Re: Your favorite coyote trap
[Re: Keef]
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04/30/18 08:37 PM
04/30/18 08:37 PM
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I like the num 2 bridger dogless J
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Re: Your favorite coyote trap
[Re: Keef]
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05/01/18 03:29 PM
05/01/18 03:29 PM
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Over the last three years I have used Duke #2 square and round jaws, Duke #3's, Duke #4's, Vic #3 and #4 dls, Montana #2's, and #3's, MB 550's, MB 650's, and finally No Bs Extremes. I have caught coyotes in all of them, and like all of them except MB650's. Sold the 650's. When the dirt is nice I use my longs, if I need to squeeze a trap into a tight place it's the round jaw #2's, if I have a back door digger I use a 550. The one that gets used 99% of the time is the No Bs trap. Its pan size and over all dimension covers a lot of ground. It also gives me good leverage to set and bed the trap with out having to put a lot of stress on my hands. The power is important in my conditions to get through the mud, which is often stuck to the jaws. I also like the low pan, and the fact that it has good pan tension with out having to tighten the pan bolt. After having used all of these different traps, if I where to start over I would choose #4 Duke off set with pit pan and rod dog for my main trap. And #2 Montana with the addition of a rod dog for my back up trap. I think a trap is like any other tool, in that you have to learn how to use the tool you choose. Hope my rambling helps.
"Common sense is always the least common of sense."
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Re: Your favorite coyote trap
[Re: Keef]
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05/03/18 02:07 PM
05/03/18 02:07 PM
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I don't think the #2 was made after Vic bought B+L, I tried back then to find some without that V cut out on the pan but they weren't available. So I went with the B+L 1.5..
Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..
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Re: Your favorite coyote trap
[Re: Keef]
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05/03/18 02:50 PM
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I remember buying a new dozen in the early 80's. A couple years later the coyote showed up and turned them into scrap iron. A few years after that I learned to modify. Baseplate, jaw lams & bubble tipped. JC Conner lightning springs. Super fast, layed flat. Good traps.
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Re: Your favorite coyote trap
[Re: Keef]
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05/03/18 04:45 PM
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I stand corrected, I'm old lol. I did not like what those old 2s did to fox/coon feet, but I wasn't a modifier back then, most of mine ended up looking like crushed cans, the rest went to the mink line.
Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..
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