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    Default Trapping something large

    OK I am in the pest control industry and fully licensed, turns out I have a problem in my front yard, I am going to set up a game camera - my squirrel traps are being trashed, by something bigger. I have 15x15x30 traps but this hasn't worked. I am thinking Fox or Eastern Coyote, I am not happy with what I saw on tractor supply. I need a bigger trap. Or I will build one, lately my squirrel traps are ending up a 100 yards away from where I set them. so I tent pegging them down.

    looking for suggestions.
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    No paw prints indicating what it might be
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    Cable off the traps to something solid if you can. Set up a trail cam and see if you can get a photo of the culprit. That should help you to know what you are dealing with.
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    Step by step instructions from an expert.

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    there must be sign. If it is some kind of canine the best trap in my opinion is a snare.
    so the definition of a criminal is someone who breaks the law and you want me to believe that somehow more laws make less criminals?

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    Do you have 2-legged critters in your neighborhood that don't believe in traps?
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    Trail camera

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    I remember an easy trap for coyotes (and similar size prey) in a book written in the late 1800's that works extremely well if you're interest?

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    I think I know what it might be...

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    first use a camera and see what it is and then start building or get a trap for it, like this what if it still does not work, what are you gonna do then? go back to step one right! so why not start from step one. figure out what it is and then trap it.

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    Sounds like one or more "humans'. actually.

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