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Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167428 02/03/21 12:15 PM 02/03/21 12:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas	Im going with cat too but I hesitate to guess how big it was and if it had a long or short tail. Cat's don't chew like a coon or coyote. Coons would have made a bigger mess and a coyote would not have been up in the air leaving us with cat. If you have fisher or martin understand I know nothing about them so one of the guys with frost bite on the brain (Canadian ) would have to help you include or exclude them. The fact that the catch defeated a Sterling or 650 to me would say it was NOT a small cat with a short tail. “What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167430 02/03/21 12:17 PM 02/03/21 12:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas	Ask Beav about whether it could be a fischer or martin- Muskrat says he knows everything “What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167460 02/03/21 12:40 PM 02/03/21 12:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,894 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,894 williamsburg ks	Quote The fact that the catch defeated a Sterling or 650 to me would say it was NOT a small cat with a short tail. Thats what i was thinking. Unless something slowed it down a bit and a good catch behind a pad or three didnt happen. The sterling and mb both flex enough a big cat can often self release. Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167467 02/03/21 12:46 PM 02/03/21 12:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,923 Central, SD Law Dog OP trapper
Law Dog OP trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,923 Central, SD	Ice storm may of left a layer of ice dirt over the pan causing it to fire early making it a toe catch those MJ 600 traps don’t lose much. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167558 02/03/21 02:23 PM 02/03/21 02:23 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,414 Idaho Falls, Idaho F Furvor trapper
Furvor trapper F Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,414 Idaho Falls, Idaho	Bobcat, got its claws in wood and powered out.

Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167566 02/03/21 02:32 PM 02/03/21 02:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,894 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,894 williamsburg ks	No way a bobcat "powers out" of a sterling unless something happened to slow it down so it didnt get high enough on the foot to get behind pads. That could have happened as law dog described. Those spring levers allow some jaw flex though. A lion can take advantage of that and "power out". Even with a good behind a couple pads catch. Yes they will hold many but not all. Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167570 02/03/21 02:37 PM 02/03/21 02:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,894 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,894 williamsburg ks	If you put a big flat blade screw driver between the jaws and give it a little twist you will see what I am talking about. Not a coyote or bobcat alive that can "power out" with a good behind the pads catch, but a 140pound lion is a different story. Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167830 02/03/21 06:10 PM 02/03/21 06:10 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,923 Central, SD Law Dog OP trapper
Law Dog OP trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,923 Central, SD	I’ve held yotes from the bottom by 2 pads in a MJ that was hitting the end of the chain pretty hard and it held. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167924 02/03/21 07:19 PM 02/03/21 07:19 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,605 Va. Lee Co. D Donnie H trapper
Donnie H trapper D Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,605 Va. Lee Co.	I'd say Bigfoot... Index finger, tried to throw it off and it hunt up in the tree. When it didn't let go, he just jerked "real" hard. Yep, that what I think...

Re: What was it? [Re: Law Dog] #7167926 02/03/21 07:21 PM 02/03/21 07:21 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 10,404 Northeast Oklahoma M Mike in A-town trapper
Mike in A-town trapper M Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 10,404 Northeast Oklahoma	Pig castrator. Mike One man with a gun may control 100 others who have none. Vladimir Lenin

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