Best bait for luring cottontail rabbits into traps

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of the Wildlife Control Consultant podcast, discusses the findings by Jonathan G. Young and Scott E. Henke and their research published in the Effect of domestic rabbit urine on trap response in cottontail rabbits in the 1999 Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:2 Summer pp. 306-309. Their study in southern Texas explored the attractiveness to cottontail rabbits of deer cocaine, rabbit pellets and apples, nothing, and domestic rabbit urine. The findings for wildlife control operators and pest control professionals is insightful.