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Rednecks Pride Outdoors - Live & Recorded Episodes:

Rednecks Pride Outdoors - Live & Recorded Episodes:



Check out this Podcast I did with Ron Jones last evening. We had a really good time and I think some interesting info was shared! Let me know what you think.

New Traps--- (moving closer to production on bobcat and chimney traps)

I don't usually mention anything about new traps until we are up and running, but we have been producing a limited number of these new traps in several sizes in our shop upon request and will continue to make them here until they are in production.  

We are always working toward new and better cage traps, first to fill in the gaps in our own line of cage traps to capture everything from chipmunks to beaver and most animals in between, but also to improve upon what we already have.  Accessories are routinely added from time to time to make jobs go faster and easier.  I believe the last accessory was the universal setting tool for the Comstock  9x11, 12x12 and 12x18 cage traps.

Bobcat and chimney traps are two cage traps we needed to have a nearly complete line of cages.  In keeping with our tradition of power doors and wire triggers, these traps will function similarly to what we have, but with a different style of door and lock up taken from existing traps, configured differently to accommodate powered doors and our own trigger.  They will of course be available in both single and our signature, versatile double door traps.  

For some months we have been working on new traps for bobcats and fox, taller and narrower.  Two very different traps were developed.  The first, B-1, has some really great features, more complex and requires some simplifying yet to make it easier to reproduce.  The second was ready to rock and roll as soon as it was conceived.  Not only will this trap work for 'cats in sizes from 10x20 to 12x24 openings, but in smaller versions it has worked great for raccoon in a 12x12 model.  We will experiment with other sizes larger and smaller, 10x10 and 8x8 to begin with.  This trap can be called the B-2 type, which is now in action.

We made a raccoon chimney trap last year.  It worked great, 3 for 3 on the first outing on large coon, all captured first night.  However, that trap is a beast to make, lots of parts pressed into a small confined area.  So, with the advent of the B-2 type trap there was reason for optimism.  With this design a trap of few parts was constructed in a few hours, powered door, the same trip bar as they earlier traps and same size.  This one is much easier to produce, a simpler cost cutting model that does not sacrifice function, while it is as fast as any we have made, perhaps faster.  Designed to drop into a chimney like the Noseeum completely out of sight, we believe this trap to be a major improvement over the 43 inch Noseeum chimney trap because our Comstock version is but 29 inches long!  It is a full 14 inches shorter, 1/3 shorter than its counterpart.  Due to the construction and set up we have, we can live up to our name and build custom sized traps to order, 6x6, 7x7, you pick it, for those who encounter odd, small sized chimneys and require a different size.  This line of traps should be attractively priced.

In a nutshell, we have a bobcat type trap that can be made in virtually any size as well as a chimney trap that likewise can be made to order in opening or various lengths.  In time we hope to have a second bobcat trap, B-1, with expanded features.  

Anyone with interest or questions can give us a shout as we can now make these two traps on a limited basis.

   

Thanks to Carl Wilki of Carls Wildlife Control in Elmhurst, Illinois

Judy and I want to thank Carl Wilki for all of his continuing support and also sharing his success stories.  Carl has posted super photos of raccoons, skunks, woodchucks, squirrels, beaver etc. while using the entire line of Comstock Panless, Powered Door Cage Traps, which has not only been of benefit to us, but to many trappers in ADC as well.  He  has been involved with Animal Damage Control for decades, so it means a great deal to us to have a professional with his experience and skill in our corner using loads of our traps and accessories.

Carl began using Comstock Cages when we were just beginning to build our first cage traps.  Before he began using them, he spent a lot of time studying what we had and comparing and we glad he did because in the end it let us know where we ranked among other cage makers.  We were thrilled when he bought the first Comstock Cage traps, but the most important aspect is that he has stayed with us, picking up additional Comstock Cage Traps as his business warrants.  We are always listening and it should be noted that Carl's input has been invaluable in developing many of the products we make.

You can check out Carl's website at carlswildlifecontrol.com for all sorts of wildlife removal to see what he's up to and get some hints on how why he is so successful.  If you look through the pictures you will see truck loads of animals caught day in and day out, not by accident.

Check out Carl on Facebook.

Unique Castor Mound Set for Beaver using a Comstock Cage Trap in open lakes and ponds

Tim from Ohio shared his success with this beaver in a castor mound used using a 12x18x39 Comstock Beaver Cage Trap buried under a pile of leaves and mud.  Credit must be given to Dan Gates in Colorado for coming up with this set.  The set was designed to be used in open water where there are no channels, small streams or narrow spots to place a cage in standard blind sets.  When there is shallow open water with basically nothing to work with, Dan simply placed the trap about even with the water level, then piled it with leaves first, then mud and topped it off with some castor.  This simple yet ingenious set works on the principle that a beaver will just swim around and dive under until he satisfies his curiosity about the "intruder."  Before the beaver has done enough sniffing and looking, the beaver swims around and simply goes through the trap, as shown by Tim on his first shot at making this set.  

New Record on Otter, Unbelievble

Just when we thought we had heard it all, we were passing on some information about several trappers who had doubled on otter and also had doubled on beaver in the 12x18x39 Comstock Swim Through Beaver Cage Traps, we heard a story to top the previous.  A trapper in Illinois had "one bettered us."  He had actually caught a triple on otter in the large Comstock beaver cage, a family group, obviously traveling close together.  The stories have continually exceeded our expectations.

We love to hear and pass on all of the unusual stories that have kept us excited, providing he impetus to create more and better equipment.  Thanks to those who send us pics and share their great experiences.