I just bought 6 duke #5 longs. Want to play around this fall and work em on beavs. Anybody do it in any volume? Or have any tips besides the same old rules for coilspring beaver traps?

Pics welcome.

I like the foot to step between the jaws.

lol

I always run ts 85s. But I had same interest and bought a #5 longspring. It produced really good. Ran it on dam break and blind sets. Just love how it beds in the bank and mud. And the feel of it.

I’ve caught quite a few in #5 Bridger dls,I’d take them over the beloved mb750 any day. Easy to set over knee and take a foot out of.

Yep

Been messing with them the last few days. I plan on tinkering next year with the duke #5 longs, Bridger #5 longs, Bridger #5 coils, and the no bs beav xtremes. Also going to run them on a few different drowning set ups.

I expect he meant in lieu of over the loose or fixed jaw. Don't think he meant that as a joke. There are some critters one would prefer to have the animals come into the trap over the jaw hinges. I bet that is what he meant. But I could be wrong.

Mac

^^^ what i meant, but i still chuckled

I had good luck with the Bridger #5 coil spring, offset traps cleaning out a pond last year. That's been my only experience with beaver

I run half dozen #5's.
I set for back foot with them. they work very well!!!!

For some reason, I could never get the Bridger 5 long springs to work for me. I love the number 5 coils, but I missed quite a few beaver in the long springs last season. Now matter how I set them, they were always at the bottom, or halfway to the bottom with nothing in them. It was probably my mistake though, as I know a few trappers that use them successfully.

First #5 i ever got was double long springs. Then added coilspring #5. Now i have 2 CDR traps coming to try out. Beaver trapping i enjoy alot. I go in catch peoples trouble beaver. That opens up new land for me too trap.

Duke or Bridger #5 DLS . I use them and take a good many beaver.
Mine all have mods though

Can't see any need for "mods" on #5 longsprings.
When I started trapping, around 45+ years ago, a #5 was a bear trap. Caught MANY beaver in #3's. Double longspring #4's accounted for many more.
In a drowning set, trap placement, and the set itself is what counts.

Wax the double longs. It makes them easier to set over your knee.

This true regardless of trap size.

Well,I guess I have too.But I lost or missed more.I 've yet to discover how to make a set that's supposedly targeting a front foot remain a front foot catch only set with wildly fluctuating water levels.And catch rates on hind feet using 3's and 4 longsprings are poor

They hold well

And then you can't keep the springs in place .
Wax a DLS to set under water ?
I almost want to ask if you're kidding !?