Thanks all, its great to recieve all the help like iam getting on this message board. The animals iam after is Coyotes, weasels, and Beaver for now. in the future i plan to expand my trapping efforts further. I may try and trap a badger that a farmer wants to get rid of but iam not sure how to trap them. I guess i will have to get out my ATA training manual. i heard about the stick and snare method when taking my level 1 trapping course. the instructers where Ross and Wade. Ross mentioned useing the snare pole method on lynx when he needed them for taxidermy purposes. I am going to try this method next year as i will be laying some steel (Foot hold traps) for Coyotes. See yuh soon