More ground breaking by Stan in Georgia. In the beginning we began using 30 inch Comstock double door traps for Armadillos with drift fencing to steer them into traps in blind sets without bait. It worked great. Mother-in-law in Louisiana caught 13 in short order. We sent her a 24 inch double door trap to try out, a bit longer than the trap pictured, which also worked fine. Some self proclaimed "experts" had stated emphatically that a 24 inch was too short, too small, which was quickly proven to be incorrect. Mother-in-law caught 2 more in the 24's! Shortly after, a trapper in Arkansas began using the 24's with great success, catching hundreds.
Over the past few years we have seen an occasional unintentional incidental Armadillo taken in an 18 inch Comstock double door trap, but Stan has ramped it up a notch, now actually purposely setting the 18 inch double door traps for Armadillos and doing very well at it. It just took someone like Stan to see the potential and follow his instincts. He took 4 Armadillos just recently, all in 18 inch Comstock double door traps! Thanks to Stan, we are learning more of the capabilities of incredibly short, powered door, wire trigger Comstock double door traps. Thanks again Stan.
After catching at least a hundred in the 24" double door, I had no doubt that the 18" would do the job. Look at the geometry of the profile view of an Armadillo and it looks like the 18" was designed for them. Those doors are so incredibly fast that I just don't believe a "Diller" would ever beat one. Last week I set an 18 down between some shrubbery and a low deck. Even a 24" trap would not have fit where it needed to go. The 18 fit like a glove and nailed a "Diller" the second night. Now my 30" traps look like boxcars. I love loading the truck with 18s. I'm hooked!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the helpful information along with the accompanying valuable perspective. Had no idea you had caught that many armadillos with the 24's. Once you have used the smaller efficient traps that take up so little room, anything larger looks HUGE. Keep up the good work. What should we look for next?
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