I just found them on ebay

No waiting until end month fur sell. Hoping few dealers there selling them. I know few guys likes them alot. Looks just like a Bridger. I am going to add 2 dz too start off with. Been building drag setups for them for next yr.

Duke makes a dogless trap ?????

supposedly came out late fall

I bought 4 of them to try, but can't really make a judgement on them. As luck would have it only caught a couple grinners in them, seems like a decent trap overall though.

Where have you been Beav?

The inside cutouts of the spring levers are angled...for better lock up, I assume. But other than that and the seemingly cheaper steel its made out of it is almost Identical to the Bridger.

Oh...and it has a small dirt gap at the base of the jaws. The Bridgers dont have a gap but the jaws create a dirt slot due to the jaw design cut.

I had to call Bill and see what was going on. And they are making a #2 square jawed dog less.
He said they missed the boat by getting them out on the market so late.
I just might have to look Into getting some.

What adjustment is needed ? Pan tension?

So they are a good opossum trap then?

Watched a video. Guy said pan tension was 2 1/2 lbs out of the box

That depends on how tight the pan nut is.

Maybe I`m missing something.The reason I like the paws i trip pans with the ss dogs is so I NEVER have to mess with another bolt and nut on a trap again.I will admit that I have never tried the dogless traps but do they come louse after a catch like the older dog and pan traps?

Pan tension on mine was 2.5 to 3 pounds out of the box.

Yep, appear to do great on opossums . Lol...

No messing with bolts or nuts on dogless either. You want the pan to free fall when not under tension.

I ordered some duke 550 pro series and they sent me some Duke #2 4 coil dogless instead. I already had a dozen Bridger 2 dogless and they looked almost identical so I sent them back and had them send the traps I ordered. They looked like they were well made, I looked them over and messed with them a little and they seemed very much compatible to the Bridgers. I really like the duke 550 pro series but they aren’t dogless, they are a close replica to the MB 550. The only thing I’ve found that I don’t like about them is the made in China stamp on them.

Looks like the Cavens should have patented there traps

Tim Sawatzky should of also.

I don't think you would be able to patented a trap. Traps have been copied since the first trap was hammered out In some black smith shop 200 years ago..
You might be able to patented a part of a trap like the trigger On a DP but the whole trap not a chance.