come on guys lets hear your reviews.
Im shocked,,stout trap,,a bit rough but a decent trap. Sits relatively low and I knocked off some burrs. Wish it came with better chain though

I caught my biggest coyote, 40lb, on a #3 Duke straight out of the box, no mods no nothing. I still use them

I just bought 6 non offset for $6 each from sportsman warehouse on clearance. Seems like the jaws are too tight. And the chain is larger on my dp coon traps? But im very new to trapping.

I have had only 1 duke # 3 in my arsenal in the past. A decent trap. But now I am in the process of making a dozen modified to my liking. I think they will be a super trap or at least a very good one for the money invested. Dogless. Someday at my estate auction someone will get a "unique" and one of a kind Duke # 3 coilspring !!

I run 2 dozen Duke #3 that are base plated and chained with swivels. I also replaced the pan bolts . I have no complaints .

The price is right for some of the spots I trap..relatively close to the hwy. I bought or traded them all used so never paid full price for them. Same deal in Oregon on some of the farm land I trapped. They seem stout but like mentioned above, one could put a little work into them if tinkering is a must.

I use a lot of them , they will hold a Midwest wolf ,chain could be better ,but a good coyote trap for the money

I agree trapper D

nobody else?

Im looking at the one you modified. I almost wish you hadn't done that. Now I have to give it a try. Where's wolfdog?

nobody else?

I have 30, like em. I like the Vic in that model better.
It's a lever thing.
Switch the pans and levers and most Duke bashers wouldn't know the diff.

With production traps today, it's the location and the trapper more so than the trap.
My traps don't have feelings.

Here is what I did with them, and caught several coyotes after setting them right away, but I made them up for cats, actually.
I added Taos lightning springs, made the chain 30" long with a few extra swivels and two lap links at the end for double swiveling .

I wish I had a few dozen more. That's the #2 wild river pan on the #3 trap, as, I reasoned that a #3 is just an elongated #2.

I own 100 of them. Beaver coyote and possum are all there the next morning. I started accumulating the duke #4 but had trouble with pull outs, not so with the #3.......jk

I have about 10 dozen or so. Great winter fox trap but good for lots of species. The Duke #3 is an unsung hero in the world of traps.

I ordered more.

Good choice. But they are really cheap at conventions, $3 or$4 and jsut add springs. Those and their 1 1/2s covers most of trapping situations........jk

I've got a dozen or so, baseplated, better chain swivel set up. Other than a few coon pullouts with the offsets they work fine for me. Not lost any coyotes in them.

Has anyone used them on extended check lines? I’ll be trapping bobcat in Nevada after next season when I become a resident, running 4 different lines and checking one per day like most serious cat trappers do there.