Features:

  • Ideal for humanely capturing raccoons, stray Cats, groundhogs (woodchucks), opossums, armadillos and similar size nuisance animals
  • Dimensions: 32.2 inches x 11 inches x 12.45 inches
  • One spring loaded solid metal door
  • Smoothed internal edges prevent injuries to animals
  • Designed for higher catch rate and fewer escapes
  • Made to last Resists rust and corrosion
  • Comes Fully assembled and Ready to use
  • Trigger rod is located outside of the trap so animal canNot damage it while in the trap
  • Made in the U.S.A
Worked Right out of the Box

The trap worked the first night... however it captured a skunk instead of the groundhog that has been digging holes around steps of my mom's house. Sooo... I'll guess I will be setting it up for another run. I have a feeling this is going to get a little Caddy Shack. Now, while anyone can set this up to trap that nuisance animal... you could trap something else by accident. Also, be aware that animals may POOP in the cage! Yep, thats right... poop in the cage! So have a plan for that, especially when you want to try to find a place to release the animal. You could probably always call a local animal trapper and ask them to pick up for a fee. Otherwise, you'll have to clean the cage and what ever you happen to transport them in. And if you capture a skunk by accident you have to be super careful of not getting sprayed. Luckily it didn't seem to want to spray it's horrible odor. It probably just wanted to get out and catch some sleep. It had probably been up all night after it's WTF moment. But check the web on tips on how to release certain animals if you catch something other than your target. Good luck! 2nd Update... a Possum got the unlucky pleasure of being assimilated by the Havahart 1079. I opened to set it free and it acted like it wanted to stay. It also pooped in the cage! "Damn it Jim I'm a doctor not Jack Hannah..." 3rd Update... No Caddy Shackin' here bub! So after a short absence the Ground Hog returned to dig yet a 3rd hole Sunday morning while my mom was at church. FTS the ground hog is going down. Set it, had Sunday lunch with moms, got a McDonalds cold brew coffee (tastes like chocolate shake btw) and came back to a pissed off Ground Hog. "Fat lady sings the opera..." Lined the hatchback with absorbent disposable covers, news paper and garbage bags. Rolled down all the windows and relocated to wooded area 5 miles away. Saved my mom major loot. Happy Mothers Day!... again. Check out the pic.

Caught a raccoon and an opossum and I had not trapping experience.

Works like a charm. I have seen where other people have had issues with animals eating the bait and tripping the cage, but without trapping an animal inside the cage. There is no way any earth born animal can escape this cage if the trap springs while it is inside. The most probable causes of this trap failing are 1) you have an animal that has been trapped before and has learned how this trap operates. It then knows to stand back and push the bait forward so it can get it without tripping the trap. Or 2) the trapper has not been patient and did not set it up well. How to use best: For success use gloves that have been used to work with other animals and don’t have a bunch of human scent. Try to avoid touching the bait or trap with anything that smells human. Set the trap on flat ground and either stake it down or, like I did, wire it to an existing fence so it can't be moved. Next do not set the trap the first few times. Open the trap, but wire it open so it can't be tripped. Place bait in it and around it. Let the animal get comfortable with it. Then after it has eaten bait out of the trap a couple times put bait was in the back of the trap where it can't be reached from the outside. (I used marshmallows because I was trapping a raccoon, but they also worked for an opossum) For example when using marshmallow I stuck a wire through the marshmallow and tied it to the back of the cage. Then set the trap. I caught a raccoon and an opossum that way, and I had never used a trap before. My chickens(at least the ones that were still alive) were very impressed.

I recommend putting a towel or similar down over the cage ...

