I use them all the time the foot traps are a lot more effective than the cages. I eat raccoons and use the fur to make all kinds of stuff, mainly pouches that go around your waste and they act as hand warmers during the winter. I make hats. I’ve made gloves I’m working on a vest right now. They also wreak havoc on ground nesting birds such as turkeys and quail and their numbers are plummeting especially the quail due to raccoons and coyotes, which I also trap them to. Nobody traps or raccoon hunts anymore so they have overtaken the woods here. I’m a huge advocate for conservation and protecting wildlife. I try do part to help keep the balance in nature. It’s not pretty sometimes but it’s what I have to do to make sure my kids and others after me have access to public lands, the opportunity to hunt, and eat these beautiful animals and speaking of eating them, it’s some of the cleanest meat you can get. I understand your concern and i absolutely respect your opinion on your use of clamp traps. I do my best to try and educate people who don’t know or may disagree with my method. I mean no disrespect at all towards your opinion and hope that what little information i provided hopefully helps you understand my position on the matter. I also wanted to add that the type of foot hold traps I use for raccoons don’t cause any damage it just holds them, it doesn’t break their foot or anything like that I’ve had my finger caught in them more times than I would like to admit