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WolfCreek #552 conibears
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09/15/20 07:44 PM
09/15/20 07:44 PM
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,694 MAINE
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Just purchased 5 dozen wolf creek 552 conibears for my marten line in Maine. does anyone have any experience with these? there extremely difficult to set and when your pulling the trap frame together it fetches up and will not go any further thus not allowing them to even be set. I wasn't sure if there was a minor mod i can do them to get them to work properly
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Re: WolfCreek #552 conibears
[Re: trap_crazy]
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09/15/20 08:40 PM
09/15/20 08:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,240 The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
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Do they not have safeties so you can cage each spring and then work the frames around?
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: WolfCreek #552 conibears
[Re: Leftlane]
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09/15/20 08:46 PM
09/15/20 08:46 PM
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Do they not have safeties so you can cage each spring and then work the frames around? They have safeties, but when you squeeze the frame to latch the dog on thetrigger, the frame will not squeeze. I would say the spring eyes are stopping them somehow
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Re: WolfCreek #552 conibears
[Re: 3 Fingers]
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09/16/20 08:00 AM
09/16/20 08:00 AM
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Leftlane
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Could it be that the safeties are too long and therefore the springs aren’t compressed far enough to get the right leverage? That is really the only thing that makes sense w/o pictures.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: WolfCreek #552 conibears
[Re: trap_crazy]
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09/16/20 08:47 AM
09/16/20 08:47 AM
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jeff karsten
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Getting the springs closed is the issue Not familiar with a #552 but i did buy a dozen 155s the jaws have a sharp bend where they turn to the hinge pin, orient the spring straight out or downwards works better for me takes a little crunch but then easily set with no bending of anything the spring eye is smaller then a duke only issue with that was after i built my first box the next ones were wider Would i buy more Yes i will
olden tyred
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Re: WolfCreek #552 conibears
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09/16/20 12:15 PM
09/16/20 12:15 PM
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If these guy's theory is correct.,,, when you put the safety on, you can try to make sure its slid back up the spring towards the coil as far as you can that will insure the eyes are closed further. If that is true then the safeties need to be replaced or modified as they will likely fall off once you squeeze the trap to set position.
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