Tldr; With the trap alone, you might have issues catching the critter you want to catch. I recommend putting a towel or similar down over the cage floor (make sure the pressure pad is covered if anything) and treats leading from the entrance to the bait you're using. I've had a near 100% success rate catching every animal I needed to by doing this. Details on how this worked for me below. From my experience, this cage is great if you're looking to catch small or medium sized animals. Large ones may get nipped in the butt if they spring the trap and the door slams down. The cage is small enough they'll have issues fitting or even turning around. I used this cage initially to catch a small stray cat outside that was neglected and hungry, and it worked on the first attempt. Before I stuck the cage outside and primed it with a bunch of treats at the end, I tested this cage on my two cats I currently have (no animals were harmed physically or psychologically in these experiments). I first primed the cage by itself and slipped one of the cats food bowls with some chicken in it all the way to the back of the cage, and my cats were immediately interested in getting some of that tasty chicken. They had issues figuring out how to get into the cage and often walked around the back end where the bait was, but eventually figured it out and went through the front end. Now, I got my cats from the local Humane Society, and before that they were dumped out on the streets by their owners. I was told they knew what traps were and to avoid them, making the cats harder to catch. My cats trust me enough now that they went into the trap regardless, and I would immediately let them out if they sprung it. Except, I didn't have to let the cats out. They stepped right over the pressure pad and grabbed the chicken, backed out and went on to eat their reward. As I mentioned, my cats trust me and they don't view the cage as a trap, they stepped over the pad not because they knew to avoid it, but because it was simply in their way. The pressure pad stands high enough it's very noticeable, and how I fixed this was I laid a beat up towel down on the entire floor of the cage, specifically to cover the pressure pad. The towel was soft and light enough it didn't trigger the trap and it made the plate look like a simple bump on the ground. The next time I tested the trap on the cats with the towel inside, they stepped on the plate every single time. Not that my cats really minded, they got some tasty chicken every single time they went in and I always opened the cage before they even started backing up to get out. In conclusion, as I mentioned in the tldr, I had little luck catching any animals with the trap straight out of the box. Putting a towel down on the ground to cover the pad, and treats leading into the cage to the bait always worked for me, and every animal I had to catch walked straight in, eating the line of treats right up to the plate, and CLANG. One trapped animal.

Paid for itself within 6 hours!

Something managed to chew thru a barn wall and get to one of my chickens. Whatever it was went to a lot of trouble to get to it, and evidence showed it was trying to get to the others, so I looked up the highest rated, yet reasonably priced, animal trap on Amazon and ended up with the Havahart 1079 Live Animal trap. I'd never used a trap before, but it was easy to bait and set, lightweight for easy maneuverability, with solid construction. It was the perfect size for a possum, raccoon or stray cat. All of the above is important, but the MOST important thing is that it works! I received this trap in the afternoon, baited it, and within 6 hours I caught my chicken-killer!

Excellent with the right technique!

The first night I used this, I only put the peanut butter honey sandwich near the back and the raccoon just pushed the cage around the deck all night (we have external cameras). It set off the trap messing around trying to get at the food in the most direct way possible - from the back. Reset it the next night and same thing except I found the trap the next day 25 yards away in the bushes without anything in it. So I thought either raccoons are incredibly smart or incredibly dumb. I remembered reading reviews saying to leave a trail of food into the trap (different from the instructions that come with the trap) and tried it by leaving half of the sandwich in the back and pieces leading from just outside the opening to the big piece in back. That night and the next night caught one each night. Watching the video, both nights they walked to the back of the trap and saw the big piece, tried to go right for it through the metal and then walked around and saw the trail and went right in and set off the trap within a minute. They seem to be really simple animals that go the most direct route notwithstanding it being through a metal cage. So, give them the easy way in with a trail and it will be very effective.

Worked great for cat TNR

This trap worked great for trapping two cats at two different times for TNR. It was easy to use. I did however practice setting it a couple times. Please remember when trapping to not leave the trap unattended and to place a cover (old bath towel or cut up sheet) immediately over it to calm the animal. Many bad reviews stated the animal tore up the trap and there was blood everywhere. That was only because they didn’t follow the above instructions. A terrified animal will do anything to get out of a trap. Most animals calm down once the trap is covered thoroughly.

Took some patience but this did the trick!

