what exact traps do i need for bobcats?

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i am wanting to buy some traps for bobcats, like mainly leg hold traps. what brands, sizes, and types are best for bobcats? how about snares as well?

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#2 Victor double long spring or double coil traps are good all around traps. They will catch anything from fox, coon, bobcat, skunk, coyote, and opposum. Victors are hard to beat, but there are other brands. #3 may be better for coyote but I think #2's are the best all around size. I have not had as much experience with snares. Snares are most often set on trails and where animals are going under fences. Coyote and fox are usually the target of snares since they are more likely to use regular trails than bobcats.
 
If you want a good all around trap and want to use #2'S get the Bridger #2 DCS. Good heavy built trap and they'll really take a beating. Victor #2 is a good fox trap but they will not hold up to the abuse from coyotes. They also have a problem with the jaws popping. The Bridgers will work well on bobcat also.
 
I got rid of all my victors about 20 years ago. They are too thin in the jaw, they are hard on the animal. A thin jaw will flex when a stronger animal fights it. The best jaw according the the trap test are laminated and double lamination.
The trappers that trap everyday out west won't use them. The frame is too thin and it flexes thus lending the big chance of the jaws popping out. KY
 
Maybe so. I never had any problems with them, put I was not focusing on coyote either. There has been many a coyote caught and held with #3 and #4 victors.
 
If you base plate the trap you won't have that problem of the trap frame bending.

I can't think of to many traps that you don't have to do some type of work on out of the factory.
 
I haven't had the chance to really trap hard for a couple years, but I have always been fond of the DLS's simply because they're easier for me to stabilize in the bed (trade-off for having to knock out a bigger hole), I can install a makeshift tension device beneath the pan that is more reliable than a tension screw on a CS, the longer "lever" of the longspring, versus the coilspring's lever, makes them lock shut much better. I discourage the use of any CS that isn't retrofitted with baseplates, four coiled, and laminated OS jaws for any terrestrial predator trapping. Just my humble opinion. But, does anyone know what the BMP's are coming up with on this matter? BTW, I came to be very fond of #2 coils, baseplates, several swivels, 4-coiled with #3 springs, and OS laminated jaws, twin-pegged in every case. Excellent setup for 'cats, and will hold the biggest coyotes in my area without slippage or foot damage.
 


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