/FMTG/ Fur and Meat Trapping General

>>821067
You eat that weasel?

>>821071
Nope, sold its fur and used the remains as bait for another weasel set, if I remember right I didn't catch anymore that season. The remains could also be used for mink, fox, and coyote bait, bobcat, marten, fisher and wolf would probably go after it too.

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Made some snares today, a dozen and a half with Reichart locks, a dozen with BMI slide frees and a dozen with Micro locks. Figured I'd give each kind a whirl this season to see my preferences for certain animals. The snare is made with
>3 ft of 5/64 1x19
>an annealed nut stop, I used this because it's 1x19 and a regular aluminum stop has a high chance of coming lose.
>one of the previously mentioned snare locks
>a whammny made from gas line
>a ferrule, I would have used two ferrules if I intended to snare coyotes with these but they'll do just fine on my beaver/fox/coon line
>a barrel swivel, I use this rather than a wire swivel at the end because after the first twig the snare wraps around the wore swivel is useless where as the barrel swivel will likely still be in use.
Then the extension cable is
>6ft of 3/32 7x7, I would have used 7x19 due to the durability but the cable costs twice as much and I had none on hand
>one ferrule to form a solid loop connecting to the barrel swivel
>an adjustable loop on the end made with a ferrule and aluminum stop.
>trap tag
I like this style because after a catch I can just cut off the snare and add a new one to the extension and not waste several feet of cable. I was thinking of trying a different design for use with killpoles but I don't know why these wouldn't work for me.

>>821067
Do any sc/out/s use prilitive traps and not steel traps?