330 is the boss beaver trap for me

That’s macho. I wore one and didn’t think to take a photograph at the time. I will certainly have more opportunities.

I have Belisle 220's here. They terrify me!

You guys drinking on the job lol? I make it a habit to pay attention when handling traps, guns, boiling water, etc etc lol

Ahaha

They are the least scary of all the bodygrippers to me. I know the safeties are still on and it can't catch me until I take them off and that is the last thing I do when leaving the set. The others the safeties fall off and nail you when they go off while you are positioning them.

I agree with ADC on that point.

BTW, when I got caught that time it was just after finishing making the set a piece of brush dropped down into the trigger area and I tried to flick it out and didn't realize that the trigger wires were slightly bent towards me.

Absolutely correct

No safety tool to use on the jaws
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safest bodygrippers

ADC; I think, what it is, I grew up using long springs. I always knew where I was with those.

Body grippers? Even the Springs bother me. I dread getting whacked by one of those, flying open. Figure in the Extreme power of a bigger Belisle. My ridiculously low level of life time experience working with BG's, at all? In honesty? I probably have no right messing with 220's. It was just a needs must situation.

Yeah. I hope I never have to use them again. Horrible, scary things

An otter by the nose in a 330, last year I got one by a toe.

If you guys are scared of belisles you would have nightmares of the savague traps lol anyone been caught in one of those?

That's about all I use anymore. The safety hooks are the best they don't come off till you take them off and when they do fire there is something in them . It could be by the tail the foot or anywhere else other traps would be just snapped off but rarely is a Belisle snapped off with nothing in it.

Magnum otter in a 280 belisle and a young otter in a 120 belisle

yeah those things are serious

I agree

Idk where to get em in the US. If the border was open id buy some.

Today's 220 Belisle catch .

With your dollar being worth more you could look into ordering some from Canada, you might save money, rhey arenice traps

Nice -open water too

I would opine that using duke magnums regularly set dog down, fall off safeties, without using setter or safety pin will drive home safe handling even quicker. All it's taken me is twice to learn.

Position by holding springs, if jaws are touched palm only open hand.