How to catch cats with a net?

On occasions I have encountered injured/frightened stray cats which will not be lured by food, and so will not enter traps. Usually time is also not luxury depending on their condition.



Does anyone have a advice on how to sneak up on an alert cat with a pole net? How do professionals do it as they will certainly bolt seeing the net coming?How to catch cats with a net?
I know how to catch coons with kits, but not cats. Cats are harder. Here's my trick. I have a 6' x 1'; dowel rod. One eye hook on the bottom end, one eye hook on the top thirds. I thread stranded wire thru the bottom hook after I have it attatched to the top hook so it looks like a tear drop. I slip the noose around the neck of the animal and tighten the top eye hook wire until caught.



Since the dowel is smaller and they can't really see the wire, it works better than a net.How to catch cats with a net?
I don't think a net on a pole is the best idea to begin with. Maybe just a net you throw over them? Or a normal tarp or sheet? Sorry I'm not an expert.
You use it's own instinct's .......Be one with the cat and nature

do what i lion would do to a gazelle...you POUNCE at your prey!!!!!!!!
Tranq darts usually do the trick.
You're not going to catch a cat with a net, and if you have, that cat was retarded. Usually the pole will do just fine.
why would you want to do this, leave it to the pros
Try using a laser light. Cats just run after them, once their attention is diverted you can usually pick them up rather easily.
I disagree with the first poster. Shotguns introduce stray lead or other heavy metals into the environment. Use a sniper rifle.
i say tie a woolly sock to the end of your rod, and try to divert the cat's attention to you. and if the cat's injured, there's no need to do anything. injured cats cant really move really fast, so just walk up to them calmly and slowly and pick them up. wear leather gloves, though. they scratch like hell. :)
practice sneaking up from behind. I've caught feral cats with large blankets doing it before.



I do NOT recommend using a blanket, almost everytime I was injured lol
Pros also use a pole with a grip and a grabbing device at the end which catches the cat around the shoulders.