Trapping Season 2025-2026

[jagermeister]

Trapping season kicks off on Monday, November 10th. Who else is getting ready? I took some time the past few days in between deer hunts to prepare traps. I mainly target marsh critters… muskrat, beaver, otter, and sometimes mink. My go-to traps for the muskrats are #1.5 coil springs (preferably Bridger, but I also have Dukes), rigged up with Hagz brackets on fiberglass rods. I also really like #155 Bridger conibears for rats… They just seem to fill the runs at bit better than #110’s on these big Lake Erie rats. Trying speed dip for the first time this year. So far, I really like the convenience of it!

Anyone else getting ready?

 

[bowhunter1023]

I'm looking forward to knocking down the ring tails, and have two weeks off at the end of the year, and will set some traps for yotes. I enjoy trapping, just need to make more time for it. Good luck, JB!

 

[GoetzTalon]

Doing some snaring this year. Haven’t set steel in a few years. Speed dip has to be pretty good compared to messing with black walnuts. Tight chains!

 

[jagermeister]

I'm looking forward to knocking down the ring tails, and have two weeks off at the end of the year, and will set some traps for yotes. I enjoy trapping, just need to make more time for it. Good luck, JB!

Good stuff man. I guess I had muskrats on my mind and I wasn’t even thinking of raccoons! I do like trapping them too… just wish they were worth more than zero dollars.

 

[jagermeister]

Doing some snaring this year. Haven’t set steel in a few years. Speed dip has to be pretty good compared to messing with black walnuts. Tight chains!

Last season I used the traditional logwood dye and then dipped my coil spring traps in wax. It worked well, but was a LOT more work than this speed dip. Fingers crossed that it works just as good.

 

[bowhunter1023]

Good stuff man. I guess I had muskrats on my mind and I wasn’t even thinking of raccoons! I do like trapping them too… just wish they were worth more than zero dollars.

Turkey egg stealing sum bitches get dumped over the hill in the same spot as the yotes. I'm not skinning any of them out, just out there to protect the animals I care about.

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

Coons for sure, yotes depending on my work schedule in January. On the speed dip just make sure to clean your dog notches and where you latch or you will get misfires in the water with the body traps.