Havahart® Large 1-Door Easy Set® Trap

Door is so sensitive, trap springs at the lightest disturbance. The mesh has large enough openings that the raccoons can reach through the side to remove bait.

I actually think this is a very good trap. However when you get the trap I suggest you take a picture of how the spring is connected to the lever that holds the door shut after the trap is sprung... it also ensures the door closes quickly after it is sprung. It came off and I could not for the life of me figure how it went back on so I improvised. I glued/taped some heavy bolts to the arms of the levers that shut the door ( dont know the official term for them) and this seemed to have worked for a while. Now the animals are prying open the door after they are trapped and escaping so I am ordering a new trap. I am not upset because I have had this trap for a few years so I guess it is just wear and tear. This trap has caught everything under the sun (raccoons, oppossums, skunks, dogs, cats and yes even a hawk).

worked flawlessly again re baited the trap last night because the cat food bowl was overturned again, sure enough a second huge racoon.The only slight flaw was that it was able to pull in the chicken antibiotics through the holes in the side of the trap.

I picked one up at princess auto in Ottawa where it was 30 bucks cheaper than out here in the country.I had a chicken who was being treated with antibiotics in a small shelter in the barn she was eviscerated and killed the night before.My old standby trap I have been using for the last 20 30 years is in the yard buried in snow and ice so I figured it would be easier to just get a new one.The older trap is a little awkward to use but it has trapped more than 100 raccoons, cats.skunks.It is a little hard to release the suspects when you have to prop the door open to get them out which is a little scarier when they are skunks.The new trap has the release handle which is a fantastic improvement makes removing inanimate raccoons so much easier.It actually worked the first night I got it the biggest raccoon i have ever trapped was in there growling at me.The holes in the mesh are sized perfectly for a .22 rifle barrel.My pet chickens thank you .

So user friendly, thanks

twice raccoons have excaped thru the 'back' of the trap. the back panel of the trap was twisted in one case and lifted in another. i am going back to the old, 'fixed' model that is ready to go out of the box - not the folded model that must be put together. i can send photos of torqued trap.

I bought a model 1085 to trap a raccoon about tree years ago. The trap set in my attic until last week, when an armadillo needed to be trapped. Everything looked good until the next morning. The trap appeared to have been attacked by Godzilla. The trap door was severely bent and the door arm was bent almost in two. After spend- ing 2 hours repairing the trap, I noticed that the door had not seated itself properly. I also mounted 2 narrow steel bars on the trap door to seat the door more quickly and securely. Now the trap can function properly.

Works great. Caught 3 raccoons the first week. Safe and easy to release animals. They do stink though so if you don't have a truck box you will have to have your windows open to transport them.

After getting a quote from a company to trap an opossum that was living under our home I decided to trap it myself. Ordered this trap and it came within a few days. Propped open the trap without bait for two nights. Another night with a small amount of dry cat food. Last night set it with bait and in the morning I had the possum. Trap worked great. Relocated the critter. Saved me a bunch of money. The Havaheart trap worked great. No malfunctions.

Used this trap for Armadillo....Worked great.and was a help in the quick release. i don't have time to play with the doors and keep my fingers away from the opening.i'll be getting more for my trapping Biz. and the other are going in a garage sale.