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I set these out this morning. They are about 50 yards apart on the same trail. In between them is a bucket set for coon with beaver and bacon grease for bait. I put a dab of gusto up on a willow above the bucket. There was old fox traps on the trail.

My only critique us why in the hell would you waste bacon grease

Look like pretty good spots to me! I like to stake mine closer to the loop, so the set can be more "upright" if that makes sense. I like the lock to be more level (actually a little past level) so it's more inclined to stay open rather than drop closed. I use the wire stand to get the angle how I want it.

Re-reading this, it doesn't make much sense. Maybe I'll go outside and take a pic. Probably is worth 1,000 words.

Here's how I do mine. Obviously, if the grounds too frozen to get a stake in, that may change it a but. I like this angle better, because if something just bumps it, or a coon wiggles under, it'll stay set instead of falling closed. Just what I like, but everybody has their own way. Hope you snag something tonight!







For the wire, I bend an extra step in, so there are two points in the ground. Keeps the wire from spinning in the wind or if something brushes it. I step on the flat part right where my index finger is.

That's what I'm hearing . Put the lock at 10 or 11 o'clock instead of noon. I was trying to make it close as fast and easy as I could but from what you and others say I'll be getting nuisance tripping. Next time I check it I think I will adjust it. Prob gonna give it a couple days before checking. I have 2 get pretty close to check due to the cover.
I can't drive stakes. I used wire on the willow to support on my whammy and attached the snares high on a stout willow for anchor

Do you guys not have to check daily?

I can leave any kill trap for a week.

I have to check once every 24 hours

assateague wrote:I have to check once every 24 hours

Same here. That's pretty much what keeps me from trapping.