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Re: Bridger 1.75s... 2 or 4 cool for coyotes???
[Re: Ken Smith]
#6027907
10/16/17 11:17 PM
10/16/17 11:17 PM
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 16 Buckeye Country
Garyoutlaw
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trapper
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Posts: 16
Buckeye Country
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I am ashamed that I went ahead and bought them even though an old Trapper warned me "these were not ideal for Ohio Coyotes" I used Fox hallow super stakes & caught a bunch of Grinners n Coons with them before connecting with my first Yote and she only being 35 lbs. torqued the snot out of the trap to the point I had to pull the trap out of service. They are a great trap but don't have the beef to deal with Coyotes - adding shock springs may help but I've moved on
The pleasure of what we love is lost by only wanting more
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Re: Bridger 1.75s... 2 or 4 cool for coyotes???
[Re: Ken Smith]
#6028790
10/17/17 09:18 PM
10/17/17 09:18 PM
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Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 2,855 Oklahoma
Ken Smith
OP
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OP
trapper
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 2,855
Oklahoma
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I have stuck with the #3s.. I got a few dozen #3s now and might by another dozen before I set up in December
Matthew 7:6 KJV Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine.... -OFBA, NTA, FTA, TTFHA-
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Re: Bridger 1.75s... 2 or 4 cool for coyotes???
[Re: Ken Smith]
#6028934
10/17/17 11:21 PM
10/17/17 11:21 PM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,100 Southern Nevada
cat_trapper_nv
"Cat Master"
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"Cat Master"
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,100
Southern Nevada
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I use the 1.75s 2 coiled a lot of coyotes. They hold just as well as the #3s but are easier to pack around and have a smaller trap bed.
If traps work like the Antis say......I would have no fingers.
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Re: Bridger 1.75s... 2 or 4 cool for coyotes???
[Re: Ken Smith]
#6029680
10/18/17 10:10 PM
10/18/17 10:10 PM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 40 Wyoming
TimHoeck
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trapper
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 40
Wyoming
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If was strictly after coyotes and bobcats I would use Jake traps. I have quite a few and home to get a bunch more. Yea there expensive but you don't have to worry about them not holding. With today's coyote prices you can pay for one by catching 1 coyote
Last edited by TimHoeck; 10/18/17 10:12 PM.
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Re: Bridger 1.75s... 2 or 4 cool for coyotes???
[Re: Ken Smith]
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01/20/18 10:01 PM
01/20/18 10:01 PM
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Joined: May 2015
Posts: 639 Southern Illinois
ilbucksndux
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trapper
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 639
Southern Illinois
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I once read an article that called the 1.75 the trap they were using when guys mostly fox trapped and caught an occasional coyote. I prefer the Bridger #3 dogless but have several #2's that I set as well.
Gary Bartlow
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Re: Bridger 1.75s... 2 or 4 cool for coyotes???
[Re: Ken Smith]
#6133010
01/21/18 12:11 PM
01/21/18 12:11 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,606 Pa
coalminer
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,606
Pa
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I had a dz. of the 1.75 they where ok, tried the # 2 dogless , much better trap.
My heart belongs to my family. My body belongs to my work. My soul belongs to the woods.
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Re: Bridger 1.75s... 2 or 4 cool for coyotes???
[Re: Ken Smith]
#6133391
01/21/18 06:58 PM
01/21/18 06:58 PM
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Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 76 Clearfield County, PA
hubler13f
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 76
Clearfield County, PA
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I caught two yotes in bridger 1.5, 2 coil, offsets this year, both were good catches, no other pull outs. The problem I did have was that with the pans being so small coyote would step all over the trap and around the pan even with guiding, and they were constantly froze in, even bedded in peat. The weather here was kind of crazy this year and I would find myself lifting a 1/4" of ice off of them every other day and recovering them because they couldn't bust through it. So next year I will be 4 coiling all of my bridger 1.5s and adding about 2 dozen Bridger #2 dogless 4 coil. I bought a half dozen of them and love them. The pans are huge and they should have more power to bust through the thin crusty stuff that builds up every night in our crazy weather.
-OIF 05/03-08/04 -OEF 03/06-12/06 -OIF 11/07-01/09 PTA Member District 4
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