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Re: coyote trap question
[Re: ShawneeMan]
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01/13/20 11:16 PM
01/13/20 11:16 PM
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Posts: 507 SC Iowa
btomlin
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I have both. I haven’t noticed any difference in my limited experience
Last edited by btomlin; 01/13/20 11:46 PM.
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Re: coyote trap question
[Re: ShawneeMan]
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01/14/20 01:27 AM
01/14/20 01:27 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 23,873 Wisconsin
The Beav
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Non offset. You ever see how far open a offset jawed trap becomes when you get a stone or dirt clod trapped between the jaws?
The forum Know It All according to Muskrat
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Re: coyote trap question
[Re: The Beav]
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01/14/20 08:34 AM
01/14/20 08:34 AM
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Posts: 3,446 Houghton Lake, MI
strike2x
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Non offset. You ever see how far open a offset jawed trap becomes when you get a stone or dirt clod trapped between the jaws? You mean it won't leave a closed jaw trap open?
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: coyote trap question
[Re: strike2x]
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01/14/20 09:08 AM
01/14/20 09:08 AM
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Posts: 4,108 Bonner County, Idaho
Wild_Idaho
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Non offset. You ever see how far open a offset jawed trap becomes when you get a stone or dirt clod trapped between the jaws? You mean it won't leave a closed jaw trap open? I read what he said as a closed jaw trap will be less open than an offset trap if a dirt clod or rock gets stuck
Real name Eric The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.
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Re: coyote trap question
[Re: ShawneeMan]
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01/14/20 09:32 AM
01/14/20 09:32 AM
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Posts: 29,916 williamsburg ks
danny clifton
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"Grumpy Old Man"
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I got a ticket in N.M. about 12-14 years ago. I had it coming and paid the fine. Had a bunch of bridger #3 without offset in my box and just figured on leaving them in the box. (not legal to settt in NM) Got to setting traps and set one without thinking about it. I'm checking a couple days later and the game warden is behind me. I stop to remake one a cow had stepped on. (on BLM) I suspect he had seen it already and was waiting on me. So he comes up checks my license, checks the trap tag. He is very polite about it all BTW. So I ask him if I can reset again not thinking about the closed jaws. So he tells me there is a problem and I feel like a real idiot. I told him I had reg the reg and don't know what I was thinking when I set it. Ticket cost me 40 bucks. A good reminder to abide by the regs.
I put those bridgers in their own box when i got home and haven't used them since.
i dont feel like a pebble is more likely to cause a miss with an offset. i have had it happen with both styles of trap. i am a lot more careful now and it has been a few years since the last one
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: coyote trap question
[Re: ShawneeMan]
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01/14/20 03:29 PM
01/14/20 03:29 PM
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Rubee
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Rubee
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I bought fully modified #3 Bridgers a few years ago with offset jaws. I’ve had enough pullouts to regret not buying them in closed jaw.
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