Wallfur, I don't think it's really something to be concerned about. It would be a case-by-case basis. I doubt you will ever see M-44's placed on public ground. I would guess that most USDA supervisors would discourage or even allow M-44's on public ground. As far as BLM, not all areas are open to unrestricted use, even then I would guess they would try all other alternatives before even applying them in those situations. Even though Trump lifted the ban on BLM, I don't think you'll see much of it ever happening.

yeah i agree but now days ya never know dont take much to cause a big uproar.i just dont want to see trappers lose more privileges because of one dumb act. m44s do not benefit the private trappers but they will be the ones that suffer when things go south. ..alot of the landlocked/restricted blm ground ia already being treated as private ground anyway! got to love skinning those yellow mouthed critters and the smell of cyanide in the morning lol i am done posting here carry on!

…. I need to set some around here with a tamale on the trigger

You are 100% correct. Unfortunately I have met enough government trappers to agree with wallfur on this one. A couple of the best trappers I knew were government trappers, at least at some point, but also a couple of the worst trappers with little to no common sense.