What's the best Victor style wood rat trap

For the guys who use them for rats, weasels, chipmunks and such, what is the best model? The strongest and most durable. Thanks!

Whatever is readily available locally for you is what I would run with.

I can get both the metal pan and plastic yellow pan Victors for about 2 bucks each. I'm not sure which one is better and maybe there might be another one out there that's good.

This may not help you but ive caught probably 10 gallons of packrats and the best trap I've found for the job is my bridger #3s. Lightly cover with ground duff and sprinkle some grain on the pan. An exposed victor rat trap seems to scare them and ive tried them many different ways. I've got probably 5 dozen of the Victor wooden yellow pan rat traps.

Wow, I would have thought the jaws would go over them. Pretty cool!

Caught many incidentals cat trapping then when I wanted some for bait I used them. A friend wanted a bunch so I got all geared up bought a bunch of the wooden traps and built a ton of cubby boxes couldn't hardly catch a rat. Removed the lid and end piece with the hole and caught a few. Then went back to the #3s and started catching them. I think those pack rats are as paranoid as coyotes. I can handle getting schooled by a coyote once in awhile but an over grown mouse almost made need counseling.

For the Victor's, the plastic yellow pan is better..

The big yellow pan hands down.

The metal pans and something super sticky that they have to work to get. Just had a packrat issue here and also used those self setting black snap traps with success

Yellow pan!

I can't find a yellow pan trap locally for a reasonable price. I will keep looking.

To juice them up enough to knock a gray squirrel crazy and put a definite dead on smaller stuff like weasels, red squirrels and large rats, lift the back of the spring's tail and place a thin wooden shim under them. If I get a chance tomorrow I will post a picture of what I mean.

Thanks Eric!

The large, plastic yellow pan, no doubt.

Yellow pan it is. Thanks everyone!!

i like that #3 bridger idea, think i got a few smart ones around here that are yellow pan shy. gonna give it a whirl. thanks

Amazon

M.T.P. at the top of the page has them for $24 for a Dozen.

There's some for sale in the trapshed right now but it doesn't say what kind of pan they have.

Thanks! I'll look for them. I found them for 30 bucks shipped for a dz.

Plastic yellow trigger ones for me.

However , I wish they made an upgraded pro version with a better quality wood base. Every once in a while when the trap goes off it breaks the wood making it a pile of scrap. I would pay more for better wood.

Agreed, that and better staples. I've had spring pressure pop staples loose also making them scrap.

Actually I would like a thinner base if possible. I do alot of pure blind sets trapping rats and low profile would help.

Trapping has roots in tradition and history. Made with steel and wood(for rats and mice). I ain’t buying anything with plastic.

I hear ya on the staples. They need improvement too.

I actually prefer the steel pans. You can modify them to make them more sensitive. Just my 2 cents.

You adjust the dog on the yellow pans.

Make your own pans for standard rat traps using corrugated plastic (political signs):

Pretty cool tomcat.

Thank you, sir.

Here is a pic of the wood shim spring booster on a rat trap. The one pictured is about 1/8 inch thick. Thicker shims will drastically increase the amount of pressure needed to fire the trap.

Awesome, thanks Eric! You still getting after those turtles??

Hope to, season starts Friday.