Re: First double foot catch
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02/23/21 10:52 AM
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i caught a possum by the tail in a tire set. haven't used a tire set since That's nuts! how the heck, maybe it was able to pull its small feet out? No clue.
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Re: First double foot catch
[Re: dedshaut]
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02/23/21 02:59 PM
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Here's my hunch. Both feet were just inside the jaws but close to, if not directly over the fulcrum (balancing point of the "teeter totter'),,,,, the lever ( trap pan) of your "totter" starts at the hold down point of the jaw and extends out into the center of the base and continues to the end of the pan closest to the loose jaw ,,,,,,,,with a pan tension of whatever poundage you set, you are increasing (over gravity) the amount of weight it will take to have the lever (pan) lift the short end of the "totter" and release the/or spring the trap. Now with all that said I hunch that the coyote shifted its weight ever so slightly toward the long side of the "teeter totter" enough to compensate for your added pan tension and the jaws were faster than the coyote's reaction time so he took a ride home with you. Isn't that what pan tension is supposed to do by allowing smaller weighted creatures to wrestle on top of the lever (pan) and NOT spring the trap. Not every animal step is exacting the same weight on the soil beneath it, so when you reach the "straw" that exceeds the camel's carrying capacity, it breaks or in this case it fires the trap........................................... my take .... the mike
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Re: First double foot catch
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02/23/21 06:13 PM
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Here's my hunch. Both feet were just inside the jaws but close to, if not directly over the fulcrum (balancing point of the "teeter totter'),,,,, the lever ( trap pan) of your "totter" starts at the hold down point of the jaw and extends out into the center of the base and continues to the end of the pan closest to the loose jaw ,,,,,,,,with a pan tension of whatever poundage you set, you are increasing (over gravity) the amount of weight it will take to have the lever (pan) lift the short end of the "totter" and release the/or spring the trap. Now with all that said I hunch that the coyote shifted its weight ever so slightly toward the long side of the "teeter totter" enough to compensate for your added pan tension and the jaws were faster than the coyote's reaction time so he took a ride home with you. Isn't that what pan tension is supposed to do by allowing smaller weighted creatures to wrestle on top of the lever (pan) and NOT spring the trap. Not every animal step is exacting the same weight on the soil beneath it, so when you reach the "straw" that exceeds the camel's carrying capacity, it breaks or in this case it fires the trap........................................... my take .... the mike This makes so much sense to me. Thanks.
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Re: First double foot catch
[Re: dedshaut]
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02/24/21 08:29 AM
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Congratulations dedshaut. Neat catch. Right on Flint Hill fur. Here's couple other weird catches... Front foot catch...his only front foot Tail caught Possum... Elbow caught Grey... Nose caught Possum...
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Re: First double foot catch
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02/24/21 11:47 AM
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Congratulations dedshaut. Neat catch. Right on Flint Hill fur. Here's couple other weird catches... Front foot catch...his only front foot Tail caught Possum... Elbow caught Grey... Nose caught Possum... wow! those are some super crazy catches, thanks for sharing.
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Re: First double foot catch
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02/25/21 06:32 AM
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Great thread. Thanks for posting the great pics guys!
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Re: First double foot catch
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02/26/21 05:34 PM
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Lol Herb, I’ve had that on grinners but not yotes.
I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.
More trappin' and less yappin'.
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