i want to start trapping

[Lilred]

You can git used traps on Ebay too fer a decent price. Sometimes you can git a package deal fer 2-3$ a trap. Wannano's got the size down pat fer ya.
Next you'll need some #22 er better galvanized spikes. You can git em from most any hardware store er Lowes/Home Depot. You might need 2 er 3 to a trap, dependin on what you got available to secure yer trap to. You can also use chain w/ snaps on both ends to secure yer traps round logs & stuff.

Fer bait, you can use a lure er homemade stuff. Fer coon, you can use a can or sardines or even a chunk of cheese. We used to make "butterberries" when i was a youngun from local, wild berries and we'd dip em in warm, melted butter. Then we'd put em back in the fridge so the butter would coat the berries good. Coons love them dern things, caint tell you how many coon my Pop caught on butterberries.

I wouldnt place a trap on a creek bank fer coon..you could wind up breakin a deer's leg er somethin. Find a shallow/sandy/rocky place down in the creekbed to put yer trap.
I love creek bottoms cause almost all game uses em fer travel routes as well as water. Fer fox/bobcat/yote I would place a trap next to a fell log, stumphole or somethin of that nature. Someplace a wounded animal would go to die. Then, go the Wal-Mart and buy a cheap pack of chicken legs er wings to use fer bait. let em sit in the sun a day er 2 so they are good & "ripe" when you place em. Put the bait in a hole er somewheres where it aint that easy to git to. Bobcats, fox and the like are slick..the bait & the trap has to be placed to where they have to step in the trap fore they can git the bait.
You can buy bottled lures fer all of the above too. I buy some from Bill Boatman @ 5$ a pop...they're perty potent.

I caint wait...I got my spots already dug out fer the traps and found some perty good spots. While fishin the river durin the summer, I also got my beady lil eyes on a big ole beaver. I got just the thing fer him