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the main thing with trapping any animal is scent control. also I would visit www.trapperman.com and just look around. most of the times you will find what you are looking for. the best set to make I have found is a dirthole set because of versitility. don't worry about trying to catch a oppussom because they will definatly find your trap. more info on the dirthole set is on trapperman. also a good set for raccoon and mink is a pipe set. get yourself a piece of pipe about 1"1/2" round and cut it off at a 45 cut it about 16" long at the longest point take this and pond it into a bank along a stream or a heavily used trail so that about 8-12" is sticking out of the ground a lot of time lure is not even needed because both mink and raccoons and oppossums are naturally curious. I use a mixture lure that has berries and crawfish and fish oil in for bait. this seem to keep the animal there longer because he wants the bait. try to keep the opening about 6" of the ground at whatever angle. but remeber the steeper the angle the closer the trap has to be to the pipe.

<blockquote data-quote="bigben" data-source="post: 303572" data-attributes="member: 9187"><p>the main thing with trapping any animal is scent control.&nbsp; also I would visit <a href="http://www.trapperman.com t=_blank" target="_blank">www.trapperman.com</a> and just look around.&nbsp; most of the times you will find what you are looking for.&nbsp; the best set to make I have found is a dirthole set because of versitility.&nbsp; don't worry about trying to catch a oppussom because they will definatly find your trap.&nbsp; more info on the dirthole set is on trapperman.&nbsp; also a good set for raccoon and mink is a pipe set.&nbsp; get yourself a piece of pipe about 1&quot;1/2&quot; round and cut it off at a 45 cut it about 16&quot; long at the longest point&nbsp; take this and pond it into a bank along a stream or a heavily used trail so that about 8-12&quot; is sticking out of the ground a lot of time lure is not even needed because both mink and raccoons and oppossums are naturally curious.&nbsp; I use a mixture lure that has berries and crawfish and fish oil in for bait.&nbsp; this seem to keep the animal there longer because he wants the bait.&nbsp; try to keep the opening about 6&quot; of the ground at whatever angle.&nbsp; but remeber the steeper the angle the closer the trap has to be to the pipe.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="bigben, post: 303572, member: 9187"] the main thing with trapping any animal is scent control. also I would visit [url=http://www.trapperman.com t=_blank]www.trapperman.com[/url] and just look around. most of the times you will find what you are looking for. the best set to make I have found is a dirthole set because of versitility. don't worry about trying to catch a oppussom because they will definatly find your trap. more info on the dirthole set is on trapperman. also a good set for raccoon and mink is a pipe set. get yourself a piece of pipe about 1"1/2" round and cut it off at a 45 cut it about 16" long at the longest point take this and pond it into a bank along a stream or a heavily used trail so that about 8-12" is sticking out of the ground a lot of time lure is not even needed because both mink and raccoons and oppossums are naturally curious. I use a mixture lure that has berries and crawfish and fish oil in for bait. this seem to keep the animal there longer because he wants the bait. try to keep the opening about 6" of the ground at whatever angle. but remeber the steeper the angle the closer the trap has to be to the pipe. [/QUOTE]

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