RE: trapping
Buckets and connibears. Hands down. If you got domestic animals that you don't want dead,Use DP traps and sets. The connibears don't freeze up is a big+. Make sure your allowed to use them and what size if you are.
11#s are worthless in the winter.They are a water trap more so than anything else. That long arm burried in dirt will slow it down.In winter on frozen ground,you would use more material to bed that trap to keep it from freezing than it's worth doing.