I’m having great fun this 2024 trapping season as it’s my first time running my own line. Caught two coyotes, one bobcat, four coons and two opossums. Still lots to learn. Has anyone had experience with these WCS 7.5 pro Bobcat traps? Looks to me like a beaver trap with a big pan. I would like to use these for walkthrough sets and/or rub sets. Probably mostly having the pan exposed giving the cats a place to step. Just curious if anyone has used these and if so how they were? I like to keep my MB-650’s for my dirthole and cubby sets while using something like these for walkthroughs. Also with walk through or rub sets is it beneficial to run drags with say 10’ of chain? From my understanding they’re used so cats won’t tear up your working set or hiding your catch. I’m on private ground so I don’t need to hide any catch per se. I read cats have climbed trees with drags and it could turn into playing hide and seek with a cat trying to find it. Just trying to play with different options. Much appreciated.

I love CDR's for beaver and have used them a lot. That said even, offset with laminations its overkill for kittys. Yes it makes a huge kill area and would make a dandy exposed pan set but personally Id stick with mb 650's or a good #2 or #3. Ive had a lot of luck with mb 650's and #3 bridgers and exposed pan sets.. Plenty of kill area and not nearly as hard on by catch.. Thats just my humble two cents..

Why I think these traps are overkill for cats is a conversation for around a campfire. Entirely unnecessary.

No doubt they would work great. But the price is where I get hung up. Be hard to put very many in the truck for $35.00 a trap.

I guess it’s just from our states size restrictions, but I thought MB550’s were big traps, lol. That looks like serious overkill. Couldn’t imagine anything else stepping in that with good results.

Looks like a lion catcher for sure!

No thanks.

I gotta wonder what kind of springs it has on it. It doesn't take much to hold a bobcat, but those big jaws take some spring strength to close fast, especially if they are coming up through some crusty snow.

I do find it kind of humorous that the pan has a picture of a coyote right above the words "bobcat special".

The coyote is the WCS company logo.

Are these WCS traps pretty much equal to the original CDR traps? Is the quality as good as the original?

Rickey

Ive read the build quality is very good but there were incidents of springs being "wrong" as in not coiled correctly, ,, but the last post I saw about that was 2 years ago.. Im hoping they fixed that issue.One would think they would Im gonna try a couple new ones and see... I loved those traps for a long time.. Those and MB750's sure caught me a lot of fur

I talked with a maker of wcs and he said they had 3000 7.5 ready to be put together but didn’t have the time to do them.So I doubt they threw all those spring’s away and started over.

Just curious, how long ago was that? Yea I know what you mean. I woild hope they would but doubtful.... I remember when CDR's were really popular and places could not keep them in stock. Back then there was not all the big trap choices like there is now though.. I doubt they sell as many CDR's as Carl use to..

It was at least a year ago maybe 2 and I think it was coon creek trappers that had the parts to make them.

Thanks bud, appreciate it.