Dog vs Dogless
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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
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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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
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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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.
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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The dogless design is a great feature, but as to bent dogs the SS rod dogs took care of that. 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
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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The dogless design is a great feature, but as to bent dogs the SS rod dogs took care of that. 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.
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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Get dogless. Get 1 each of the Bridger #2, Montana #3, K-9 Extreme JR., and figure out which one suits your fancy.
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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The dogless design is a great feature, but as to bent dogs the SS rod dogs took care of that. Not completely. And when one gets bent it is very difficult to get back right again.
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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01/29/18 09:22 PM
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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.
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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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.
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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01/30/18 08:28 PM
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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.
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Re: Dog vs Dogless
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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!
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