Mounting system for animal traps and bait

A trigger setting device for a conibear type trap having a wire spring trap with first and second pivotably connected spring biased wire jaw members, each having an inner wire leg member extending laterally between and connecting spaced upper side legs of its jaw member said trigger setting device comprising:

• a generally flat trigger pan positioned above said first and second inner wire jaw leg members and having a trigger pawl integral with and depending downwardly from the underside of said pan;
• said trigger pan being horizontally rotatably secured to said first wire jaw inner leg, said trigger pawl extending away from said first wire jaw inner leg toward said second wire jaw inner leg, said pawl having a trigger hook end spaced from said underside of the bottom of said trigger pan, said hook end opening upwardly toward said underside of said trigger pan and being spaced sufficiently far from said underside of said of said trigger pan that said second wire jaw inner leg can be inserted between said trigger hook and said underside of said trigger pan and lowered into said upwardly opening trigger hook end and held their under spring tension under said pan.