If you are super concerned about foot issues you should probably just stick to dps. I don't know any trap that's going to give you perfect feet every time on land. I have one property where I get paid well to trap coon. I had three get out on that place last season. This year I'm trying Duke 450s...pretty pricey trap for coon, but worth it if it holds more of those expensive coon. Every where else if I lose a coon it's no big deal. Otherwise #11s have about the least damage but you don't want to cover them much. Sterling just came out with a nice looking #11, I would not buy the Dukes. I just would rather use a 1.5 no BS or 1.75 bridger on land because they generally hold everything, and the #11 is a bit small for coyote....

I don’t understand people losing coons in footholds or DP’s. I’ve had them so tangled in a cabled DP I thought I was going to have to cut the cable to get it untangled. Same thing if they hit a foothold on a drag that’s prehooked. Maybe y’all have longer checks than we do, but on a 24hr check they ain’t going anywhere.

I have some Fleming 1.5s and I’m scared that they won’t hold coon cause some guys said they were not good coon traps. Has annyone had experience with these traps? anyway what is the best reliable coon trap that I can find at a convention? I was goin to buy a dozen or two bridger 1.5s but I don’t want to if I don’t have to.

I don’t understand people losing coons in footholds or DP’s. I’ve had them so tangled in a cabled DP I thought I was going to have to cut the cable to get it untangled. Same thing if they hit a foothold on a drag that’s prehooked. Maybe y’all have longer checks than we do, but on a 24hr check they ain’t going anywhere.

Could someone give me brands and sizes of traps? Dukes are cheap and that is the only brand I will not consider

That is just wrong. The duke 1.5 is the most used trap by long line raccoon trappers in Iowa where we have big coons. I'm talking guys who are catching 2000+ coons a season. They would not use them if they were not good traps, plain and simple. The double jawed version is arguably the best raccoon foothold trap on the market.

Could someone give me brands and sizes of traps? Dukes are cheap and that is the only brand I will not consider

That is just wrong. The duke 1.5 is the most used trap by long line raccoon trappers in Iowa where we have big coons. I'm talking guys who are catching 2000+ coons a season. They would not use them if they were not good traps, plain and simple. The double jawed version is arguably the best raccoon foothold trap on the market.

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I don’t understand people losing coons in footholds or DP’s. I’ve had them so tangled in a cabled DP I thought I was going to have to cut the cable to get it untangled. Same thing if they hit a foothold on a drag that’s prehooked. Maybe y’all have longer checks than we do, but on a 24hr check they ain’t going anywhere.

That is just wrong. The duke 1.5 is the most used trap by long line raccoon trappers in Iowa where we have big coons. I'm talking guys who are catching 2000+ coons a season. They would not use them if they were not good traps, plain and simple. The double jawed version is arguably the best raccoon foothold trap on the market.