I totall agree, Chad. Chicken wire, IMO, is not a good idea for antler traps. Think about this... How shitty would you feel if you walked up to the trap and, instead of finding his antlers, you find the deer you've been chasing all season tangled up and dead in your 'poor man's antler trap?' That would be absolutely terrible.
I made my own antler trap a couple years ago and posted a thread on the 'other' site. I'll have to dig up some pics this afternoon and post it up here. It utilizes bungie cords instead of chicken wire, that way the bucks that aren't ready to shed aren't going to get tangled up. I never even pulled it out of the barn last season, but I may have to give it another try this winter.