It seems to be on a 5 day cycle. I think we are only catching transients due to the fact all are males but we did miss a bobcat on that set the night before because the trap was frozen and didnt fire. Finally starting to catch a few coons so that is a plus had one this morning at the house before I left for work so the day started off great. Best of luck to e everyone and remember to post up pics
One season in the past it seems like the catches, if any, would be spotty until Thursday and the catch was almost always the best of the week every Thursday. Kinda strange how that cycle was that year regardless of the weather.
Yeah we are starting to slow down on this farm. Pretty sure we got all the otters caught. We finally had a female coyote caught Wednesday. Still setting for beavers. Good thing is we are going to set the farm next door and get back on them hard. I am looking forward to this warm up coming because we always have better runs on the first few days of the warm up. Good luck and tight chains to all that are after them.
another cat today quit possibly the biggest cat we ha e caught. Set the adjoining farm this evening should have a good run tomorrow as they were raising Cain when we were leaving 
Man i wish i could go with ya so you could show me how its done, i checked my cat trap today, pan tension too HIGH, why, the polyfill and dirt wouldnt prevent it from firing! should I go the pan cover route?View attachment 127413another cat today quit possibly the biggest cat we ha e caught. Set the adjoining farm this evening should have a good run tomorrow as they were raising Cain when we were leaving
Best of luck to everyone
Another thing, really for anyone on this thread, what is your go to bobcat brand gland lure, struggling , since online there are too many choices. thanks
Looks like a female cardinal.Not sure if you can tell but I caught another first, a red bird.
I will tell you the only thing we do is set for coyotes. We add a few feathers on the ground around the set but other than that we set structure as in haybails and road edges around the thickest nastiest tangled up mess in cutovers we can find also thichets near water is good for us to. The main thing i will tell you is have fun with it and don't under any circumstances over think it i really think that is what you are doing. I know thats what i was doing and finally said screw it if i catch great if i dont i have fun doing it
Wow, that's a huge bobcat!View attachment 127413another cat today quit possibly the biggest cat we ha e caught. Set the adjoining farm this evening should have a good run tomorrow as they were raising Cain when we were leaving
Best of luck to everyone
Yeah he wont be eating anymore turkeys and small children
Wow he is a piece of work.
What kind of traps? What # does the pan tension bench test at? You only need a tuft of polyfill, just enough to keep the dirt/peat from getting under the pan. Bed trap, add polyfill, Then I sift peatmoss to cover the trap, level it out, then sift dirt over and blend with any cover materials I want to use. Only time I have a problem is if we get a ton of rain and my trap location is in a low area. Then mud fills it in and makes the trap hard to fire. Avoid those low spots if you can but one spot on the farm is so good that it gets set anyway and we deal with the mudded in trap.
