Havahart® Large 1-Door Easy Set® Trap

Poor product. Good customer service. Trap doesn't work. 2 months and caught 0 raccoons. Animals caught but they push and open cage on own. I have used other traps and caught over a 100 in 2 years. No good. They replaced this with a new different tap

Don't let the ease of this trap fool you. Although it's easy for a human to set up and release it does NOT lock all the time. I've had two feral cats escape the trap because the door does NOT lock all the way. The people at the spay and neuter clinic hate this type of trap as many of the clients have complaint about the same issue, cats escape and accidentally get released where they are not supposed to. We definitely do NOT recommend of the catch of cats.

Got the raccoon on the second try. First time managed to steal the bait without setting trap off. Only problem was in removing the trap the locking bar for the door somehow became dislodged allowing him to open the trap and get out in my car. Hopefully this experience will discourage him from entering the attic again. Also, having 2 coon hounds trying to get to him in the trap didn't help in getting out of the house.

Have had this easy set trap for a couple of years. Not cheap but convenient to set and release trapped critters. This spring I had a muskrat escape-very unusual for me. I noticed when the door came down the locking bail didn’t fully engage and the animal could push their way out. I found that the door spring had become weak and didn’t have enough Push to lock the trap. I tried to order a replacement but was told by “customer service” that they didn’t sell them! She was very nice and offered me a 15 percent discount on a new trap, however. A So instead of fixing this $70 plus dollar unit with a cheap little spring, they want me to buy a whole new trap. I have had Havahart traps for over 50 years since I was ten years old in 1960 when my dad got me one. This will be my last Havahart. I’ll be getting a live trap where the company stands by their product and long time customers.

The trap is easy to set and worked beautifully. I caught the feral cat, threw a large towel over the trap to calm it down, and placed it in the back seat of the car. The problem came at the veterinary clinic when I went to remove the trap from the car. As I picked the trap up by the handle, the towel tugged the 'easy-set' handle and it was like watching a thoroughbred launch from the starting gate...absolutely no resistance. 'Easy-set' also means easy, even accidental, release. There should be a locking mechanism to prevent this. Mine has one now. I got a piece of very heavy gauge wire and made a rod that will slide through the cage and goes across at the bottom of the door. Once the bent ends are hooked over the wire of the cage, nothing will raise the door. Perhaps Havahart will add this or another safety latch to these traps so that others will not have a similar experience to ours.

Havahart shipped my order quickly and I received this trap in 2 days time. It arrived in perfect condition and it worked like a charm. The first time I set it, I trapped an Opposum and the second setting I trapped a skunk. Both were relocated to distant locatios where they would be safer than under my patio in the city. The easy release feature is awesome, especially when releasing a skunk. I recommend this company and product.

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 .