Trap Designs, Predator Trap, Live Bait Trap "Phil Trap", Big Cat Trap, Dog Trap, Fox Trap

Predator Trap using live bait "The Phil Trap; Using live bait humanely kept.

Trap includes a 22mm thick laminate glass window (1,200 mm X 900mm) to prevent predators catching the live bait (in this case rabbits) or penetrating the glass. Live bait are fed by an auto feed station seen in the video and feed lasts for 5 months (but you can make it last longer ...with more feed storage. Water is provided via a permanent river which runs at the end of the wire tunnel. The long period of self servicing by th elive bait of food and water means human scent is not as much of a concern as all other traps that require more frequesnt servicing.

The activation pad is concelled under the leaf matter at the foot of the impenetrable laminated window which was prepared by the same glass manufacturer for the Taronga zoo tiger enclosure in Sydney. The activation pad triggers the guillotine type drop down door, which is accellerated by large spring loaded + gravity.

The trap actively catches Feral Foxes and Feral Cats in Australia. But I am certain it would catch others in other ecosystems, such as Leopard, Puma etc and Wild Digs and hopefully a remnant thylacoleo or big cat or whatever it is that appears periodically in a remote area.

It utilises the enticing principles used in a greyhound race track. The predator becomes fixated on the prey and gets led into the trap.

Use the design concept, It works. This design is free to use and is humane, unlike the "Red Neck" jaw traps that are cruel beyond comprehsion, let alone the fact that they also destroy other animals unintended for capture.

My trap is maintenance free for 5 months other then visual checks on daily runs but you can hooka Transmitting device to signal closure.

the trap is Fixed in a position. It is not transportable, without a major physical exercise.

The trap consists of two sections the trap itself and the cage section that contains the live bait (in this case rabbits). The two a re separated by galvanised wire cage material and the laminated/impenetrable glass panel. The trap section detaches from the cage section to permite transportation onto a utility or tray back vehicle. This prevents personal injury from a wild aggressive predator.

The only condition I ask if you intend copying my design is that the design of the trap must be called PHIL's PREDATOR TRAP. It is my only claim to fame and help protect native animals being destroyed by introduced predators like cats and foxes. It does not harm either the live bait or the target trapped predator.

If you need more details email me on catchitalive@hotmail.com and I will happily answer any question.
Good Luck, enjoy and good health to our endangered wildlife.

Phil

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[fernbrookmangos]

Wow this is amazing :D

[Thylacopardu]

@fernbrookmangos Cheers for that.

Phil

[Youngbuck3888]

Genius work man, Thumbs up

[Thylacopardu]

@Youngbuck3888

Yeh, thanks for that.

It is a real winner, I just wish I had the time & money to stick a video surveylance system on and around it. It would be great to see a predator stuck between the thought processes of Caution and I really want to eat that rabbit. HMMMM I reakon I really want to eat that rabbit always rules when no human or their/our smell for that matter is in the region.

Phil

[anthony9thompson]

MATE i LOVE IT

[Thylacopardu]

@anthony9thompson Thanks for the comments Anthony. Havagreat 2011

[ChadandBranden]

dude this is awesome

[cowgirls8]

Yall would go ape if you had raccoons, 10x worse than a fox. Imagine a fox with hands and a brain....

[GenericUth]

Wow that's beautiful. I gotta make one of those.

[ahdyend]

wow that is really genius, i gotta get me one!

[Thylacopardu]

@goodmechanic The trap catches every fox it encounters. The only fault with the trap depicted is the rabbit run tunnel of wire was too light on in construction. A thicker steel wire mesh is required where large foraging game exist. Basically the rabbit run tunnel need to withstand occassional trampling by wild herbivorous game passing thru. Note if the rabbit run tunnel is constructed using light weight steel mesh the rabbit's run may be crushed and blocked. Which is BAD NEWS FOR THE RABBITs.