Chain length?

[wormbobskey]

What length of chain do some of you trapppers use for your dry land and water sets for coon? Also the lenght of chain on drowning sets. Thanks, Worm.
sorry for the repeat, worm.

[Bogmaster]

 Worm, I like a short chain when trapping coon.The shorter chain allows for a drowning set uo in shallower water.The longer the chain, the more water depth you need.
 Tom

[RdFx]

If using a drowning set  the drowning lock is put close to  trap as possible  so you can drown coon quickly and on  land sets depends on how things are set up.. a small trap i use only 6 inches chain and larger traps  i use 18 inches with shock spring... drags i use  8 feet chain or more.  Never use less than 6 feet when using drags

[wormbobskey]

Early on in my trapping I was under the mistaken notion that the longer the chain on a drowning set the faster the animal would drown because of the extra weight. After losing a couple of beaver that were able to get the chain wrapped up on something and pull out I switched to short chains on all my beaver sets. I've never used drags on coon sets, but might have to on a place I just got permission to trap on. Its an old quarry and I don't think there are going to be to many places where I can anchor a trap with a stake because of all the rock. The majority of my coon traps have about 10-12 inches of chain with a mid chain swivel on them and a drowning swivel on the end for either drowning or rebar stakes. Thanks for the information Boggy and RDFX, I really apperciate it. Worm