Mounting system for animal traps and bait

A trap-holding bracket for holding leg-hold and body-gripping type traps on an elevated support, the trap-holding bracket comprising:

• a generally box-shaped bracket body comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a front end wall, and a rear end wall defining a hollow interior;
• vertical stake support apertures formed in vertical alignment through the top and bottom walls, the vertical stake support apertures configured to allow a stake to be inserted vertically through the hollow interior of the bracket body;
• a horizontal opening in the rear end wall of the bracket body configured to allow a stake-engaging member to be inserted horizontally through the rear end wall to lock the bracket in place on the stake;
• horizontal tab arms extending horizontally from sides of the top and bottom walls to define sets of vertically-spaced and vertically-aligned horizontal jaw slots outwardly of the hollow body on each side of the hollow body, the horizontal tab arms configured to receive and hold inner wire ends of a body-holding trap in their inwardly-pressed set position;
• a generally L-shaped vertical tab arm extending vertically above the front end wall and defining an open-ended lateral slot configured to receive an outer base end of a leghold trap with a lateral sliding motion;
• and, wherein,
• the rear end wall comprises a notch opening onto each side edge thereof, and the front end wall comprises a notch opening onto each side edge thereof, the notches sized to receive wire jaw ends of a conibear trap, the inner edges of the notches in the front and rear end walls aligned in parallel with each other.