Hey all, Im new to trapping, this will be my first time trapping this season. Ya'll excited for tha season? What ya'll plan on trapping?

Yeah I'm super excited! I'm planning on trapping muskrats, coon, mink, coyotes, fox, opossum, and squirrels. Welcome to Trapperman by the way!

Thank you! I want to try fox and coyote as my first animals trapped. I use coiled duke traps at the moment.

Welcome to T-man!

I am definitely excited for next season! I hope to trap wolf, marten, lynx, fox, and wolverine. Squirrels and rabbits will also be on the target list because I need bait.

Is it worth it for me to trap rabbit and squirrel for bait before I go for coyote and fox?

P.S thanks for the welcome. :))

Welcome Nathaniel. Check your game laws and seasons to make sure Pa allows the use of small game animals for bait, Lure and professionally made bait may be the best way to go,
Tom

I used Dukes too when I first started out, but now I have several different brands of traps. What size traps do you have?

For me it is. Rabbit and squirrels have no limit or closed season for my game unit, so I start trapping them a few weeks before trapping season starts. I also caught my first marten using a chicken we butchered, so the bait doesn’t matter as long as the animal goes for it!

fox and yotes like rabbits and squirrels. ive seen em eating on the carcasses of the ones i skinned. birds of prey find them quick though. never trapped a yote or fox so i cant give you much advice

I currently have #4 size duke traps.

Sweet, thank you for the info, I'll check out my commission and see if I can make something like that work.

The birds would probably get to them before any other animal does. Also my laws in PA don't allow trapping of squirrels or rabbits before the season so I will most likely purchase lure or bait.


P.S Going to auctions and flea markets is fun for finding trapping equipment.

yea alot of those types of sales will have old traps and such

if I was you i'd start with coons. their super easy and pretty fun to catch.

I was going to say this as well

I caught my first and so far only fox using a dead chicken and a whole skinned squirrel. If you bury the bait birds won't be able to get it

I don't know much about #4s but from what I've heard they might be too big for fox. Might want to get some #1.5s or #2s for fox

agreed