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Re: New MB dogless [Re: TC1] #7126795
01/08/21 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TC1
Name a commonly trapped animal that you would want to hold, that the MB trap is not beefy enough for? Never seen nor heard of any deficiencies with any of their products. In my opinion a trap doesn’t have to weigh 4 lbs to get the job done. Only bent frame on an MB was due to a tractor and hay wagon on my line. I surely can’t blame them for my mistake in placement.


I agree with this to the point of most traps made currently. There is a difference in damage between a lot of brands and styles but there are few new traps that are not made to hold the intended animals well. I see a lot of them come in and out the door. Personal preferences are certainly where the market is at kind of beyond building a trap to hold an animal.

There look to really answer a lot of requests from MB fans wanting more. I think it will come out fairly expensive and it will sell well for MTP because MB guys will snatch them up as a best of both worlds Bridger and MB. Then the Jake guys will still be Jake guys and the Sterling guys will still be sterling guys and then there will be the group ranting about made in USA or assembled in USA. All of that lol. Oh and don't forget the NO BS guys will stay NO BS guys too i presume.


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Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7126804
01/08/21 12:08 PM
01/08/21 12:08 PM
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I was really hoping they were gonna come out with a scaled up version of the 550


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Re: New MB dogless [Re: Bob] #7126807
01/08/21 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob
I was really hoping they were gonna come out with a scaled up version of the 550


Duke did Lol. Sorry I had to throw that one out there. I really like it and run a lot of them actually.

I think there is a good reason why they never made a big version of the 550. My personal opinion but the 550 fit a great mold for them and they could sell them to almost every state and corner of the continent really. This allowed them to create options for the trap and not limit the sales of those options. It is expensive to market a trap as 2-4 coiled offset and non offset and then rubber jawed. On the other hand Duke makes 650's or 550's one way no options. That does limit where those can be sold and who can use them. I think the alpha as it is being called will fall into the same category as the 550 as versatile so they can continue selling options. That is one thing folks like MB for. They can still get traps the way they want them.


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Re: New MB dogless [Re: TC1] #7126904
01/08/21 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TC1
Name a commonly trapped animal that you would want to hold, that the MB trap is not beefy enough for? Never seen nor heard of any deficiencies with any of their products. In my opinion a trap doesn’t have to weigh 4 lbs to get the job done. Only bent frame on an MB was due to a tractor and hay wagon on my line. I surely can’t blame them for my mistake in placement.

I’ll add to the list...they don’t hold up well with bulldozers either. You’d think for what you pay they would be indestructible.

As far as the new traps, they will be GA legal!! I’ll probably get a dozen to try and if I like them I’ll buy more.

Last edited by Wanna Be; 01/08/21 01:37 PM.
Re: New MB dogless [Re: TC1] #7127048
01/08/21 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TC1
Name a commonly trapped animal that you would want to hold, that the MB trap is not beefy enough for? Never seen nor heard of any deficiencies with any of their products. In my opinion a trap doesn’t have to weigh 4 lbs to get the job done. Only bent frame on an MB was due to a tractor and hay wagon on my line. I surely can’t blame them for my mistake in placement.

Lots of guys would love to see an actual wolf trap from them and not just a modified beaver trap with a small, for wolves, jaw spread. A true 8.5" or 9" spread that comes up through crusty snow and frozen ground would be well received. Especially at a fair price point.


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Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7127311
01/08/21 07:47 PM
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I like this a lot.

Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7127940
01/09/21 01:52 AM
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Oh great there goes my fur check again LOL my wife will be so glad to here of this new trap im sure

Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7127973
01/09/21 04:34 AM
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I join in the complainants about the MB 550 being just not tough enough to get brush hogged and still be ready to reset without even an adjustment.
When will they improve?
In all other ways they are just wonderful!


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Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7128081
01/09/21 09:41 AM
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Northern Mn
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They will be worth the wait,Caven's won't release anything till it too their high standards.I don't need any more footholds,but i'm sure I will get at least 1 dozen to try out.

Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7128092
01/09/21 09:53 AM
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I'll have to get some for sure!


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Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7128224
01/09/21 12:47 PM
01/09/21 12:47 PM
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Maine, Aroostook
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I've never trapped a wolf but I did catch a very large black bear in a 550. Is a hundred pound wolf going to test a trap more than a four hundred pound bear?

Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7128300
01/09/21 02:20 PM
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I've caught both,nothing that large,but i can tell this the great lake wolves MN,MI AND WI maybe 1 in a 250 will weigh 100 lbs.BC and AK wolves are a bigger the largest weighed in Yellowstone area was 137 lbs most wolves in the great lakes are 70 to 75 for females and males are 75 to 85 lbs.I would say the wolf fights /bites the trap more than a bear,the bear uses it's power to pull out.

Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7128371
01/09/21 03:29 PM
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They look some nice.


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Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7128943
01/09/21 09:42 PM
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I was just trying to standardize on the 550s. Come on. Honestly I think I would like the 550 jaws on a bridger frame if they would sit as low then.

My neighbor ran one of my 550s over driving around my farm looking for his dog. I told him my wife would go becuse she knew where my traps are. He didn't wait. He was in his large side by side utility vehicle.
He found his dog wearing a different 550. wink he seemed irritated but hard to tell in a txt. I tried to call to verify but he didn't answer.

The trap fired and dosen't open as smooth going past where the jaws connect. Still held a coyote just fine.

Last edited by Providence Farm; 01/09/21 09:47 PM.
Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7129116
01/09/21 10:46 PM
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I've never had a MN Yote shake a stock # 2 Bridger dogless. The MB dogless should be a total success. IMHO, the KO's are overkill unless you are chasing Timber Wolf.


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Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7130848
01/10/21 10:00 PM
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I have had 5 MN wolves caught in MB550s. None of them got out. None of the three still there were in any less working order than when set. The two that left with the wolf Did not have the J hook connecting to the earth anchor welded shut. And that was literally the weak link that gave way.

The Bridgers (dog on) do not fair so well. I use these size traps because we have more wolves than coyote. The hope is the are on a jaw when they trigger the trap. It took a 3/4 ton truck to damage the frame so a 550 could not function.

If dogless is your preference I would think they will be ideal.

And Rick Olson it is refreshing to see an accurate description of
Wolf sizes. Nearly everyone folks see is described as “at least
100 lbs”! 82 lbs is the heaviest I have weighed out of those I have skun out (most for the DNR).

Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7130919
01/10/21 10:27 PM
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Those traps hold Great Lakes wolves.


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Re: New MB dogless [Re: TC1] #7133576
01/12/21 03:45 PM
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Communist State Of New York
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Originally Posted by TC1
Name a commonly trapped animal that you would want to hold, that the MB trap is not beefy enough for? Never seen nor heard of any deficiencies with any of their products. In my opinion a trap doesn’t have to weigh 4 lbs to get the job done. Only bent frame on an MB was due to a tractor and hay wagon on my line. I surely can’t blame them for my mistake in placement.


They've held 2 different bears in the 75 to 100 lb. range. And they held me be by 4 fingers once.

Re: New MB dogless [Re: trapperjdb] #7134497
01/13/21 07:53 AM
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Competition is good there would not be a new mn trap except for duke making the 650. The more trap companies there are the more trappers will benefit

Re: New MB dogless [Re: Flipper] #7134657
01/13/21 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Flipper
Competition is good there would not be a new mn trap except for duke making the 650. The more trap companies there are the more trappers will benefit



I agree 100%.


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