Coons will wise up in a hurry. Mine learned how to trigger the door, then reach in and grab the food. I kept seeing empty traps with no food left, phantom coons.

So, I staked the trap with rebar to the ground to keep them from rocking the cage and triggering door.

I covered the back 1/3 of cage with 1/2" hardware cloth to prevent them reach into cage for food.

These modifications worked, so far.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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