Thread: So, how do ya go about trapping a black panther ?

I believe that its the paracetemol (sp?) in Panadol that gets rid of the cat - and not very nicely either.

The cage trap is for those who want a live critter to flog to the media - a dead one is MUCH easier to arrange.

Yeah, a mechanical release like a tipping floor would work, but you want something that closes FAST and can't be forced back open with teeth, paws etc. and won't move around & spook off the 'customer' before he's all the way in - therefor a chook shed sized cage.

Originally Posted by bsrlee

therefor a chook shed sized cage.

thats a big cage....

I see what you mean about closing the door fast and tight.....but I don't think I've got the expertese (how do you spell that) to work out IR Sensers ....etc. So, I'll have to rely on gravity. Got any mechanical ideas on how to make a lever sensitive......uno, that doesn't take much to activate a door laiden with rocks ?

had a weird dream last night.......was skipping around the bush in a safari suit with a butterfly net over my shoulder, yelling ......puss puss ! here puss puss !

Maybe the dream is telling you to take a lead from the old Tarzan movies. Dig a big hole and stake a goat at the bottom.

.... ok. who knows.

Originally Posted by Fuzzie

Maybe the dream is telling you to take a lead from the old Tarzan movies. Dig a big hole and stake a goat at the bottom.

All you will catch then is Al

For the gate, I think a couple of re-cycled springs & some rope/cable would do the trick. You could make a simple no-return ratchet that either runs on the mesh or in a simple ladder on one side.

As for the release, a simple tipping floor would be best - make it fairly large so he gets well in & provide a stable platform at the 'back' for him to jump onto when the floor does drop. For the lock to keep the door open - two plates, one pivoting out of the door track and the other tied to the tilting floor mechanism. When the floor tilts it pulls the string which pulls the plain plate out of the way of the pivoting plate (this is how most modern bolt action rifle triggers work). The lock pivots, the spring pulls the gate down FAST and the ratchet makes a hell of a noise which should scare the target away from the opening.

Its up to you to figure out what to do with it now

Not all panthers look like a dog

Originally Posted by bsrlee

For the gate, I think a couple of re-cycled springs & some rope/cable would do the trick. You could make a simple no-return ratchet that either runs on the mesh or in a simple ladder on one side.

As for the release, a simple tipping floor would be best - make it fairly large so he gets well in & provide a stable platform at the 'back' for him to jump onto when the floor does drop. For the lock to keep the door open - two plates, one pivoting out of the door track and the other tied to the tilting floor mechanism. When the floor tilts it pulls the string which pulls the plain plate out of the way of the pivoting plate (this is how most modern bolt action rifle triggers work). The lock pivots, the spring pulls the gate down FAST and the ratchet makes a hell of a noise which should scare the target away from the opening.

Its up to you to figure out what to do with it now

Thanks mate. Have to get my head around making this cage. Thanks for the tips. (on how to catch a panther ) can't believe I'm doing this.

Remember, if there are no pics, it didn't happen.

Originally Posted by apricotripper

She asked me to trap it, hinting that I'll get some percentage of the earn when I do.....

but I don't know how to trap a panther. Do you ?

Well you head down to Penrith with a six pack and hang around a taxi rank.......

Just a revival on your stories.

My son-in-law and I were four wheel driving in the Kinglake
area a few months ago on a back road.

As we came around a corner a jet black animal lumbered
into the scrub. It was certainly not a kangaroo or wallaby
and was far too big to be a dog. We only had a fleeting
glimpse of it before it disappeared.

The walking action did not resemble a kangaroo type
animal but more of a cat.

It certainly had us talking about it for some time.

Allan

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One good turn deserves a quality piece of wood.

Originally Posted by johnc

There was one huge "panther" shot in the 70's in Gippsland .

Hey John I spent my teen years in sale there was always talk of a Black Panther around the Longford area.

Originally Posted by apricotripper

Uno those black panthers that people are spotting, running about the Blue mountains....well aparently there's one up here as well!....just off Kyogle here, at Green Pigeon.

Had a birthday party today for my eldest daughter. And a single mum brought her daughter along, who owns a farm out there.

We got talking whilst the kids were stuffing their faces....And apparently...... she's being terrorised by a one! (brilliant!) ...AND she was quite serious...

...she says that for months she's being hearing cat like sounds at night. Sounds that she can't place as being anything else. Didn't think anything of it until she saw it. And her daughter saw it too ....as high as her legs (10 year old) with a thin long tail...she came running into the house screaming ....I believe her storys true.....somethings definetly scaring her, and it ant no horny koala......but I don't know about it being a panther.

But still shes managed to convince some panther expert down South to travel up especially to check it out.

She's scared, but she's really quite excited because she's broke, and (so she tells me)....she can get something like 20 grand if she captured it. .

So I've been asked to trap it.....serious. She asked me to trap it, hinting that I'll get some percentage of the earn when I do.....

but I don't know how to trap a panther. Do you ?

Over sized Moggie trap with foot trip and a drop down door .
My trap has a trip plate at the dead end which is connected to a lever that pulls a rod ,which allows the door to drop .I just have a bait on the floor ,some chicken bones or sardines .

If the moggie goes to the bait I have it set up so it has to step on the plate to get at the it.Once the moggie steps on the plate the rod slides back and the door drops straight down , no escape . A 22 z to the head and its all over. Fertilizer .

I caught the neighbour's blue heeler one time , when I let the dog out it was the same shape as the trap ,sort of a long rectangle .What had me beat is how the dog turned around in the trap , unless it backed in .


Some useless info ,
A black panther can either be a Jaguar or a Leopard ,both cats have the melanistic gene that cause them to be that colour .It's the yellow colour in the coat that is over come by the darker melanin , they still have the spotted coat which can be seen in bright sunlight.


Kev.

Big cat story #99546-45k
I remember years ago driving up the Collie hill (WA)one night and seeing this big drum shape bang on the white line in the middle of the road. I thought it was a log or a weird size drum(60l). As I was about 10m away from it the top turned and this huge cat was looking at me! And I mean HUGE. It definetly wasnt no panther, just an extremely large feral cat.

Goodluck with the trap and I imagine a chook would make a great bait.