I got the idea from watching a gov trapper putting a sterling 600 in a large baggie. Never had a pullout-- I am using laminated 4 coiled traps, don't know if that makes a difference ? Been doing this for the last two years, coyote tested on a hundred or so. Got tired of fighting the wind on wax paper, pack rats digging out the poly, canvas is a pain, peat moss iffy for me, coal shale non-existent here and screen another pain to deal with. This is strictly my opinion and experience in my environment, yours may be different. It works great here for me.

Haha, I know what they do with polyfil scattered everywhere. Can’t imagine a Walmart bag torn to bits.

I’ll need to pack me one of those trash grabbers to save my back. You know they shred that bag to a million pieces lol !

yes they do------ but they are caught ! Western KS wind it ends up in NE

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So you use a plain ole Walmart bag and just fold the excess under the trap and bed it? Guessing the plastic is light enough to just rip? I know I have issues of them tearing when I pack my own bags, lol. Guess leaving them in the heat a day or two to loosen them up some.

yep---- excess under trap--- I particularly like the light tan bags the best--- no problem firing --- sounds silly but it works

I like the blue shop towels myself. Bad thing about any of the pan covers other than metal screen is once the mice/pack rats find them, youll need to figure something else out as they'll keep stealing it.

I like that, may give it a try. We don’t have freeze to worry about but we have some serious rain from time to time.

I tried the trap in a plastic bag (both produce and regular Walmart bags) in the snow because guys in Alaska and Canada swore by it. Might work well in the real cold, but with wet packy snow it acts like a sausage casing and pushes the animals foot up out of the trap. At best you get a toe catch, a little more snow and you end up with nothing but a stuffed bag full of snow in your trap that looks like you caught a full diaper. Coffee filters work good if it isn't freezing, but I went to using straight wax paper because that is what I like when it is freezing and I don't want to pack something different for the rare occasions when I'm not worried about it freezing. I use waxed dirt when trapping in dirt, both under the trap in the bed and covering the trap. In snow depending on the trap I will often put wax paper under it to set the trap on, as well as covering it with wax paper. If you are putting wax paper under it, make sure it has holes in the low spot for water to drain, so if it warms up and melts or rains the wax paper won't form a cup and leave your trap sitting in a puddle of water that will then freeze. I've also used yellow pine or tamarack needles at times without another covering, they don't freeze easily unless you make a thick mat of them. Just make sure they aren't in a spot exposed to a lot of wind or they are liable to blow away. If you don't have to worry about freezing you have more options and I would say coffee filters will work well.

In the right conditions all you need Is the trappers cap. Nothing under the trap pan and nothing over the top. Well maybe a small leaf before the final top dressing.

How many days will be "the right condition" ?

( not many around here )

And with a short pan notch so you have minimum pan drop before the trap springs you can get away with a bit of dirt under the pan. So yo might get a few more good condition days.