How many of you use those tube traps that WCS sells for squirrels on muskrats?
Any pics showing how youd set it up?

They wouldn't work , most people use a colony trap , or conibear , those traps were made for mink trapping back in the 80s for setting on dry land trails

fair enough, thanks!

If you converted the pan to a wire trigger , like a round 110 conibear trigger . It would work and also be a better squirrel trap . Something I've been doing to some of my cage traps , this way they work at any angle . Also kinda fun

I can't imagine them getting any better. They're squirrel killing machines as is.

I've never used one for muskrats and other than sticking it in a den hole I'm not sure I could imagine a setup that would work.

I was having a hard time picturing the set up too but I saw that they are advertised as muskrat traps too so figured Id ask

Ya I don't know why they do that ,I have this giant cage trap thats sold for coyote , it's been set sence last nov on one job or the other and hasn't caught a single one , the tub trap would work if you got him to walk threw it

"I can't imagine them getting any better. They're squirrel killing machines as is."

Truer words were never spoken......Stack them Squirrels up like cord wood.

Nick, I'm having a hard time understanding what you"re missing on how to set the tube trap ? It is correct, it was invented in the early 80's by Mr. Bob Best (Tunnel Trap) and I've seen actual pictures of Charlie Dobbins testing the first proto-types.......and it wasn't on dry land. It is correct that the initial thought was to make it a mink trap, and it is a helluva mink trap, but setting it along a creek bank, den entrance, bottom edge, not sure why you think it wouldn't catch 'rats, as does any other bodygrip ?

It's a long story, but Mr. Best was convinced at the end of the 90's to start manufacturing what is now the Tube Trap and as you've seen on here it is a squirrel killing machine. It enjoys widespread popularity not only throughout the U.S., but now the U.K., and most recently Scotland.