Terry
Isn't that hunting over bait
Let em grow.
Damned mechanicals
I prefer to use giant glue traps as the mouse trap type spring released bar will sometimes break tines off the horns....
Well to be honest, I don't catch a lot of deer with the glue, but I don't think it is a deficiency with the trap. I believe it is because first the trap attracts a lot of squirrels, which get stuck and make a real chatter trying to get out, which attracts hungry feral cats, who in turn get stuck, and make such a racket that every dog and coyote in the county coming running in to investigate. It's too big of mess to try to free them so the best I can do is ease their passing. (Trust me, you don't want to get yourself glued to a feral cat and a coyote at the same time.)
After two or three days here in the hot Missouri sun, that trap smells of carnage and decay, which leads to the accumulation of large flocks of crows and even some turkey buzzards. The constant ruckus they put on is more than enough to scare the deer away....and soon there is not enough space for a deer to get caught even he did come for the corn/apples.
I keep thinking that if I should ever get rid of all these unintended pests that the deer would be free to come in for the corn but so far it has been very expensive and frustrating, Do you know how much a half ton of epoxy costs?
