Gonna buy some more bridger #2’s for next year. Currently have them with dogs. The rookie in me needs some knowledge about the pros and cons of dogs vs dogless. Thanks for the help

For me its no more bent dogs and I find them a little easier to set in the winter with heavier gloves. Plus you have a little bit more kill area on the pan. I run bridger #2 dogless mostly but I still use #2 duke round jaw. Any new traps that I get will be the dogless 2's
Justin

Man, I thought this thread would have been loaded up with comments by this afternoon. Oh well. Here's my 2 cents, I prefer dogless. Preferably ko k9 extremes, jrs, and jakes. I just like their design, and they work great. Cannot speak for the dogless bridgers, as I have never used them, but could see how they would be and effective more economical route as their design is like that of the ko k9. Do I have dog on traps, yes. But they stay in the shed until I have all my other traps out and come out only if I need them. I just prefer the simplicity of a dogless trap, especially ko k9 traps. Kendall has done a very good job designing a trap that is functional and will stand up to what you could possibly put it through.

The dogless design is a great feature, but as to bent dogs the SS rod dogs took care of that.

Dogless. I am clearing out footholds and replacing with jakes and mb650's. The jakes are incredible but it is easier for me to bed the 650 with both jaws being held so I favor these of the two.

Osky

I run all bridger #2 dogless for k9s fully modified with shock springs and extra swivels. They work really well for me.in Arkansas we are limited to 6" jaw spread on land

I have 3 mb 550's that a friend loaned me and I had a coyote somehow tweak the loop of the dog so that it wouldn't hardly rotate on the hinge point. Never would of thought it could of happen as heavy as that thing is made and I'm not sure if theirs is stainless or not

Those SS rod dogs aren't the ticket. I put a dozen on to try and coyotes will have them tweaked out in no time. Especially when the ground is froze rock solid and dog is flipped back and the coyote slams it into the ground a few times. It will be bent.

Get dogless. Get 1 each of the Bridger #2, Montana #3, K-9 Extreme JR., and figure out which one suits your fancy.

Check out wolf creek products $99 for a dozen #2 shipped to your door

Not completely. And when one gets bent it is very difficult to get back right again.

I caught a 36 lb. male yote a couple weeks ago in a MB 550 with a stock round dog. Somehow, that rascal bent that dog to the point that is was missing but the tab where it mounted was not bent. Did not try to find it as it was on a 10' drag and 3" of snow on the ground.

Never owned a dogless trap so maybe I'm missing something.
I carry a few tools and never had a problem fixing any problems that occurred after a catch. So I'm liking my dog on traps.

Love the Bridger #2 & #3 ddogless. Easy to set with high pad catches. I weld and laminate jaws, spot weld base and add a mid chain crunch proof. Great trap without spending a bunch. Not dgless, but the new duke #2 square has is a great trap also for the $

Also love the Bridger dogless work good for me have MB 650's too.

I've becoming more and more of a dogless fan. The bent stainless dogs can be eliminated by bedding the trap with the dog facing out and tightening the dog eye in a vice to take the slop out. I really like KO's dogless set up 650s too. Both are have tension screws. The #3 Montanas are a nice dogless trap also. I favor the pan on any trap to be below jaw level.

You can make that happen on a dogless bridger, but it is really about how you bed

Understood.

Bought a dz of the Bridger # 2's this year, lamed the jaws, extra swivel n moved the chain to the side. Works great, will buy more!

Have had real good luck with #3 Bridger dogless, fully modified. Used some K.O. K 9 this fall, beast of a trap.