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Re: Most foot friendly fox trap?
[Re: rattrapper1234]
#7220063
03/18/21 06:49 PM
03/18/21 06:49 PM
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Southern Michigan
trappergbus
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trapper
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Southern Michigan
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Back in the day I did a lot of tinkering with offsets with the old Monty 1.5s round jaws to make them a more efficient dry coon trap and to treat red and grey foxes paws better. Long story short 1/8th inch performed best on all species with 14 inches of chain to the anchor with 3 universal swivels. When coyotes showed up I added lams, and had JC make less powerful Lightning springs. They held coyotes till the cows came home. But the misses were off the chart but, it was very paw friendly to foxes. Today if I was going to trap live market fox my trap of choice would be the MB450 closed jaw and I would probably do a bit of grinding to some to compare. Cast steel files and grinds easy.... Wide smooth jaws with ample power to keep the paw in place without tendon damage is not easy on every fox that steps on the pan. For all species 3/16th performs best for fur trapping, with the exception of wolves from what I gather.
Just my 2 cents
Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..
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Re: Most foot friendly fox trap?
[Re: rattrapper1234]
#7220112
03/18/21 07:42 PM
03/18/21 07:42 PM
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Joined: Apr 2014
S/W Wisconsin
rpmartin
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S/W Wisconsin
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Beav and i are friends and we give each other jabs at times and i can see where to an untrained eye it may look different. But trust me we are just messing with each other. Sorry if it kept folks from adding to this thread and or give the op heart burn it was not our intention. I can assure you what we wish for in the end is to not turn a 4 legged critter into a 3 legged critter.
Life member, NRA, NTA, RMEF, Pheasants Forever. WTA,TTA,FTA,SA,GOA, member
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Re: Most foot friendly fox trap?
[Re: wetdog]
#7220157
03/18/21 08:15 PM
03/18/21 08:15 PM
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Joined: May 2011
Garden,Michigan
Buck (Zandra)
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Joined: May 2011
Garden,Michigan
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Most of the damage on a gray in a heavy trap can't be seen until it is skinned. .............. That has not been my experience.The best trap s I've ever used around grey Fox were either stock 11/2 coils or the soft catch in the same size.The soft catch treated them very well but greys,unlike reds,like to chew on the padding.Keep in mind I've never used laminated 11/2 coils.1.75's and No.2's did not treat them well at all.Damage could be excessive.We never had greys here,when they arrived they were everywhere.After a few years they disappeared,apparently from distemper so their scarce to non existent now,but if they were to make comeback I'd try the 450 or the 550 rubber jaw.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: Most foot friendly fox trap?
[Re: rattrapper1234]
#7221341
03/19/21 09:06 PM
03/19/21 09:06 PM
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Joined: Apr 2014
S/W Wisconsin
rpmartin
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trapper
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S/W Wisconsin
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Nice pics Author trapper, great job. You been learning some new sets down there?
Life member, NRA, NTA, RMEF, Pheasants Forever. WTA,TTA,FTA,SA,GOA, member
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