Philbow
Senior Member
In about 1/2 of my sets I'll use a hand full of feathers as a visual attractant. White feathers seem to work best, but any feathers help IMHO. I save the feathers from my turkeys and doves to use later for my traps. I also found a large bag of "pillow stuffing feathers" at a local thrift store. If you know a person who dresses their own chickens this could be a gold mine, or at least a feather mine. The big problem with any game bird feathers is that they cannot be purchased or exchanged for any value. So any birds the trapper legally takes can be used, just don't put an ad in the marketplace for "will pay good money for wild duck feathers".
I think the feathers help to have the predators investigate the trap location. Since I place at least 2 and usually 3 traps at each site, 50 to 60 foot area, at least one will be feathered and one as undisturbed as possible. If I use a third trap there is no telling what it look like.
The most important thing is that - Purchasing any part of a game bird is illegal.
(I thought I was putting this in the Sticky at the top of the page, but I missed)
I think the feathers help to have the predators investigate the trap location. Since I place at least 2 and usually 3 traps at each site, 50 to 60 foot area, at least one will be feathered and one as undisturbed as possible. If I use a third trap there is no telling what it look like.
The most important thing is that - Purchasing any part of a game bird is illegal.
(I thought I was putting this in the Sticky at the top of the page, but I missed)