Years past I ran cubby's on small scale. They took up too much room. I tried couple DP this year and loved ease costing me couple dozen more. Years past averaged about one opossum for every two racoon. This year looking at tally I was surprised at only two opossum total. Thinking there numbers are down but still seeing on cameras. Been using dog food with golf ball on top. Could ball on top be causing them to not smell bait?

Just make a well blended coyote set, you're golden then lol

True, still DP's will catch 'possums , skunks, squirrels and yes, house cats ( be advised).

Make your best coyote set and a possum will find it, lol.

Possums like rotten, the nastier the better. You will still catch them occasionally on the sweet stuff but nasty works better IMO.

Bobcat set with silver vine as a finishing lure. It works like a charm. Possums love silver vine. I stopped using it as every possum within a 5 miles of the set would come in and clog my trap.

While possums do get caught in DP's. it's my belief that their shorter legs (like skunks) make it tougher for them to reach the triggers than the intended target species of the raccoons. IMO possums and dry loose bait are responsible for empty tipped over DP's much of the time.

I have caught small possums in Duke DPs that did not even pull the trap out of wet ground.

Ive had alot of foot damage and wring offs with dps, Id go with cages.

If you don't have to worry about nontargets and you're trail trapping, any foothold set in the trail will catch ton of possums

I ran a coon and possum line for my first two years and I almost always caught coon in a DP and possums in a cage. IMO cage traps are your best bet for trapping possums.

Thinking if I get a empty tip over will throw down a cubby. Did not have many and thinking opossum just walk past golf balls because not curious and lack of smell. My skunks caught where in dirt hole sets using soul taker. Starting to see a pattern and will start using trailing lurer also.

What I meant is no, I don't think they are the best possum traps. A cage with a smorgasbord of baits and lures leading into the trap is likely the best but bulky like wooden cubbies. Since you are limited to 5" bodygrippers, they aren't great for coons but would be great for possums. If you could get a hold of some of the old plastic newspaper tubes, they fit a 120 or 155 sized body grip and stack together for ease of hauling and would be terrific for possums.

I didn't catch why you wanted to catch possums? Most guys prefer to avoid them.

If youre a turkey or horse person, its war on possums

DPs for grinners would be near the bottom of my options unless you need to use very selective traps due to other incidentals. As stated above cages for me are far more effective but costly, large and cumbersome. If incidentals are not an issue, 1.5 coils in cubbies, dirt holes, pockets etc. would be what I would use.

Bryce