yall boys trap?

coon cuffs with catfood in the bottom. I prefer to shoot them though because the meat is better when they haven't been stressed all night.

My boy runs a few dog proofs with corn around the deer feeders when we go camp during spring and fall.

Occasionally use same baited with cat food in the back yard when one keeps tearing up the bird feeders.

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$5.00 for the meat.

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I sold coon and possum to a very small grocery store that is now Robbie G's in Alexandria. I had to leave one foot attached.

Peach rings or Marshmallows on the trigger with a marshmallow sitting on top for DP's. A shot of fish oil doesn't hurt.

You can really tear them up with pocket sets using 1.5 on a creek bank.

Bucket set with a 160 is deadly, catfood for coons and possum but if you throw in a duck carcass you end up catching a lot of bobcat as well.

Biggest problem with ants is it can attract skunks. Other than that it's no big deal. I normally only prefer the dps if I'm in areas with cats or loose dogs.

Act like you are trying to catch yotes and they will throw themselves into them with reckless abandon.

Duke is the worst junk imaginable, Victor or bust.

Coyotes #2 dual coil offset jaws

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Victor or bust.

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Northwoods were better.

Trapping is cruel

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Trapping is cruel

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You serious? Honestly less suffering than fishing, gigging, bow hunting and several other accepted outdoor pursuits.

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don't see how you can say that.

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Which one do you take umbrage with and have you trapped? Now I'll admit that most of my evidence is anecdotal and I'm far from professional at any of them but I think my best year was 150ish beaver, 40ish coyotes and a dozen or so cats. More rats, possum and coon than I care to count.

Gigging I don't think I need to explain. That is barbaric. Same with bowfishing or spearfishing is the same. I don't have a problem with it but lets be honest, its rough on the animal.

Bow hunting I personally had double lunged animals run 600 yards. I've spined deer and had to finish them off. I've helped track gut shot deer that lived for over 24 hours before we found them. In a perfect world yes I've dropped them after walking 30 yards but I've seen ugly.

Fishing- I've had hooks buried in me and had traps snap of me. The hook was worse and no one was forcing me in on that.

Most conibear traps kill rather quickly with many not taking a single step. Often with foothold traps I've woken the animal up.

Now I'll admit to spending more time making sure my traps are properly tuned, rough edges smoothed etc. but its not torture for the animal even with factory traps.