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Glad I only bought one. #6945733 07/28/20 07:46 PM 07/28/20 07:46 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio G Gone Trappin. OP trapper
Gone Trappin. OP trapper G Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio	Has anybody had problems with setting jump traps on your leg, it’s super difficult because one side pops up so the spring can’t compress and when you hold the other side down so you can actually compress the spring It doesn’t work because you dont have free fingers close enough to mess with the dog. Glad I only bought one to try out. Probably gonna trade it.

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945737 07/28/20 07:48 PM 07/28/20 07:48 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny	What kind and size ya got? I have around 50 Blake & Lamb 1 1/2 jumps and love them.I just set them in my hands,,no leg. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: upstateNY] #6945739 07/28/20 07:51 PM 07/28/20 07:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 3,112 7mtns of CENTRAL PA GROUSEWIT trapper
GROUSEWIT trapper Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 3,112 7mtns of CENTRAL PA	Originally Posted by upstateNY What kind and size ya got? I have around 50 Blake & Lamb 1 1/2 jumps and love them.I just set them in my hands,,no leg. X2 NRALIFER,PRPA LIFER,HUNTER,FURTAKER

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945741 07/28/20 07:52 PM 07/28/20 07:52 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio G Gone Trappin. OP trapper
Gone Trappin. OP trapper G Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio	Size 1, I can set em but it’s much easier to set a coilspring or long spring. The spring on mine is super strong too. Almost like new.

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945749 07/28/20 07:56 PM 07/28/20 07:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio G Gone Trappin. OP trapper
Gone Trappin. OP trapper G Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio	I’m doing it just like video but it just and working right. I know it’s not because I’m not strong enough because I can set bigger traps in my hand just fine. Maybe something is up with my trap.

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945760 07/28/20 08:14 PM 07/28/20 08:14 PM
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 2,009 Wisconsin 8117 Steve R trapper
8117 Steve R trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 2,009 Wisconsin	Try stepping on it to set it. You might have to put something under the frame on the spring end of the trap. Some jump traps can be tough. Steve WTA NRA

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945764 07/28/20 08:15 PM 07/28/20 08:15 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio G Gone Trappin. OP trapper
Gone Trappin. OP trapper G Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio	I can set it with my feet easy

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945765 07/28/20 08:15 PM 07/28/20 08:15 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 16,609 Oakland, MS yotetrapper30 trapper
yotetrapper30 trapper Joined: May 2011 Posts: 16,609 Oakland, MS	You just need to eat your wheaties, LOL. Naw, they are harder to set than a coil or longspring. It's just more about them being awkward I think. ~~Proud Ultra MAGA~~

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945769 07/28/20 08:18 PM 07/28/20 08:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 3,814 missouri S salemtrapper trapper
salemtrapper trapper S Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 3,814 missouri	No shame in setting with your feet...

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945770 07/28/20 08:19 PM 07/28/20 08:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,275 ny	Practice makes perfect.Keep at it. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945772 07/28/20 08:23 PM 07/28/20 08:23 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,459 Montana Taximan trapper
Taximan trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,459 Montana	I always had trouble with the #4's if I couldn't get my feet on them.I understand that Onehandsetters makes a setter for those.Not sure about the smaller sizes.That would sure help,if you had a problem setting them.

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945801 07/28/20 08:50 PM 07/28/20 08:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,021 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,021 Northern Maine	I set them with my hands. Nevada bound

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Bruce T] #6945814 07/28/20 09:00 PM 07/28/20 09:00 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 8,564 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co. W walleyed trapper
walleyed trapper W Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 8,564 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.	Take a like new Blake & Lamb #4 Jump trap and try setting it by hand without your feet. They are dang difficult but I am just able to do it. They and the Victor #4 are about the strongest and most difficult trap there is to set. Probably why they fell out of favor. If a beaver gets in one, they ain't getting away. w "Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters I Support Non-Resident Trapping

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945819 07/28/20 09:04 PM 07/28/20 09:04 PM
Joined: May 2020 Posts: 279 Water Valley, Mississippi cheechako trapper
cheechako trapper Joined: May 2020 Posts: 279 Water Valley, Mississippi	I have to step on the levers of the new Duke 650 and I don’t hang my head when I say it. Those things are for grown folks! Last edited by cheechako; 07/28/20 09:04 PM. The trapper formerly known as sanfo008

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6945832 07/28/20 09:11 PM 07/28/20 09:11 PM
Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 2,874 Kentucky KYtrapper2005 trapper
KYtrapper2005 trapper Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 2,874 Kentucky	Gone trappin I used to be kinda ashamed that I set traps with my feet in till I saw a grown man do it on tv Trapping is what built North America, why take that away? pro second amendment-- pro God-- pro Trump-- Pro America!

Re: Glad I only bought one. [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6946354 07/29/20 12:16 PM 07/29/20 12:16 PM
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 591 Holmes Co. Ohio K Killbuck trapper
Killbuck trapper K Joined: May 2013 Posts: 591 Holmes Co. Ohio	Wrap the chain around your thigh.

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