No bs 2 coil is my favorite. Easy on the hands when your setting a boat load and hold plenty good. I don't like the mb750s because I think the levers lock up to hard I have to stand on the levers to get beaver out. Easy fix if you carry setters. I always loose them.

Not if set deep for back foot, which is all I do for nuisance work. Pan size is an issue when targeting back feet, and that looks like a good setup to me. It may not eliminate misses and toe catches completely but it will lessen them.

If you don't mind the extra expense a PIT pan of a #5 Bridger is great.. I prefer small pans..I usually do set for front feet but still catch about 35% back feet doing that... I pretty much eliminated my belly snaps by stomping a deep trap bed with a ridge of mud in front of the trap. They breast out on that ridge and then walk into the trap.. I cant take credit for, Paul told me about like 16-17 years ago.. It works real well. That and a few pounds pan tension, my snap traps and toe catches went down to almost nothing..

Low end $195/doz for Bridger #3 reg jaw dogless 4 coil
Best value $269/doz Bridger #5 reg jaw (with a dog)
Favorite would be 4.5 Sleepy Creek long but it is a beast to set so it is slow. Bridger 5 longs with PIT pans is more efficient amd satisfies ly Mtn Man feeling with longs

Easiest to run TS 85. My kid was 12 setting those.

Obviously I prefer to run a variety as I enjoy the variation the most. Call up MN trapline and ask them to compile a Beaver Trap Foothold Sampler like they used to have. Ask for a good deal.

TS85 for me but their all good traps find what works best for you

I think I’m leaning towards a dozen of the NBS Ex beaver, regular jaws no laminate. Only thing not decided on s 2 coil or 4. I plan on trying the TS85 also and maybe a couple Duke 850.

I absolutely love my NO BS Beaver Extreme regular jaw. I learned from an old timer to keep an 8x8 piece of plywood with me to reset traps in the mud. I've read either way for pros and cons for 2 vs 4 coil...I don't know how, but I've got a mix of them. Other than a little more ooomf to set, I've never encountered a tripped NO BS Beaver Extreme without a beaver in it in a 2 vs 4... .

I would buy the four coiled, if you don’t like them you can always remove them.

If no budget I would probably go with the NO BS Beaver Extremes

If on a budget you can do pretty well with used #4 LS and if you want to step them up add a baseplate and a PIT pan

Any trap recommended for beaver with close to a 6 inch jaw spread works well. You don’t need a gargantuan jaw spread to catch beaver it is more about trap placement. Personally I favor American made round or semi circular jawed traps. Most guys I know that are serious foot hold beaver trappers are using traps that don’t require setters, it just simply saves time. ADC and wildlife control trapping is a different matter.

For the guys that have trouble with the 750 locking on the foot to tight. Waxing the trap eliminates that.

I was wondering if that would make the trap slide down the leg more.

Take a small butane torch and burn the wax off the jaw faces and the dog notch.

Been waxing by beaver footholds for years.....and the wax does help to unlock.

Good call Swamp Wolf