I have seen 330's used set flat on the ground on trapping shows in the far north. Has anyone else seen this and has anyone else tried it. In Michigan it would be illegal to set them on dry ground. If you legally could set them on high ground, could they work for Coyote, Fox, or Coon. What about beaver in the water ? I was thinking of trying this on a few water beaver sets.

Maybe so, but I have seen this set catch Lynx in the Arctic in the snow.

Use the right tool for the job. If you want to catch something by the foot, use a foothold. If you want to catch something in a BODYGRIP, set it correctly to catch them on the BODY! You wouldn't set a MB 750 to catch a mink across the head....

This discussion already happened about a year ago. Just use the right tool.

all you need is 1 thing you did not foresee happening to become a huge black eye for our sport.

This is just a terrible idea.

tried it, don't work for beaver.. But for fox/coyote in deep snow it does but can't in the lower 48.

The Meat trapper has a youtube vid where he caught a beaver at a dam set with a flat 330, but although doable I'd stick to the right way.

Youtube and trapping,well.

Dunlap shows it in his dvd using 280 belisle on a drowner.

I know someone who just yesterday set a 330 flat over a camouflaged hole in the ground in order to catch a two legged tweeker who's been stealing stuff from around his place.

i had to read that twice,thought it said twerker and i got nervous.

Hope he used a hot bait, nice shinny piece of jewelry,LOL

After what I’ve seen with full closure 330s and beaver feet, I think it’s a terrible idea. Yeah, I get it that it’s supposed to grab more than just a foot, but I would expect only catching a foot would happen at times. When it does, it’s not good.


In my experience, a beaver caught by both front feet in a full closure 330 will usually be there, but beavers with only one front foot won’t be there for long, and the foot left behind will tell the story.

That was a 220

the perp will be twerking once the 330 is on his ankle

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And It's not fair to the beaver.

Would it be a different story if said 330 where on a drowner?

No. Imo. Footholds are designed to hold, bodygrips to kill by crushing. Bodygrip on a limb is bad. Under ice i care less because the mechanism is drowning, so a foot or tail is fine under ice. A drowner is better on paper but in practice its better to use a restraining trap as intended, and a dispatch trap as intended. An incidental in a foothold is something we can deal with. An incidental in a 330 is a broken leg. Many people, myself included go to great lengths to avoid coon reach ins. Not considered humane

Do as you wish but realize that you are not just representing yourself when you set a trap.