Is it any good for coyote? Is it to big?

I've heard that people use them for yotes.

Be sure to stay within the six inch jawspread we have.

Most #4s are not going to be KY legal. Heck, many #3s aren't even legal. A #2 should be legal, as are the MB550 and the Duke version of it, the K9 Extreme JR, and a whole slew of other traps.

Yeah I just saw what they measure in at I’m new to trapping still and I’m not up to par on my trap measurements

IME yes too big. Bigger is not better like most things in life. We want to catch them in the foot, plus they’re called footholds. We do not want to catch up their leg, not leg holds.

Have ya attended your free trapper ed classes to learn your laws, offered by your state assn? Have ya joined yer association and their forum to get in that loop? Also a great place to ask for a local mentor to shorten your learning curve.

Victor's 4s have a 5 7/8 inside jaw spread
Bridger 3s have a 6 1/8 inside jaw spread

It was a victor Montgomery

trapper Ed was in with hunters Ed but I didn’t really care I wasn’t in to trapping then

Remember Kentucky jaw size for foothold traps is measured perpendicular to the jaw hinges.

Some 3's are bigger than 4's .As far as 4's being to big,I use a lot of modified no.4 longsprings and they are NOT too big for coyotes.If I had a lot of non targets like coon,especially smaller coon running around Id go.different.Maybe a MB450,something along those lines.

My 4's are 57/8" inside spread,some no.2's are what,51/4-51/2" ?Not too big of a difference to say their too big for coyotes.

I run some #4s, don't think they are any bigger than my #3 bridger. Never seen the big traps cause any damage. Wonder how many who think big traps are bad for coyotes have ever caught coyotes in big 3s or 4s. If you add an inch to the jaw spread your only grabbing the animal 1/2 inch higher at best. Not big enough difference to have any effect in my opinion.