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<blockquote data-quote="r00s7a" data-source="post: 1040368" data-attributes="member: 9675"><p>I built a trap pretty much identical to yours, aside from the floor. I just anchored mine with t-posts so it couldn't be raised up. I never could get them to just push the door open to enter it though. They'd plow the ground outside, but never would go in. I looked up a bunch of trigger mechanisms and came up with a simple one. Put the bait at the back of the trap. A little ways in front of the bait, tie a piece of 12lb fishin line to one side of the trap. Run it across the inside to the other side, then out and along the side of the trap and up to where your door opens. Open the door and tie it to the door. Depending on the strength of your door, you may have to use a heavier line, but 12lb works for mine. The door is held open by the fishing line and when anything goes for the bait, it breaks the line and door closes. This works pretty well for me, it is invisible, and doesn't involve any complicated trip mechanisms, fabrication or welding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="r00s7a, post: 1040368, member: 9675"] I built a trap pretty much identical to yours, aside from the floor. I just anchored mine with t-posts so it couldn't be raised up. I never could get them to just push the door open to enter it though. They'd plow the ground outside, but never would go in. I looked up a bunch of trigger mechanisms and came up with a simple one. Put the bait at the back of the trap. A little ways in front of the bait, tie a piece of 12lb fishin line to one side of the trap. Run it across the inside to the other side, then out and along the side of the trap and up to where your door opens. Open the door and tie it to the door. Depending on the strength of your door, you may have to use a heavier line, but 12lb works for mine. The door is held open by the fishing line and when anything goes for the bait, it breaks the line and door closes. This works pretty well for me, it is invisible, and doesn't involve any complicated trip mechanisms, fabrication or welding. [/QUOTE]
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