Thanks to Tom for sharing this great picture. Tom Gansowski caught this large 29 pound female bobcat a few days ago in a Comstock 12x24x36 inch bifold powered door bobcat trap here in New York. There are just a few of these traps in service and unfortunately they are operating in relatively low density bobcat areas, but this is a beginning. Last year Dale Duryea caged a small bobcat in the double door model of this bifold door trap. Because the doors are powered, with a sensitive wire trigger, in a trap that can be completely covered from the weather if desired, they have distinct advantages over all other bobcat cage traps. A self contained unit, this trap will work in the worst weather conditions, snow, ice, rain, freeze and thaw by simply covering the trigger and door with a sheet of nonporous material.
Because the doors on a Guillotine door trap stick way up above the trap body, almost as high as the trap itself, they can not be easily concealed or stuffed under brush. There is no way practical way to cover the doors on a G door trap to keep them from freezing up in rough weather.
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