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Not the first I wanted... #6821624
03/29/20 11:22 AM
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So after hunting this morning I went and checked my line and decided to put in a couple more sets.
Well, still ain’t sure how it happened, but I managed to catch myself. Now I’ve had them snap on my hand once or twice, but today I caught a finger...my middle finger!!
I don’t know if the snapping of the jaws hurt more or when I tried to snatch it out when it went off. That chain don’t go but so far no matter how high I jumped! I can tell you I don’t want to do it again or in a bigger trap, lol!!

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6821629
03/29/20 11:25 AM
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i was grabbed by a blake 4long the other day if it makes ya feel better,hurt bad long before i hit the end of the drowner. grin









Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6821643
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For me it's the trying to pull out that hurts worse! It's how I damaged some nerves in my finger (330 caught my arm)

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6821683
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Good thing it wasn't a toothed h20 trap Wanna Be

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: zoozoo400] #6821686
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Originally Posted by zoozoo400
For me it's the trying to pull out that hurts worse! It's how I damaged some nerves in my finger (330 caught my arm)

That's why I don't use 660s. 330 would be hard enough I imagine. Just think if it were a MB1216.

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6821692
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Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6821921
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Originally Posted by Wanna Be
So after hunting this morning I went and checked my line and decided to put in a couple more sets.
Well, still ain’t sure how it happened, but I managed to catch myself. Now I’ve had them snap on my hand once or twice, but today I caught a finger...my middle finger!!
I don’t know if the snapping of the jaws hurt more or when I tried to snatch it out when it went off. That chain don’t go but so far no matter how high I jumped! I can tell you I don’t want to do it again or in a bigger trap, lol!!



Hahahaha, I think the almost dislocated shoulder hurts the most when I reach the end of the chain. Them earth anchors, and quality #2 size traps can sure put the brakes on my #230 lb’s. I don’t worry about holding ability after having been “held” a couple times!

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Ghost14] #6821927
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Originally Posted by Ghost14
Originally Posted by Wanna Be
So after hunting this morning I went and checked my line and decided to put in a couple more sets.
Well, still ain’t sure how it happened, but I managed to catch myself. Now I’ve had them snap on my hand once or twice, but today I caught a finger...my middle finger!!
I don’t know if the snapping of the jaws hurt more or when I tried to snatch it out when it went off. That chain don’t go but so far no matter how high I jumped! I can tell you I don’t want to do it again or in a bigger trap, lol!!



Hahahaha, I think the almost dislocated shoulder hurts the most when I reach the end of the chain. Them earth anchors, and quality #2 size traps can sure put the brakes on my #230 lb’s. I don’t worry about holding ability after having been “held” a couple times!

I don’t think it would have hurt as bad had I not jumped, lol! I think I was more in shock (ticked off) that it only got one finger! And it was a full finger catch too...right before the middle knuckle, lol!

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6821929
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Reading some of y’all’s post...has anyone ever been caught in a 750? I believe that size would literally break a finger.

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6821937
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I don’t think it would have hurt as bad had I not jumped, lol! I think I was more in shock (ticked off) that it only got one finger! And it was a full finger catch too...right before the middle knuckle, lol![/quote]

Lucky it didn’t dislocated it. That’s a good toe catch though!
I caught both hands by 3 fingers on each side in a 550 this year. It was pretty funny after I got loose! I wouldn’t want to be caught in a 750!

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6821951
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I caught just my thumb on my left hand in 4 double longspring this past fall. Almost called landowner to come help me get out of it. Took me awhile to get out and then I just threw it in a pile and walked away! I did however come back and reset it.

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Most importantly: don't get pinched in an under ice set

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: AJE] #6821997
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Originally Posted by AJE
Most importantly: don't get pinched in an under ice set


Been there done that!

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6822021
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Originally Posted by Wanna Be
Reading some of y’all’s post...has anyone ever been caught in a 750? I believe that size would literally break a finger.

I got my bare left hand in a MB750 this year. Jaws right across the knuckle at the base of my thumb and index finger. It really hurt bad, I went through my whole colorful vocabulary in one breath talking through a little girl scream then mixing combinations of earlier words used. I was very lucky I was setting it on the tailgate of my truck and had a set of one handed setters or I would of had to drive somewhere to get help. It was not fun!


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Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6822047
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This is part of why I prefer offset jaws for my land traps. I don't know for sure if it helps, but I think it does.

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6822079
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I caught myself in a 750 when they first opened the wolf season here. I've been careful not to manage it again since wink In all honesty though it was a laminated 3/8" offset wolf trap and it didn't hurt as bad as catching both thumbs in a bridger 120. Plus it was earth anchored in an old road where I had solid ground to put it on and step on the springs, I caught my thumbs in a 120 with magnum springs that was wired to a tree head high on a marten set. That was fun to get out of. I can also remember catching myself in a dls #4 beaver trap almost shoulder deep in the water. Water had come up and was murky, I couldn't see the trap and thought it was down the drowning wire, reached down to find the wire and follow it to the bank stake (also under murky water) in order to pull everything. Yeah, trap was still there. Closed jaws are worse than offsets, I can testify, and it had teeth too! Which luckily missed my thumb. That was a real blast to get out of, ended up having to cut the drowning wire to get the trap up where I could work on it.

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6822088
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Good thing you were able to cut the drowner wire bearcat

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Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6822210
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Ok, reading some of these made my finger not hurt anymore, lol!

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6822227
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I was surprised once how much it hurt to get pinched by one of those traditional wood Victor rat snap traps

Re: Not the first I wanted... [Re: Wanna Be] #6822442
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I caught my thumb in an unmodified mb650 no lams it was at a convention though. That didn't make it feel any better.

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