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Since many of us enjoy the trapping pics and journals in this forum I thought I'd add to the viewing pleasure. The rundown (short version); I'm trapping merely for entertainment. However, I do flesh and stretch some pelts and ship to NAFA annually with hopes to break even on expenses. I use MB550 offset traps, I usually run 18-20 sets, and primarily target coyotes but usually make a few sets for bobcats. I'm fairly new to trapping, I started using live traps for bobcats in 2011 and have been using foot hold traps exclusively since 2014, so I am far from being an expert. I'm trapping in the Ozark Plateau region of NE Oklahoma.

I put 9 traps in the ground on 1/8/18 and another 9 the next day. I average setting 3 traps per hour if I don't have to scout much.

The first night with the initial 9 traps produced a nicely colored gyp coyote. The second night (first night of 2nd set of 9 traps) I caught a decent tom bobcat. Both of these were caught on dirt hole sets.