Traps are just the beginning. For them you also need anchors and a prep (paint, dip, etc)
Baits
Lures

For those three species, a 1 1/2 coilspring will work just fine.

Buy some KO 1.5 and don’t have to paint or dip.

i tried the no bs and the jaws popped off of a few within a month of using but i set a blind set with one and i caught a big fox squirell and it snapped the back leg bone like it was bloody and clearly only being held on with skin

Maybe that’s why Kendall’s choice is the laminated double jaw.These are Chinese traps which explains the price.

I’m going to be running dirt holes for coons so I need a stinkier bait then cat food, i have a dude sending me 24 stretchers and I might buy some more even though I prob won’t need more. I have a fleshing knife and I’m going to make a fleshing board. I’m buying 1/2 inch rebar by the 20 feet and cutting it up and my grandpa said he’d weld the T on for me but if he teaches me I can do it. I’m doing 6 3 feet stakes for muck and the rest 2 feet peices so I’m planning on making 20 or 30 stakes just so I have some extra and then I will start chopping down the invasive bushes in my area cause they are a super hard wood, I can pound on them with the hammer and they hold up even if there a little rotten. I will use the wood stakes for muskrats.