This too will pass...in the end, the fella that dies with the most guns, traps, tools, and manly toys...wins.

It will probably be a fella like me anyhow.

I don't have a wife.

Not sure what you're asking here?

This too will pass...in the end, the fella that dies with the most guns, traps, tools, and manly toys...wins.

It will probably be a fella like me anyhow.

Thanks Gman.
I'm still here LOl
I have had some conversations with Mr. Caven and Mr. Duke and I have PMed the boss but he hasn't returned my PMs. He must be out In some beaver swamp fighting off some no shoulders.

Aren't the caven brand of Bridger traps foreign made (china) and knock offs of Northwoods (coil springs) and victor (conibears)? And their DP's mostly a knock off from the griz getters with a little change in the trigger system?

They bought the Bridger trap company from Terry Montgomery a few years back. They didn't start the Bridger Trap Company.

I own an assortment of trap brands, Duke, MB, Northwood, No B.S., Montgomery, victor, But over 50% of my coyote traps are standard duke #2's with OS jaw. I have caught many coyote and cat in them never with a bad catch or a loss. I always inspect all my traps thouroughly before they go in the ground and on all the dukes I will admit I have changed the pan tension screws. But for 9$ a piece I'll keep changing screws. I see nothing wrong with them. I do understand they aren't american made, which is unfourtunate. But if i can buy 2 or 3 of them for the price of one 550 or 650, that makes plenty of sense to me long as they arent losing me animals. Don't get me wrong, the MB traps and simillar American made brands are definatley sturdier and a better made trap. But if you can't afford spending 20+$ on a single trap they are a great value. Where I trap I have to set some areas where there is a possibility of theivery, and losing 9$ is a loss I can afford. I do love my 650's and especially my no B.S traps for their ability to come out of frozen ground and the strong lock up, but like I said out of many animals, and some very big and aggressive male coyotes and tom bobcats,I have never lost an animal or even had a bad catch in a duke trap. As for this new model, if they are still half the price of a 550 then that sounds like a great deal, however if they are the same price, I will stick with MB's simply for the fact they are U.S. made. As for all of you that hate duke traps, I would be curious to know if you have actually lost animals because of them or specifically what is wrong with them other than just disliking them for the sake of disliking them. Also, I really only speak for the coyote size coilspring traps as I havent used any others besides #1 coils for marten which work great for me.

And with out China we wouldn't be selling much American produced fur.
Just think of all the poor Chinese people that would be put out of work If Duke stopped making traps In that country.