Thread: Possum Trapping

Originally Posted by nightshooter

some thing to remember when useing traps is they must be checked every 24hr.so you need to think about that when putting out your line,you will be slower checking them with skining and trying to stay on your line etc.i know this from personal experience

That's easy as your not doing any skinning until the next day pluss dong 1 carry it until you can get a bit of a dead possum party going on , helps u remember whats what as well rather than have coons hanging here n there remember they need to be cold when you skin them in the winter maybe they hang for 3 or 4 days is fine !, spotlighting from inside the bushline is crap especially if they have been spotlighted B4 they go to the tree top game over , but no matter what spotlighting you do make sure ur looking directly overtop of the light like a sight as sometimes they are inside the tree if that makes sense if ur spot light is down by your wast & ur just wanging it round you may not see there eyes..if your serious get your poison licence much easier carrying a tube of past & lure , 2-3 days latter skin, in-between skinning you can do some prefeed lines , bait stations can be really good only downside is if there are good numbers they can fight over it leave a few windows in there pelts but these days sadly probably not your biggest worry iv found in recent years is a total lack of coons anywhere carnt even remember the last time I ran 1 over ...good luck

Thanks bully, nightshooter, boaraxa, mooseman and stug for your advice. I'm taking it in like a sponge! Priceless knowledge from guys that have been out there and done it.

Going out tomorrow morning ill spend half the day out there I reckon, plan is to cover a decent area and search for any recent signs of possums. Mark out a few spots where it would be worth trapping and maybe ill finally set some down in the next couple of days. Just need to get some extras to add to the huge barrel of flour I got given - its out of date will that make a difference? Is there anything else I can be looking for apart from runs and scratched trees on my walk?

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

worry iv found in recent years is a total lack of coons anywhere carnt even remember the last time I ran 1 over ...good luck

Wow, if I drive on the road near the land at night guaranteed I'll see 6 or 7 in the 15 minute drive!