The bait is gone, but the trap is empty. What happened?
Two-door trap:If you are using a two-door trap, setting the trap with both doors open and placed the bait placed on the trip plate, the animal may have walked half way into the trap taken the bait and backed out. He may have been able to do this because he was large in size and not fully inside the trap door when the trap was triggered. The door will then come down on his back, keeping the exit open and enable him to back out of the trap. One suggestion is to set the trap with only one door open and place the bait in the back of the trap near the closed door. Try to securely fasten the bait to the mesh by using string, garbage bag twist ties or thin wire. This will insure the animal comes into the trap as far as possible before the triggering. If this failure continues after trying the above method, the animal may simply be too large for the trap to accommodate and you may have to use a larger trap. Single-door trap:If you are using a single-door trap and placed the bait placed on or n
