Sometime ago, I had a post on one of these forums under this same title. It was basically about sets that were quick and crude but still took a lot of fur. Be great to see some of different trappers sets...or if you can't post one, just descibe it. I think most of us will "get the picture".

some pocket sets are crude but extremly effective maybe you rushed in the building process yet it keeps taking countless numbers of coons?

the one place i trap is in a peat bog the owner has filled in some of the areas with concrete blocks with maybe about a foot of sand over top so it is very hard to anchor any trap here one particular sandy spot the coyotes always visitso i just double wire(14 ga) a trap to a concrete block works as a drag but i only have about 6 inches of chain between trap and block the farthest one has gone is 15 yrds from orginal spot

LT,
This past January we had a cold snap with about three inches of dry powdery snow. I noticed some coon tracks along two nearby creeks which were frozen, so at one I pounded a trap bed into the frozen ground deep enough to slide a 1.5 coilspring with 4' of chain and a grapple into and covered it with sifted peat moss. The grapple was wrapped around some small trees and I then punched a hole with a rebar stake big enough to hammer a 8" piece of 1" PVC into to where about 4" was above ground and angled toward the trap. The trap was about 8" back from the opening of the PVC pipe.

At the second creek I repeated the process, except the PVC pipe was angled in under a 12" diameter log that layed across the game trail on an inside bend in the stream. Both sets were baited with a ground fish bait and some of Dobbins Purrfect lure.

The sets were embarrassing to look upon but where punched in in short order. I hoped no one would see such shaudy work.

However, the next morning I had two XXX large boar coon, each of which brought $38 at the March NAFA sale. While I had figured on back foot catches given the distance back from the attractor that I placed the traps, both were solid front foot catches.

zip tie burlap to a sapling, fuzz the burlap up with a wire brush, bed a trap under it and slap a nice glob of castor on it. A shot of pee at the bottom. Sharpen the skinnin knife....takes greys, reds, and...............meow. Once ya get use to doin the set it takes maybe 3 minutes and poof you are gone !

LT now ya know why all the castor LOL

Hey Dirt, how about some specifics on that set how high do you hang the burlap and far back do you bed the trap. I like the idea of that set. I have used a piece of beaver fur staked down to the ground with a spike and castor but I could already see advantages of the sapling.

Pretty easy Grinner, we cant use any exposed animal parts here so burlap it is. I wrap the burlap a 1 1/2 foot up to 2 foot. I pick a sapling right on a trail or on the edge of dim road. Never put it more than 10 feet away from tracks. I am plauged with worthless yotes here so I go exposed with the pan around 6 inches from the base. I also carry pre made oak sapling stakes with the burlap stapled on. I drive these dead center of a track. I am not a drag man, but I see where they would work well with this set to keep the post in good shape.

Phil Brown is a beleiver of this set now.

BTW the stake in the pic was a hoe handle LOL Use your imagination.

Thanks Dirt, I have a couple spots where I think that type set will fit in real nicley.

would that set only work for cats?
and, do you put gland lure on the burlap? or food lure? or curiousity lure?

I am not bein a smart eleck but I think the answers to those questions was in my initial post.

Here is another I know is a simple killer. It hides a trap in plain sight and puts a bind on canine, feline, and coon.
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New meaning of "Trash Set" , anchor a yogurt cup and bed your trap as normal. Use your favorite lure in the yogurt cup a little shot of pee on the side. Humans think it is just a piece of trash, animals think its a piece of trash another critter left a little of somethin in. The white cup is an instant attractant to any critter. Murder on coon.

Cant believe I told that !

Worst (effective set) was used by some of boys I knew of in S.W. Ohio. It was a (fresh dead) chicken hung upside down from a tree limb......One guy I knew claimed over 25 Great horned owls... and countless numbers of 'coon hounds...and yes, he caught a number of foxes....and got lots of his traps stolen....duh!

It should be noted, that set was and is illegal in Ohio.

sorry about that dirthole
i am dumb

you aint dumb you were just messin lol

Spoken like a true squirrel trapper there, Ben!

Illegal in PA also. I new a trapper that used it somewhat successfully on fox 40 years ago. Bare trap on the packed, bloody snow. Crow magnet comes to mind also.

and we can only guess what they did with the owls?

Yeah, were did those no good rabbit and mink killers go to? LOL

LOL, a buddy of mine still uses that set LOL

Luke