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#1089 Havahart Collapsible Trap

Features:

Easy to bait, set and release, this high tensile wire mesh trap is steel reinforced for long life and maximum resistance to damage.

The smooth inside edges are for the protection of the animal, while the two spring-loaded doors have sensitive triggers to ensure a quick, secure catch.

This model comes collapsed and is 32x10.75x12.75 when set up.

General Trapping Tips from Havahart: The following tips should be used when preparing to live catch your nuisance animal.

Havahart® recommends that you contact the Humane Society, or the local or state game commission before setting a trap to determine the lawful method of releasing a captured wild or nuisance animal. Many species are protected by law in various states.

Following the instructions contained in the carton, you may want to test the trap and spring it a few times to make sure that it works properly. For example, spring it by touching the trip plate from each end, This should be done also after the trap has been set and camouflaged to make sure it works freely. If you feel the doors do not work fast enough, place small stones or other weights on top of the door. This will cause doors to drop faster.

When you receive the trap it will be bright and new. Therefore do not be discouraged in case you do not catch what you anticipated the first night or day. The effectiveness of Havahart® traps usually improve with age. Some animals do not mind a new trap while others do. So instead of setting the trap to catch the first animal to come along, bait the trap, or simply place it where you intend to set it and fasten the doors open by means of a stick or wire.

After a couple of days, when you notice the bait has been disturbed or taken, it is time to set the trap. Camouflaging the trap is an effective means to entice the animal. Place twigs and leaves all over the trap to remove a lot of the glare from the trap. You can even spray it with water and throw dirt on it to give it a conditioned look. Animals will not be discouraged from entering the trap by the smell of your handling the trap or from supposed machine/oil odors in the manufacturing process.

Various Bait Suggestions :

* Raccoon Bait: Fish, fresh, canned or smoked, sweet corn or sugar coated vegetables, cooked fatty meat, crisp bacon. Special favorite of the raccoon is marshmallows!

* Groundhog (Woodchuck) Bait: Fresh string beans, sweet corn, lettuce, peas, cantaloupe, strawberries, cucumbers, peaches, vanilla extract.

* Nutria Bait: Muskmelon or cantaloupe rind, ripe bananas.

* Skunk Bait: Chicken entrails, cracknels, fish-canned(Sardines) or fresh-insect larvae such as may beetles, crisp bacon, cat food.

* Cat Bait: Fish, meats, oil of catnip, sardines or canned tuna, chicken.

* Porcupine Bait Apples, salt, carrots.

* Opossum Bait: Vegetables, sweet apples, chicken entrails, sardines, crisp bacon, canned cat food.

For instructions for the Havahart # 1089

Live Animal Cage Traps Models 1020, 1025, 1030, 1040, 1045, & 1050

Check the Trap--Occasionally the cage will shift due to shipping. Please examine the cage carefully.

Cage should not be damaged or bent. Bait pan should move freely Door locks should move easily from locked position over-top horizontal wire (illustration 1). Camouflage should not interfere with operation of trap If the trigger rods do not move downward freely, pull the looped trigger rod outward away from the cage keeping it aligned horizontally with the top of the cage.

Illustration 1 Illustration 2

With door locks in the open position, check that the doors can be opened by gently pushing down on trigger rods. Notice that trigger rod with offset loop is above straight trigger rod, so pushing down loop rod opens both doors (illustration 2)

Setting the Trap 1. Turn the door locks to the open position (illustration 1). 2. Push down on the straight trigger rod to open door. 3. While holding door open, place bait on the bait pan. See back for bait suggestions. When finished, close door. 4. Push down on the offset loop on the looped trigger rod to open both doors (illustration 2). 5. Position the flat end of the looped trigger rod under the flat end of the bait pan trigger, so that both doors are held open and the bait pan is level. (illustration 3). 6. Turn door lock knobs so that both door locks rest on doors (illustration 4). 7. Set and trip cage several times to be sure the cage is working properly. Trip trap using a pen or pencil, sticking an end through the side of the cage and pushing down on the bait pan.

Illustration 3 Illustration 4

Setting Trap for Large Animals (1-door set)

1. With the cage closed, move the straight trigger rod so it is above and out of the working range of the looped trigger rod (illustration 5). 2. Place bait at back (closed) end of trap. 3. Place a wooden block under bait pan on the side of the open door. Trap will only be triggered when animal steps on back side of pan where door is closed.

Illustration 5

Adjusting Trigger Rods

For all models, if a door is not level when the cage is set, hold the door open and level with one hand, and bend the trigger rod up with the other hand.

Correcting Over-Adjustment to Trigger Rods

On the 1025, 1030, and 1040, tension on the trigger rods should be only from door springs. To correct an over adjustment to the tension, hold the door open and level, and bend the trigger rod down.

Releasing the Animal

To release the animal, flip the door locks into the unlocked position (illustration # 1). Gently flip the trap on to it's side or upside down. One suggestion would be to use your foot. Back away from the trap. The animal will walk away on it's own.

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