What is everyone’s favourite lure, trap and set?
I really like Mr Carman’s pros choice for the foxes around here.
My favourite trap is the bridger 1.65 2 coil rubber jaw. I found it to be a good solid trap, and the rubbers on the jaws hold up well too.
My favourite set is one that a professional dingo trapper showed me.
He calls it the skull set. It is basically a cow skull flipped over so that the hole where the spine went in is facing up. You the set your trap 6 inches or so in front of it and put some lure in the brain cavity.
I like this set because it forces them to spend a lot of time to get at the lure, which meant that they had a lot more chance of putting a foot in the wrong place.
Plus the skull has a good curiosity factor.
Interested to see what everyone thinks.

My favorite set is a blind set, I have learned how to really make a blind set work and they produce when all other sets fail. Also there is something fun about using footholds for coons rather then smacking a dp in the ground. Another one of my favorite sets is a small pocket set where all you do is use spiked fish oil and you will smoke the coon in those.

I might have to try the skull set your talking about if I can find a skull

My fav trap is the no bs double jaw for the sets I listed, I will never use anything besides a double jaw for coon again cause there is a very small chance of losing them

I'm new to the forum, and was looking around for a good introduction post, and this one seems better than anything. I'm 17 and just got back into some trapping, so I'm not an expert, but here are some of my top picks:

As far as lure, there's two different picks that I have. As far as for my DPs, I love any type of licorice lure. Coon Candy, Moonshine, or just some plain anise extract, if its licorice, it just draws the coons like a magnet for me. Now for my predators, I like Cavens Violator #7, just because of its strength and real gland-y smell.

As far as trap, my favorite has to be my MB 550s. I love predator trapping, and those things just get real nice deep pad catches. I caught my first fox and coyote using an MB 550 4-coil, and they are just awesome. Really upset me how Duke ripped them off though with the Pro Series, I'll still always buy MBs though regardless of price.

As far as set, I like a step down hay set. Dig a nice deep dirt hole and throw a ton of hay around it, almost forming a three-sided wall. I then like to take some scissors and cut some real thin hay and use that to cover the jaws, as it doesn't freeze and it likes to freeze here in Missouri a lot. Also blends in well, doesn't make them feel "off" with a random dirt patch. Then I set a stick right before the jaws of the trap, making them step right into the trap.

TrapperE, I have been looking at getting some NO-BS traps, like their 1.5s coils, DPs, and K9 Extreme Juniors. Do you have any thoughts/recommendations on them? Thought I'd ask, seeing as they're your favorite trap.

Welcome to Tman!

Welcome cooncatcher!

Thanks man, glad to be here! This community has really helped to get me back into trapping. Me and my dad used to do it all the time, but stopped after the fur market went down. Now I’m getting back into it for an FFA SAE, and really enjoying the hobby.

Welcome!

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saw this late, the no bs dps are the best dp since they have a theft stopper on the trigger so you will catch coons that steal bait out of duke dps. also the dip that comes on them is crazy tough and they come with earth anchors. the footholds are great cause they are built crazy heavy duty but still smoke coons