Thursday, February 26, 2015
Comstock Powered Door, Lock Ring Live Cage Trap for Woodchucks/Skunks an...
This new addition to the Comstock Line will be sold from our Upstate NY location at this time. Please call or email anytime if you have questions.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
New Traps Ready-Patent Pending
Though we are not in production with manufacture at this time, we are excited about the new traps we have developed and will be making in our shop on a limited basis. Since it is just me cutting, bending parts, welding and doing all of the fabrication at this point, I won't be able to make big numbers, but will be happy to provide traps as quickly as I can for those interested.
We now have bobcat traps, powered, angled, lock ring doors with wire triggers, something not done before. The traps are fast, with powered doors, lock like ring door traps combined with the signature wire trigger we are known for. We have made them in 10.5x19.5x36, 12x24x36 and others.
Since this trap worked so well, we quickly made them in 12x12x36 for raccoons, with great results.
With these under our belt, we plan to make some 8x8x24 to try out on skunks and chucks.
Lock rings are not as versatile as lock bars, but for many animals like chucks, skunks, armadillos and possum that are often caught on the ground, they will work just fine. They have worked great baited for raccoons, but in positive setting conditions where traps may be set either sideways, upside down or vertically, the 9x11 lock bar trap is the way to go.
After a quick study of this system it was evident that this combination would actually work vertically too when the door was facing downward, which meant, we had a winning combination for a Drop In Raccoon Chimney Trap. The Chimney Trap will drop into a Chimney, out of sight. When the raccoon climbs the trap to exit the chimney and reaches the closed door, he will pull on the trigger bar located 1" from the end of the trap and fire it. The powered door slams shut. The lock rings drop to the bottom. The raccoon is caught. This trap was made with a 5x9 outside opening like widely used chimney traps that have been around for years. Other drop in traps are 43 inches long, while this trap is but 29 inches long. At just under 9 pounds, it is a light weight, easy to take up a ladder. Rather than clip the top plate to the end of the trap, we made the place to fold and fit into the trap for storage and to save on shipping. It can be clipped into place and left in place if desired.
Having made a trap similar to this chimney trap last year at 30 inches long that worked as expected, we believe this trap will perform the same way. In the first test 3 coon were each captured first night in the we tested last year, all big coon, no misses or mishaps.
We will be taking orders for these over the phone, 518-792-2371. These traps are simpler in nature to what we have made in the past and are intended to be less expensive, while still doing the same job as previous models with the exception of special situations in ADC work. We can make custom sizes to suit.
We now have bobcat traps, powered, angled, lock ring doors with wire triggers, something not done before. The traps are fast, with powered doors, lock like ring door traps combined with the signature wire trigger we are known for. We have made them in 10.5x19.5x36, 12x24x36 and others.
Since this trap worked so well, we quickly made them in 12x12x36 for raccoons, with great results.
With these under our belt, we plan to make some 8x8x24 to try out on skunks and chucks.
Lock rings are not as versatile as lock bars, but for many animals like chucks, skunks, armadillos and possum that are often caught on the ground, they will work just fine. They have worked great baited for raccoons, but in positive setting conditions where traps may be set either sideways, upside down or vertically, the 9x11 lock bar trap is the way to go.
After a quick study of this system it was evident that this combination would actually work vertically too when the door was facing downward, which meant, we had a winning combination for a Drop In Raccoon Chimney Trap. The Chimney Trap will drop into a Chimney, out of sight. When the raccoon climbs the trap to exit the chimney and reaches the closed door, he will pull on the trigger bar located 1" from the end of the trap and fire it. The powered door slams shut. The lock rings drop to the bottom. The raccoon is caught. This trap was made with a 5x9 outside opening like widely used chimney traps that have been around for years. Other drop in traps are 43 inches long, while this trap is but 29 inches long. At just under 9 pounds, it is a light weight, easy to take up a ladder. Rather than clip the top plate to the end of the trap, we made the place to fold and fit into the trap for storage and to save on shipping. It can be clipped into place and left in place if desired.
Having made a trap similar to this chimney trap last year at 30 inches long that worked as expected, we believe this trap will perform the same way. In the first test 3 coon were each captured first night in the we tested last year, all big coon, no misses or mishaps.
We will be taking orders for these over the phone, 518-792-2371. These traps are simpler in nature to what we have made in the past and are intended to be less expensive, while still doing the same job as previous models with the exception of special situations in ADC work. We can make custom sizes to suit.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Roof Setting for Raccoons, "Roof Proofing."
Many of the guys are using the 1/2x1 mesh, 14 gage wire cage traps for roofs when dealing with raccoons with very good results. The reason for the tight mesh is to keep raccoons from getting ahold of shingles and doing damage. Coon are notorious when it comes to wrecking anything they can get their mitts on. The 9x11 cages were made with a bit of an intentional gap under the door so that debris would not clog the door as it closed, no jamming. Though we have not heard of roof damage with the standard cages, while the opening is very small, it might be possible for a raccoon to reach out under a door a short distance.
By attaching a flush mount extension ring or rings to single or double door Comstock cage traps the traps should be pretty much "roof proof." The ring extends 6 inches beyond the door to prevent reaching out and turns the traps into flush mount units for positive den setting. Also, we do make traps in extra heavy duty 12 gage wire, not only incredibly strong, "bullet proof," the gaps between the wires are smaller yet.
The rings can be quickly attached and can be just as easily removed depending on situation or what is required, one more option.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Trapping Gators in a Comstock Alligator Trap
The first gator taken in this trap was a shade over 5 feet long.
Colony Traps vs. Single Catch Traps with Locking or Powered Doors for Squirrels
Having not spent any time with colony traps I don't have personal experience with them. Though they work very well for muskrats in water, we are hearing negatives when used in positive den sets for squirrels. At times I have wondered if I should be using them, sometimes wondering if the single catch double powered door swing panel trap we use was the best way to go. However, with hundreds of contacts we do hear from many using all kinds of traps, including these multiple catch colony traps. I guess some use them successfully in the right places, but over the past months we have been hearing more and more instances of shortcomings with them, including escapes and refusals.
Today I spoke with a trapper at length who was experiencing continuous refusals for squirrels. You probably wonder how he knew this. With trail cams in place, he saw repeated instances where squirrels would not exit a den hole into a colony trap. Also, there was evidence of escapes, something I had heard before from others.
This trapper was using single door traps to replace the colony traps because that is what he had on hand, but ordered 12 of the double door 5x5x24 swing panel traps that reinforced our belief in what we are doing using double door traps with nose cones over den holes in positive sets. I guess we were on the mark all along. When single catch traps are used with powered and or locking doors, there are no escapes. Also, since the trap is more open, squirrels enter them much more readily.
Today I spoke with a trapper at length who was experiencing continuous refusals for squirrels. You probably wonder how he knew this. With trail cams in place, he saw repeated instances where squirrels would not exit a den hole into a colony trap. Also, there was evidence of escapes, something I had heard before from others.
This trapper was using single door traps to replace the colony traps because that is what he had on hand, but ordered 12 of the double door 5x5x24 swing panel traps that reinforced our belief in what we are doing using double door traps with nose cones over den holes in positive sets. I guess we were on the mark all along. When single catch traps are used with powered and or locking doors, there are no escapes. Also, since the trap is more open, squirrels enter them much more readily.
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