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Good work Kelly!

Fur prices are way down this year, and it's not even worth (to me anyways) targeting the animals just for their fur.

Kelly, get some speed black for the traps. Once they have a light coating of rust, dip 'em. You can also wax them, but you will have to remove ALL wax residue from the dog and the trigger or else it will go off when you least expect it to.

Same with the foot hold traps. Dip and wax, remove wax from trigger and dog.

To help eliminate toe catches, tune the traps. Have the pans sitting horizontal, and make sure that there isn't a lot of creep in the pan before it triggers the trap. Also for water sets, you have to set it up so that once the animal is trapped, it drowns quickly. Place the trap so the animal comes into the trap from between the jaws, not over one jaw.