River coon last week/Alcatraz (pics)

[Tim Rose]

This was Fridays run before the snow and after the rain. Had other days like that 11-16 coon, but also had 2 days of 6-8 coon and yesterday (sunday) was a big fat zero as I pulled what was left of the line. Coon didn't run a bit, just yotes and beav.



Some more pics of the under $10.00 Alcatraz dp.
I am setup to sell these (the Alk DP) if anyone wants a dz, etc. let me know and maybe save you some coin.















Some snow fun.....who said coon don't play in snow

[gameboy]

Looks like your stakin'em up Tim. I've heard those traps are really good.

[rivertrapper316]

Tim got a just how big of a pain in the butt is it to get the bait door open after you have got a coon and it looks like a big mud ball. LOL...

[Tim Rose]

screw driver works good and had water there to clean things up

[furbuy46]

Looks like the trap works great. It does look to have a big problem though. It looks like it gets mud on every coon you catch, maybe you need to clean your traps a bit better. Nice catch Tim. Coon ran like crazy down here Friday and Saturday night. A couple of my trappers caught a fair number both nights. One fella caught 19 friday night and 9 Saturday night and the other fella caught 15 friday night and 31 on Saturday night.

[DaveM]

Nice pics and way to stack em up.

[rivertrapper316]

Tim can you bait the trap from the top?

[polecheck]

I baited mine from the top. hey Tim you leave any for me lol

[doyleflory]

Looking good tim must be the secret bait.

[treerodent]

Looks like fun. Good run Tim.

[fishdaddy]

whats the difference between them and yancys traps?

[brianroberts]

As far as the traps being packed full of mud(I haven't used the alctraz traps) the duke dps and grizz I use get packed full of mud and if I'm not near water I can't get them clean enough to reset in freezing conditions so I think this is a problem inherit to all dp style traps not just the alcatraz trap..Looks like they work pretty good Tim I'll have to get a couple of dozen from you this summer and give them a go!....B....

[jimblakley]

As long as your water trapping why not rig the trap on a drowner ?
You've got to wash your coon anyway . And you wont have to dispatch your coon . Should speed up checking , but slow down the initial setting .

Jim

[CritterSkinner]

Way to stack 'em up Tim, nice work. They all clean up good I'm sure.