The guys are right when they say to check your local game laws. Here in Calif. they have outlawed the use of leg hold traps entirely. The only brake us a.d.c. trappers get is we can use conibears and snares. I also have had pretty good luck with the colony trap for rats. It`s fast to set(just set it in the run) and come back tomarrow and ther`s a good chance of picking up a half dozen rats at one set. The job is done faster and you know,....time is money.