What's your preferred Nutria Coil Spring or Long Spring?

I sure caught a bunch when I first started trapping with 1.5 Victor long springs. But eventually I started using 1.5 coil springs (Pioneers) and had less pull outs. So I vote coil spring.

Newt rats are like otters, but I have to use a cage.

Truth be told I prefer a 220 over all other traps for nutria. That way I don't have the darn things trying to bite holes in my waders when i check traps.

I prefer 220’s too. I used to trap a place I would catch 2-3 a day almost every day with 1-1/2 Montana trap. I think I cage as many as I catch in 220’s now mostly in backyards. They can live a ways from water too. So just depends on location. Very few spots I can set kill traps in or near town.

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I used #2 Double longs, easy to stabilize in mud or on a log and heavy enough to quickly drown.

220 without a doubt. for a jaw trap 1.5 or 2 coil.

1 1/2 coil - easier to bed down solid on their nests of sunning area

wws, do you pull them nutria out of the cage by the tail live? That's what I used to do when I trapped them in Tomahawks. Sure was exciting!

When I could use them I liked a #48 Newhouse! Zero escapes!

Bp, no I dispatch in the cage. Roll the cage on its side so the activation wire is up. I don’t like to have holes in the treadle. Hope that makes sense.

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Snares personally. Super fast and extremely effective.

.22 long rifle

High dollar furs here, bill came to just under 3k for 10 days.

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220 is the best for ease of set up. Where a 220 is not feasible I like a no2 coil spring. Reason for that is nutes that miss with the front foot and get caught on a back foot there is a better chance of getting a good hold on them. Nutes have a big back feet. Ended up with to many toe claws when using smaller traps in the days I used to target them.
Most any foot trap 1 1/2 or larger will catch them.

220,330 all work fine

Need 3 nice ones good fur
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Thank you

Long springs a 1.5 single spring or a #2 double spring works really good on them. If I had a choice I would use the #2 as it is easy to bed in soft mud or flotant. You will hear a lot of people say a #11 but the jaw spread is too small for a hind foot.

Coil springs the 1.5 is a good one and I use them alot, but I like the #2 better. The #2 gives me a bigger jaw spread.

When I was younger I was running 100-200 nutria traps at a time and it came down to what I had in the pirogue or bateau. I used everything from #1LS to #4LS, and everything in between.

Amen to that Trappeur! Me too, whatever trap you had.