beginner needing help

[Trapper7]

I'd start with something a little smaller than coon or beaver; like muskrat or mink. The traps to take these two animals are cheaper to buy. Plus, it's easier to hold these animals in a trap.

Coon & beaver are powerful animals and it takes bigger traps to hold them unless you're using a real good drowning set up.

Buy some books on trapping techniques and educate yourself some before you rush into trapping. Or, better yet, if you know someone who will take you with when they're trapping.

I've had a 14 year old tagging along with me the past two years. I told him next year he's ready to go it alone. This year, by himself, he caught 6 mink, 2 skunk, 5 rats, and 1 coon.

A 110 bodygrip trap is a real good mink & rat trap. It will kill either of these animals quickly and humanely. They're not that expensive to buy. You can get some good used ones quite often on ebay.