New to Trapping—Looking for Tips

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I’m brand new to small-game trapping and could use some advice before I set out this season.
What I’m curious about:

• Any key permits or rules I need to be aware of
• Your go-to traps and baits for squirrels, rabbits, or coons
• Good spots to set traps and how to avoid catching the wrong critters
I’ve hunted a little but never trapped, and I want to make sure I’m doing it responsibly and within the law. Any tips, favorite setups, or lessons learned would be awesome.


Thanks in advance!
 
If I wanted to know how to trap small game like rabbits, I'd first start by knowing my local regulations and being sure that it was, in fact, actually rabbit season, and not some other season, like duck season. You need to check the season dates for the small game you are trapping carefully.

Then, the best place to set rabbit traps is in the briar patch. Rabbits are born and raised in the briar patches and like to live there so that is the best place to set rabbit traps. I would suggest using at least a Minnesota brand 650 offset four-coil trap for rabbits. It takes at least a trap that size to safely hold a rabbit. Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide. You want to be sure you can hold them.

Bait your traps with carrots. Rabbits love carrots.

To dispatch the rabbits you catch, a rifle of at least .30 caliber should be used to ensure a quick and humane kill. The .308 Winchester is a common choice. You'll need at least a 165 grain controlled expansion bullet. Be careful to shoot them through the ribs/lungs to minimize meat damage. Also, if you hit the shoulder you run the risk of having poor bullet penetration.
 
Your legal responsibility to follow your State and county game laws, go ask them what's legal and not legal, you might not even be able to trap there.
 
Then, the best place to set rabbit traps is in the briar patch. Rabbits are born and raised in the briar patches and like to live there so that is the best place to set rabbit traps. I would suggest using at least a Minnesota brand 650 offset four-coil trap for rabbits. It takes at least a trap that size to safely hold a rabbit. Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide. You want to be sure you can hold them.

Bait your traps with carrots. Rabbits love carrots.

To dispatch the rabbits you catch, a rifle of at least .30 caliber should be used to ensure a quick and humane kill. The .308 Winchester is a common choice. You'll need at least a 165 grain controlled expansion bullet. Be careful to shoot them through the ribs/lungs to minimize meat damage. Also, if you hit the shoulder you run the risk of having poor bullet penetration.
I don't really find it funny to treat a FNG this way.

If you want to learn to trap, Trapperman.com has a wealth of knowledge and fewer smartasses.
 
I don't really find it funny to treat a FNG this way.

If you want to learn to trap, Trapperman.com has a wealth of knowledge and fewer smartasses.
Sir,

The OP is an AI-generated (or at least AI assisted) post made for the purpose of feeding information into an AI language learning model. If you do a search for the username you might notice a certain pattern.

I'm still really a FNG myself and if I thought for one minute that the OP was an actual human being asking genuine questions for his own personal use, it might change my advice.

YMMV.
 
Sir,

The OP is an AI-generated (or at least AI assisted) post made for the purpose of feeding information into an AI language learning model. If you do a search for the username you might notice a certain pattern.

I'm still really a FNG myself and if I thought for one minute that the OP was an actual human being asking genuine questions for his own personal use, it might change my advice.

YMMV.
I looked at OP's other posts and I think you're right, but then I started thinking, "only an ai could figure out another ai that quickly." So now I'm concerned you're ai. Haha where do we draw the line with this crap?
 
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