White Bucket Sets

[primetime]

Update...

Nothing this morning. Another set of tracks this morning nearly right on top of the same set that walked 3' out from one of my buckets last time. BUT this time when it got to my bucket it took a 90 Degree turn and headed right to it. Snow was melted about a foot out, so I couldn't tell exactly how close he came. - But he didn't go in.

That is the second set of coon tracks now, but it's not really a trail. I might try and hang a snare on it anyway and see what happens. They are just walking on top of a 3" crust of snow.

[ducktrapper]

Thanks for the thoughts everyone. I never thought of the T-stake to secure the bucket -- it would make pulling stakes out of frozen ground easier.

I also like a small window 3 X 4 or similar with mesh stapled to act as a window, but not a pass-through.

While buckets do OK for me, my goal next year is to learn significantly more about frozen ground trapping, so that buckets do not remain my main method in December.

[primetime]

Saturday Morning - Finally Connected.

Got myself a nice BIG male Coon in one of my buckets, could have been same coon that I was seeing the tracks from, because that tracks I was seeing were also very big.

Not sure if it made the difference, but it was the Bucket that I had my empty bottle of ProCoon in.

So the bucket worked, but I would not say it's a dynamite Coon set. I'll leave them out for another week or two, because they are easy to check, but I'm happy that I at least caught one.

[primetime]

Oh ya I forgot to use this:

I was a little happy to finally connect in these bucket sets.

[rk660]

Think if a guy wanted to get serious on coons in 220's, a open ended cubby would be way to go w/ trap at each end. Last couple years Ive had much better luck in larger open ended cubbies than boxes or buckets. Ive got some I just leave in place after season because of size.