Mine are some of his early prototypes before he was even able to get the cast jaws made, I had to get Dave Sheldon to build me some setters for them but nothing has gotten out of them yet,
I believe the Dagger and the #4 are both "made in USA". I had gone to the Spoonbill Tman meeting to buy some Daggers and Carlis showed me some #4s and took all my money but I got cat traps instead of coon traps. If not the best sold they are at least a dang good bang for the dollar.

Thanks everyone for the replies. I’ve got a couple dozen dukes, some daggers, and bought a couple of those freedom brand that are easy to set. Have caught coons in all of them. I did see that no bs is making some that come with a chain wolf fang stake already attatched, and we’re cheaper than most other dps

I bought 2 dozen Daggers from him last summer, and I want to try them out.

I have 6 offset, unlaminated #4s, and 6 outside laminated offsets, as well as 6 cast jawed offsets. They aren't just cat traps. They'll hold coyotes too, and that is what I first set them for. Nice big kill zone, lol.

Can I ask what some of you use for bait in your DPs ?

Back a few years ago the Jack Mackerel from the dollar store was said to the top bait but caused salt corrosion to traps, was said to be even better in laced with a spoonful of liquid smoke. Cheap dry cat food was right there in popularity too.

Cheap cat food with a little bit of coon candy. Might try some liquid smoke this year.

I bought the original Griz. Didn’t like that I couldn’t get them out of ground that suddenly froze over night so I sold them and bought Dukes. Then I discovered everything sticks in frozen ground. Duhhh-learning curve!

Anyway, I’ve got a couple dozen Griz/Sterling Griz, a couple dozen Dukes and about 7 dozen Ztraps. Almost all are pull only but I have some push-pull triggers as well. They ALL work just fine.

We use them with rebar, cable stakes, cabled to solid objects and on drowners. Everything works though on dry land I prefer cable stakes or rebar.

There are a hundred baits on the market and I’ll bet a manufacturer wouldn’t make, package and sell a product if it didn’t work. Get your trap on a trail or location coon can see or smell it and you have a good chance at catching it.

Daggers have tab on them that sets over a 3/16" rod so that they can be used in froze ground. Say a welding rod or similar driven in and the trap set on that so the coon can disengage it rather than twist out. I believe all the original Griz belong to Sterling now. Last I knew the new models were sold by Traps USA but I'm not sure they are still going. The bad market wacks the manufacturers hard especially the USA makers.