Haha

I am going to have to check those out, I never really thought about replacing them

Yep Perry County Trappers will chew there way out or if they can get to a knife-cut it off!!!

Made your conibear set into a urine post set did you!!!!!



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I don't know which hurt more-conibear whackin end of my thumb, end of finger, or gut!!!!

RJ trap setter but best advice gun safety keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction at all times. Conibear safety keep body parts out of jaw radius at all times.

And always treat the trap like its set. I had a situation this year where a 330 in a stream was knocked over by a stick and debris. I thought the trap was sprung. It was not.

And be careful not to fall into a trap. I once was standing above the 330 on a beaver slide. The shore or ice I was standing on gave way & I fell towards the trap but luckily didn't get pinched.

Caught my thumb in a 110 few weeks ago. It was cold that morn and hurt like heck man.

I got my thumb in a 220 this year. I thought I was going to have to drive home wearing it. I eventually got out and I remembered it for 2 weeks solid.

Everything seems more painful when it is cold out

You just got to get tough and mean when you're setting them conibare's. Caught my thumb and index finger in a 110 when I was setting it. It was so cold and hurt like h-LL that I had to whack myself in the nuts just to make the pain quit so I could get them out.

I consider myself a pretty tough dude and I pride myself on making good decisions and staying calm when I’m in the suck. This was a 155. One of the springs came around the corner and made it almost all the way to my thumb before friction stopped it. It hurt so bad it took me to my knees and I felt like I was going to throw up. Wife had to get me out with a pair of setters.

I was teaching a kid how to make a 220 fisher cubby. Had trap all set in the box and rubbed some lure on a branch above the box. Went to throw the stick in the box and whack. Caught my index finger and middle finger all the way up by the hand. It was on the side of each finger and I couldn’t even spin them. Needed his help to get out after he heard some colorful language. He was real shy to start with. After that he opened up asking questions. After he laughed at me

Good thing your wife was there to help Cheech

I caught a hunk of hand meat in a 160 Belisle one time. The problem was, I was caught on the outside of the trap!
Belisles have funky jaw bend that will bite you if your hand is touching the side of the trap when it goes off.
Then for even more fun, you have to figure out how to compress the spring on the side where your hand is in the way,
Then once the springs are compressed, opening the jaws pinches the hand meat even harder.
If it ever happens to you, just chew out. Its much easier.

Had 330 fire on thumb an 1 safety hook on spring came off,hurt for weeks , I believe trapper art told me northern beaver trappers or more than 1 , who got caught in hand below ice when checking trap or something an froze dead , not get out, nothing play around with, I rember him say that not really like 330 s an into snares more under ice, I no longer use 330 s much

Partly for that reason, I'd love to switch almost excusively to snares under ice, if I could figure out a good & efficient way to bait them.

Losing your balance while placing a set coni and falling into it is something to be aware of at all times. Especially for older trappers.

exactly what I thought of bfore, it could happen, I concerned I could do it

This works great! I just did this to 3 dozen 330’s. Thanks for posting it.