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Old 12-04-2007 | 09:02 PM
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I have a couple of hole sets in the same area where the cubby is. For whatever reason he just wrecks the cubby, and seems to care less about odors. The area that he has been frequenting is well traveled daily by the land owner and his family (and they couldn't be less concerned with scent control). I went a bit outside the normal trapping protocol yesterday. I made a wooden box about 18" long X 8" tall X 10" wide with three sides and one floor. I sprayed it down really well with H.S. Scent Away, and flipped it upside down in a 2" deep hole I dug to the shape of the box. I placed 1/2 a cottontail in the back of the box after I drug it all around the site, and made my trap bed about 2" inside the box with a #2 Montgomery coil. Then I took an old steel wheel from a near by scrap pile and placed it on top of the wooden box, so that it can't be easily overturned. I wore a pair of rubber gloves and boots for the entire operation to try to keep human odor down as much as possible. The land owner said this thing has actually been eating their pet food off of the front porch, so I'm hoping that if he is that bold I can be too. Duty called tonight, and I wasn't able to check my trap or contact the land owner. I'll be there as soon as I can tomorrow, and if there is no badger, hopefully I have some good cuddeback pictures I can share.
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