also the #3 Victor Longspring with offset jaws. All traps should be center fired off the bottom. That is to say the chains should be taken off the longsprings, a hole drilled thru the cross of the base and the swivel an' chain attached here. Center fired traps with offset jaws an' extra swivel will hold the meanest coyote an' yet is gentle enough not to bust up many fox or even grey or red.

Some "experts" recommend using such traps are not experts on coyotes or possibly not what I would because they have big feet an' they feel they need a 10 power bush hog coyote. Well as far as I'm concerned a man who lays that garbage on me has told me every thing I need to know about his "cat trappin' ability" an' that he has a big collection of cat feet.

As far as staking traps and chain length goes it depends entirely on the type of soil condition you are working with. Banks an' short chains work fine on fox an' even coyote in hard soil. Double rerod stakes an' long links too, if you have these conditions.

A longset however covers a pile of country an' conditions are never the same. He hits everything from sand to clay an' rock.