : 944
Join date : 2011-08-28
Age : 55
Location : NEVADA

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 10:24 am

Yeah the mysteries of trapping. Sometimes you just stand there scratching your head going what happened here!!!! All part of the fun. That is what keeps you going. Sounds like a rabbit to me but who knows?
Back to top Go down
trapper76

trapper76


Posts : 42
Join date : 2011-02-10
Age : 66
Location : NE Utah

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 2:02 pm

1/4 inch white fur - weasel bounding through? I wish I had a camera on very trap too!
Back to top Go down
huntandfish

huntandfish


Posts : 118
Join date : 2013-08-25
Location : Northern Nevada

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 2:44 pm

I was thinking weasel also. Not sure it could set off a trap with 3-4lbs of pan tension though.
Back to top Go down
nevadaagteacher

nevadaagteacher


Posts : 193
Join date : 2013-12-09
Age : 54
Location : Nevada

Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 10:23 pm

Thanks for the posts guys, I do wish we could trail cam every set! Nvsage, no lure around the walk through, just a pinched down spot for a cat to travel. Bucks, I certainly agree. I've had two catch circles with nothing in the trap this year. I always think the worst and wonder if someone borrowed my catch, but there was no one else in the area. I've come to think that maybe it was an a predator with just a claw caught that slipped out of the offset jaw. I did just stand there thinking "what the hell" looking for answer to the situation. I like the weasel thought, never gave that a thought, but I saw a weasel this winter in a different location.
Back to top Go down
Sponsored content





Sprung trap? Empty
PostSubject: Re: Sprung trap?   Sprung trap? Empty

Back to top Go down
 
Sprung trap?
Back to top 
Page 1 of 1
 Similar topics
-
» trap jig
» NV trap tag thoughts
» trap prep yet?
» F & T Trap Supply
» trap placement

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
Bobcats R Us :: Trapping-
Jump to: