Large 1-Door Easy Set Live Animal Cage Trap for Racoon, Opossum, Muskrat, and Groundhog

The Home Depot's website states it is good for armadillos. First night out I caught an armadillo and it broke out of the cage. See picture of cage. I special ordered two of these cages from Home Depot just for armadillos. The cage is just not strong enough for armadillos. I will be returning them to Home Depot today. I do like Havahart cages (I have 7 of them around my place for squirrels and other small critters).

I bought this trap to catch a armadillo. First time I set it the armadillo tripped it and bent rods that keep doors from opening when tripped. It got out of trap.

Good product. Mark 4. You may need to do some adjustments. In my case mechanism was slightly damaged, not tuned and it wasn't sensetive enough. With help of pliers all fixed. Here is result.

So far 5 raccoons and 1 opossum. Every other night one guy leaves my backyard on back of my truck. I recommend to screw the trap to piece of plywood so raccoon won't damage lawn or your deck. Young raccoons are trying hard to escape.

Easy to use. I caught my racoon on the first night and relocated him with no harm to man or beast.

Caught a groundhog within a couple hours of setting it up the first time - I'm sure the bait had a lot to do with that. Some days nothing and I don't use it everyday, but have gotten 4 of them in the first month of purchasing this trap. The easy set really is very easy, except that it has a sensitive trap door which can trigger during set up. It's a bit loud and can spook any critters nearby. I think I got a pretty good feel for it now, but every once in a while still manage to accidentally bump the cage too hard and the door snaps shut. Regardless, the trap works very well. Plus I've never found the trap door shut without having caught a groundhog inside. From the get go, I sprayed the trap down to hose off any packaging scents and handle it with thick yard-work gloves to prevent human scent transfer (other than the yard itself) as well as getting into this habit to protect against bites or scratches. During setup I put a couple stones on top to help weigh it down and use cut tree branches to blend it in. At night I'll either close the trap or bring it inside to avoid catching skunks. Also, I use a few different locations to allow the grass to recover. All of this I've either read or heard from others and so far it's all been great. I transport and release it away from home while it is still in the trap. I do use an old crib pad underneath so no scat or spray can ruin the inside of the vehicle trunk. Though it has never gotten loose during transport say if I hit a pothole or swerve hard, I'm always nervous of it happening so I place the trap door side against the inside wall of the car just in case.

I purchased Havahart Model 1085 on 8/03/15. The handle has a larger plate, providing safety as you grab the handle, to prevent the caught animal from scratching or injuring your hand. Caught a woodchuck quickly without any bait. The next woodchuck wasn't so easy. It took patience, some lettuce and about two weeks before we caught that one. I placed some branches around the exterior of the cage to make it blend in better. If you use branches make sure they don't interfere with the operation of the trip mechanism. A week later caught a rabbit. Then, this past week I noticed something had once again made a home under my wooden shed. Set the trap again. It took a week but yesterday I caught this beautiful looking, mostly white, furred creature in the cage. Used some dried bread as bait this time. It was Pepe Le Pew. Yep... a skunk. Ugh. The point is this trap works great. I am glad I chose this model mostly due to the larger metal plate that keeps their sharp claws and teeth away from my hand. The trip mechanism worked flawlessly.

The easy release is an excellent feature which made the release of the animal quite easy to do.

I bought this trap because some animal was scaring my dog to the point that he would not go out in his own yard. The 1st night I put the trap out, I caught a big ugly raccoon. I could not believe it! I put the trap out again the next night and caught another one (much cuter but incredibly mean). Now thanks to my Havahart trap and some marshmallows, my dog is back to enjoying his back yard!!

For the last 4 years we have seen this feral cat colony grow and grow: One neighbor uses to feed them so the felines eat over there and "waste" at our properties. Very frustrating to do gardening and see those little mounts of soil or just walking around and VOILA! cat's brownies. Toronto Animal services will take them but not catch them so this HAVAHART trap comes to scene. I got two cages. Set up was easy, used sardines as bait. For the last four days I have caught a cat/ per cage/ per night; a total of 8 cats and counting. Couple of big cats were so vicious but the cage resisted well all escape attempts. For a bigger animal, it may be a bit flimsy indeed, but at least for cats works great. Ahhhhh life is good. Thank you, HAVAHART.