We had a groundhog trying to set up shop under our deck, in an above-ground flower bed. It was hardly even scared of us or our dog, coming out to eat and sometimes just hang out on our porch (we would see him on the security camera). I put this trap out and in a few locations with a few different bates. Finally I put it right next to one of the holes and I threw in baby carrots, lettuce, and some foliage from our yard that I had seen him eat. The next morning he was in it! He was released humanely at a nature reserve but he did make an effort to get out of the cage beforehand. I was happy we didn't have to kill him but also to get him away from the house. Trap worked as it should and we will use again if needed!

This trap worked great!

I was being invaded by iguanas. This is becoming a real problem in south Florida. I live in the West Palm area which is becoming heavily infested. The Fort Lauderdale area is being overrun something fierce. These lizards are not dangerous but they are invasive. They make a mess every where, eat garden vegetation, and scare the heck out of you when you least expect one of them to pop out of nowhere. Every day I have several in my yard. Large ones. 3'-4' long. I once had one jump on me from a tree. I don't think he was attacking me. I think I startled him and he was bailing out and I just happened to be in his flight path to the ground. OK. Enough is enough. So I bought this trap to capture them and release them elsewhere. I ordered this trap from Amazon. Got it within two days. I baited it with a banana. Lo and behold I have not seen one iguana in my yard since. I haven't captured any but the word is out in the iguana community to stay away from my yard for fear of being caught. "And whatever you do, don't eat the banana!" I highly recommend it if you have large iguanas. It's presence alone is enough to keep the wildlife at bay. I need to order another for the front yard, although it may be tough to convince the HOA that it really is a lawn ornament.

Great Trap - Works For Me When Trapping Feral Cats For Spay/Neuter

This trap works great for me. I trap feral cats in my neighborhood so I can get them spayed or neutered. I was a bit intimidated by this trap, as I had never used one before and wasn't sure I could set the trap. However, reading the instructions that came with the trap, I had the trap set up in under five minutes and then tested it by just putting a broom handle into the trap and onto the trigger plate. The trap snapped shut and I was ready to go. I caught a cat in the trap within an hour and the cat was uninjured. I had worried a bit that the cat would hurt himself or herself trying to get out, but the key to this is to notice when an animal gets into the trap and then cover the trap with an oversized towel or blanket so that the animal sees it as a "wall" and doesn't injure itself trying to get out. I used bacon and moist cat treats as the "bait" in a little cup and this worked well. However, when the trap snapped shut, the bacon and treats fell through the small spaces in the trap. The cat was so wound up over being in the trap that he never ate the treats. I recommend this trap - it works as advertised and is easy to set up and use. It is also not too heavy to carry.

Not your Father's trap

After reading so many adverse reviews, I was pretty hesitant to buy one of these, but an Opossum in my attic convinced me otherwise. I simultaneously hired a professional trapper to set traps outside the house, because no one would attempt an inside capture. When I compared his Havahart to mine, I could see many improvements between what I'd just bought, new, and the beater he was using. Mine has substantially more reinforcements on the end of the trap beyond the trip table, and I am sure no animal is going to fish bait out of that end of the trap, but they can, through the larger openings in the professional's version. Too, my door has an improved lock, so that when triggered, the door is not going to be as susceptible to forced opening by an unhappy animal. All-in-all, it seems very substantial, and it came ready-to-use, no assembly of any kind required. It's easy to set, and the reinforcements are substantial and solid. post-purchase note: On the fourth of September, the opossum in the attic (never got him to respond to a trap outside) fell victim to some aromatic tuna in a small paper plate in the reinforced end of the enclosure, just beyond the trigger plate. He usually starts the patrols around 2 am, but the trap got him at 7 pm, so the tuna worked like a charm. We didn't use that bait outside, for fear of getting too many other takers, but, up in the attic, where we were sure of our target, it proved to be the right choice. The Pro trapper won't be here until tomorrow morning, so we'll see if the trap can hold the critter overnight. That will be the proof of this particular pudding... P.p.s. the trap held the critter quite safely until the pro came to the attic and retrieved it in the early morning. I’m convinced!!

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