Best 330 setter ?
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Looking for opinions on what 330 setter to buy. Up till now I've been using a rope. Finding I'm wearing myself out running through a dozen or more traps in a day just setting them.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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12/09/18 08:53 AM
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How do the locks fair with ice? I would guess they freeze up.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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RTS Setters for me. Might take a little more time but they are locked in position after every squeeze of the handle.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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I have a feeling the rts aren't going to like below zero and water.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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How do the locks fair with ice? I would guess they freeze up. not if ya lube them with glycerine like ya do snare locks
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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12/09/18 04:24 PM
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Eagleye...where did you get the aluminum locking setters? Thanks X2. Don't hold out on us.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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They look like the ones at snare shop. Look aluminum in the pic but about $10 more then fnt Which are black
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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I got mine at Trapper Arts... I believe it was $36.00 and some change. Adam and Art are great guys to deal with
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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I have used my RTS setters in single digit weather where I had to chop through 6" of ice to get the trap and critter out of the water. They still worked just fine.
Granted, we do not have those condition here very often but I do not handle 330s without RTS setter. I have a spare in my truck if I happen to leave a set laying somewhere to get me by until I can get back and retrieve the one I left.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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Trap setters don't freeze.If they do give them a good whack with an axe or your spare setters and they are good to go.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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12/10/18 01:59 AM
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It is a lot easier to just set by hand. Once you figure it out no need for setters.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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RTS Setters for me too. I won’t set water traps without them. No problem whatsoever with them freezing up for me. It doesn’t get any easier. You can set a 330 with one hand. I like them so much, I got a set of them for the gift table at Minktoberfest. I’m not sure who ended up with them, but I’m willing to bet they like them too.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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Eagleye...where did you get the aluminum locking setters? Thanks X2. Don't hold out on us. John doesn’t need setters, he just bites the Springs with his teeth.
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Re: Best 330 setter ?
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I’ve used rts setters since they came out love them. I had a set that where like the rts but cheaper made but they only lasted one season before they broke.
traveling man square deals always
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