awesome story

Glad you are on the mend!

Both, but ham beats turkey every time

Go buy a used office chair at goodwill for $10.. most comfortable sit you’ll have all day

OH thats a big one. Good going young man !!!!

I think we are just going to do a ham. Kids brought in a nasty cold and now wife and I both have it so no one here feeling too festive today.

I never understood the need for a safety on a lever gun with a hammer. I have a JM 336 new enough to have a safety. Gun also has the half c o c k feature to carry loaded. I bought safety removal part. Easy to install and no more forgetting to check the safety after pulling the hammer back.

Have run them with both and have not seen any problems with either. BUT I would recommend putting a weld on the gap of the j-hook if you are in wolf/lion country.
My biggest issue believe it or not is possum in grassy areas in any foothold trap....they are so close to the ground they foul the swivels up terribly.
Like 52Carl said "run them out the box"....plenty of swivels...does any other foothold have more swivel points on a trap from the manufacturer?

Good trick to do around here without a gas auger. I finally broke down and got an SDS drill last year to make holes in our concrete like drought condiition clay here. NOrmally either make my holes small or try to use rocks or other things lodged into the hole to prevent bait stealing and keeping the interest up in yotes.
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WIth lures or baits that cause rolling, which used to be looked like as a bad thing years ago, you either want to make sure it stays where they cant get it, catch em before they can get it, or set it at shoulder right for the target critter so they are rubbing on it instead of rolling on it. Or bed your traps really deep or step down type sets.

Chicken and ham

Both

That's a great plan