On this page I will list some trapping tips that should help your sets produce more animals. When using lure never apply directly to the ground because it will absorb the liquid part of the mix. Put it on a leaf or lure holder, etc, and your lure should last up to 7 days with the right weather conditions. Always use drowning rigs, this will greatly reduce pullouts and kill the animal for you, plus move it away from the set, making it easier to reset. When using traps with slightly weakened springs for raccoons set about 8 inches back instead of the norm for any set, so you catch it by the back foot, if not, when caught a raccoon leaps backwards causing him to pullout of the trap or break a weak chain. For beaver when using rebar or other solid stake, always double stake your trap, because beaver are one of the if not the largest furbearer you can catch in the United States. They can pull out
			most single staked traps, then you have an animal wandering around with a trap on its foot/body/head, and we wouldn't want that. When stretching a Raccoon, make sure to use a wedge, learned this the hard way, because the Raccoon pelt will shrink to the board causing it to almost never come off the board. When stretching an animal never try to stretch it into the next grading size, if you do you will still get less for the pelt because there wont be near as much fur per inch than when stretched properly. Never make a cut on a pelt after its been dried, because then they rip really easily and when they start you can't control where and how it will rip. When trapping raccoons and not using a drowning rig, make sure you check your traps the next MORNING. This is very important, even when using the right sized trap, the animal can stick its mouth under the jaws and bite off toes, or foot. We don't need this at all, plus it gives other trappers a bad name.