I'm not a trapper as far as doing it to make money goes, but I pretty much trap year round for varmints here on the farm. I have caught a few bobcats in live traps, using a box trap that I made. I have used a lot of stuff for bait.....everything from road killed rabbits to table scraps, and have caught a lot of possums and coons, as well, as the bobcats.
An old fellow who hunts and traps them around here says if you'll go out in heavy cover where they use, and make a sand box like the one kids play in, you'll attract cats. He catches and kills his limit every year, so he may be on to something. He also said to dump the used litter out of a cat box in it, and it help the bobcats to use it quicker.
