Marten Box

[123kid]

What's the best lenght.

[fuzz269]

I like 14 to16 inches deep, but that is just me

[bctomcat]

I'm with fuzz, 14-16 inch box but I cut the spring slots deep so that the trap can be set about 4 inches in front of the bait. With a long box the animal is basically entirely in the box at a right angle to the trap and stable at the bait when it fires the trap. It is not moving through the wire trigger or jumping over a pan an firing the trap with its hind quarters thus getting hip caught. This set up provides a quick humane dispatch virtually every time.

[white316]

I have made boxes from 10 to 16 inches long.