the Box trap

Place rabbit "gums" beside well used trails but in the grass or brush. It also helps to put a few limbs or piles of grass around the trap to make it blend in but it is not completely needed. Some of my most successful sets are in the areas where rabbits come out in the open.
Most of us have seen rabbits in the morning or evening along the edges of fields and yards. They come out to feed on clover and sweet grass but stay near the brush or tall grass so they can run to safety if attacked. If you set your box trap just inside the cover so the opening is showing to the open area rabbits will often go inside to hide. I have walked up on rabbits feeding and spooked them only to have them run into the gum to get away.

I started out baiting my boxes with corn, apples, ect. It seemed I caught more possums and coons than rabbits so I stopped.

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This is a good picture sight of the trigger and boxes
 
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So here's an update. So far, I've caught absolutely zilch. Nada. Nothing.

Here's what I've learned:

1. No tracks (or sign) means no critters. With all of the snow we've had, there are no signs anything has been near it. I should've know this as there were few tracks around to begin with.

2. Soggy wood binds when mixed with snow and cold temperatures. The plywood door swelled and stuck in the runners. The thing wouldn't close even if it were tripped.

3. The screen back does make it look more inviting, IMO. However, see number 1. You won't catch what isn't there.

4. This sucker's surprisingly heavy. I'd hate to run a line of several dozen. Talk about exercise!

I've reworked the door. We'll see how things go.
 
When I was little, I made a box trap exactly like that, but with a chicken wire back. The squirrel I caught chewed through it :/
 
I've added a wire back to this one.

When I was much younger I made one that used a rat trap set above the box in a non-lethal manner (critters couldn't be hurt by it) to pull a pin releasing the door. It worked.
 
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