Im interested in trying the underpan pad but The gap is 3/4" on the no bs havnt found a 3/4" batting or foam that will fit just right yet, I only find half and 1" thick avaialble.

You’re overthinking it…that pillow filling comes in bulk…I have a bag of it…pull it apart and use as much or as little as you want…I have used the dry understory grass that the new stuff emerges through with some success…also, am not afraid to remake a rain packed set if I deem it necessary….in and out very quickly. Keep the traps snappable and don’t look back…be confident.

When i did do some trapping for coyotes and cats years ago I did'nt have the internet only an old library book with a few basic set instructions and I had success just breaking dry soil up with my hands, I do remember the sets just getting wrecked by the rain and having to rebuild them. In winter time here the major movements of deer and predators are right after the fronts and they are always preceded by sheets of torrential rain. I know I'm over thinking things a bit, I just want to do best I can to be set out before the fronts and have the sets survive for that day or two of magic when the animals seem to come out of the ground. Also I'm going to put in about three dozen sets so it wont be a light undertaking to be resetting everything and i will only have limited amount of time. I do appreciate your input. Im attempting to shorten the curve as much as i can. instead of doing a whole bunch of failing in the process.