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Re: Help With ZTrap Issue
[Re: duurmeehr]
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08/01/20 12:22 PM
08/01/20 12:22 PM
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cheechako
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Set the dog deep in the trigger notch so the springs won’t make it creep. Don’t really know the actual reason why they will do it with the spring pressure over time but if you try to set them too lightly sometimes they will fire themselves.
I’ve never used a z trap but strange things happen sometimes. Maybe one did pull out, or maybe something killed it and took it from you. I’ve never had it happen, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility.
Last edited by cheechako; 08/01/20 12:23 PM.
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Re: Help With ZTrap Issue
[Re: cheechako]
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08/01/20 12:41 PM
08/01/20 12:41 PM
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Set the dog deep in the trigger notch so the springs won’t make it creep. Don’t really know the actual reason why they will do it with the spring pressure over time but if you try to set them too lightly sometimes they will fire themselves.
I’ve never used a z trap but strange things happen sometimes. Maybe one did pull out, or maybe something killed it and took it from you. I’ve never had it happen, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility. Z-traps have a different push-pull trigger and VERY stout springs. That advice is good for pull-only type DPs but unfortunately doesn't apply to the Z-traps. A coon may twist out if the trap loses swiveling but its going to leave toes in the trap.
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Re: Help With ZTrap Issue
[Re: duurmeehr]
#6951965
08/02/20 08:06 PM
08/02/20 08:06 PM
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Youll have ants on the marshmellows too, but theyre still better than messy fish. Dip em in Koolaid powder...you pick the flavor.
Take a small file and bump the underside of the small round peg that contacts the dog (latch). That should eliminate any creep firing. A toe caught coon could have pulled out but its rare.
Z traps are not junk. I have 10 dozen....love em.
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Re: Help With ZTrap Issue
[Re: duurmeehr]
#6951983
08/02/20 08:16 PM
08/02/20 08:16 PM
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Keep bait down from trigger a 1/4". When you're setting make sure trigger swings both ways and isnt impeded by overbaiting. Cracked corn, clean spilled grain, cheap sweet cereal, with a squirt of dollar store squeezable grape jelly inside and around rim with a golfball on top. A dab will do ya. Sprinkle a tiny bit of bait around. Golfball may be moved one night, but youll get them in another trap or the next night. Dependant upon numbers, gang set. Ive had groups set that ive just rotated by catch and reset as they get rained off from blood. I dont catch on remakes with fresh coon blood, so i dont bother until said rains.
Last edited by furstroker; 08/02/20 08:17 PM.
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