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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: canebrake] #6970282
08/21/20 08:12 PM
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I'll put my otter numbers up against any ones and I was only using Dukes.I caught a few coon by the front leg In belise's and It wasn't a pretty site. I don't own any know.

Most misses In any 330 Is because the user didn't take the time to properly adjust the trigger.


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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: canebrake] #6970289
08/21/20 08:22 PM
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I just checked and I can buy a Duke 330 for $11.89 per trap. And any order over $100.000 there Is free shipping.

I can just about buy 3 dukes for what one belise would cost me. And I doubt any of you are getting free shipping when buying those belise's.


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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: canebrake] #6970341
08/21/20 09:25 PM
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and you can always weld kill bars for a few bucks like on Bulldogs from several yrs ago, if ya REALLY want total closure.


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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: canebrake] #6970359
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if a critter gets very far thru a trap, ya aint tuned it
http://www.trapperman.com/trapperman/Basic_Sets_Bodygrip_Adj.html


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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: canebrake] #6970366
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besides tuning the dog as above it helps to open the trigger yoke by tapping a nail or punch in it, (photo from another tman member)
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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: canebrake] #6970409
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I'm betting 90% of all trappers never ever tuned a 330. Then they blame the trap.

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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: The Beav] #6970431
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Originally Posted by The Beav
I'm betting 90% of all trappers never ever tuned a 330. Then they blame the trap.


I'll take your bet and raise you 7%, to 97%.


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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: canebrake] #6970486
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Spot on.
They will re invent the foot hold trap but take a BG out of the box and set It.


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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: canebrake] #6970683
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I think a lot of misses that get attributed to target critters setting off the trap are from other things - fish, small turtles, random junk bumping the trigger. Lots of things can set off a 330 and not get caught in it. A well adjusted BG will fire with very little trigger movement - most catches will be right behind the head to right behind the front legs with the trigger set in a V. If you L the trigger or twist the wires together and push them to one side you will get more catches farther back. One thing about playing with the triggers to avoid otter, it may work OK where there aren't a ton of otter but my experience in the southeast where we have a ton of otter is that you will still catch a bunch of otter. If there are multiple otter going through that trap each night the law of averages says one will bump the trigger, and they do. I have hundreds of large body grips, they all get set some time during the season. Each and every one of them gets set and checked for proper adjustment before season and if one gets roughed up during season it gets swapped out and thrown into the repair pile. I like the Terminator replacement trigger as they are tension adjustable which comes in handy when setting a fast flowing stream and the trigger wires are stainless steel, super easy to bend if needed and next to indestructable. I hate the trigger on Belisles - the wires break way too easy. The trigger body is OK, but the wires are the worst. My arsenal of BG is a hodgepodge of things - Duke, Sleepy Creek, Victor, Belisle, Bridger - they all kill beaver and otter fine as long as the springs are strong and the trap is properly adjusted.

Re: 330 Conibears [Re: AnthonyT] #6970739
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Originally Posted by AnthonyT
I think a lot of misses that get attributed to target critters setting off the trap are from other things - fish, small turtles, random junk bumping the trigger. Lots of things can set off a 330 and not get caught in it. A well adjusted BG will fire with very little trigger movement - most catches will be right behind the head to right behind the front legs with the trigger set in a V. If you L the trigger or twist the wires together and push them to one side you will get more catches farther back. One thing about playing with the triggers to avoid otter, it may work OK where there aren't a ton of otter but my experience in the southeast where we have a ton of otter is that you will still catch a bunch of otter. If there are multiple otter going through that trap each night the law of averages says one will bump the trigger, and they do. I have hundreds of large body grips, they all get set some time during the season. Each and every one of them gets set and checked for proper adjustment before season and if one gets roughed up during season it gets swapped out and thrown into the repair pile. I like the Terminator replacement trigger as they are tension adjustable which comes in handy when setting a fast flowing stream and the trigger wires are stainless steel, super easy to bend if needed and next to indestructable. I hate the trigger on Belisles - the wires break way too easy. The trigger body is OK, but the wires are the worst. My arsenal of BG is a hodgepodge of things - Duke, Sleepy Creek, Victor, Belisle, Bridger - they all kill beaver and otter fine as long as the springs are strong and the trap is properly adjusted.

How do you adjust your bridgers? I’ve tried filing the dogs but it doesn’t seem to make much of a difference.


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Re: 330 Conibears [Re: canebrake] #6970812
08/22/20 03:35 PM
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File the dog and open up the yoke on the trigger up like Traprjohn posted above. That fixes most of them. Sometimes I find one that just will not do what I want it to and it gets a Terminator right off the bat.

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