Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: ~ADC~]
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01/11/22 04:33 PM
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Maybe I missed it, but how much $ are they? That's unfortunately going to be the deciding factor for many trappers. You missed it. Bottom of the first post.
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Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: ~ADC~]
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01/11/22 04:52 PM
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Maybe I missed it, but how much $ are they? That's unfortunately going to be the deciding factor for many trappers. $50 each plus shipping. I would not mess with these for production/numbers fur trapping or hobby trapping. I know that statement wont help my sales, but its true. In my mind these are geared toward beaver (and possibly otter) ADC professionals who are getting paid to have every legal trick in the book and the knowledge to know when and how to use those tricks to remove beavers in a limited access situation, and often in an educated beaver situation. If someone just wants to catch a few beavers as a hobby, I would say just leave the smart ones for seed, or chase them if you like the challenge. If I were a volume numbers fur trapper, I definitely would not waste my time chasing educated beavers at all, and I would not bother putting a trap anywhere that I would need a magnebed or any other trap holding device for that matter, I would find another location to quickly catch the beavers or move on the the next colony of fresh beavers. In the decade or so before I became an ADC professional, I did not want or need the extra weight, expense, and hassle of any trap holding device, I caught the uneducated beavers in the locations that were the fastest and easiest to set, and moved on. But for the ADC professional in situations similar to mine, it will likely pay for itself many times over, at least I know it would for me. Would I spend $50 on one? I have to say yes because my first one cost me a good bit more than that, but paid for itself many times over. But I am definitely biased on that one!
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Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: yotetrapper30]
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01/11/22 04:54 PM
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Maybe I missed it, but how much $ are they? That's unfortunately going to be the deciding factor for many trappers. You missed it. Bottom of the first post. Actually I dont think he did miss it, I went back and edited the with pricing after he had already read it.
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Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: Paul Dobbins]
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01/16/22 12:19 AM
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You had to do some digging to find that. I believe they bolted on so had to drag the whole thing around after a catch and chain could tangle on it. The idea was sound now that the idea of making it a break away someone may make it viable.
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Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: Trapset]
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02/22/22 06:03 PM
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I would think one could rig a piece of #9 wire to bump the chest, getting the landing gear to drop for a front foot catch when desired. Seems reasonable. I have not tried that. I have used “breasting sticks”, but all the magnebed was doing in those instances was holding the trap because the mud was too soft in that location.
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Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: Paul Dobbins]
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02/22/22 06:14 PM
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Loosanarrow, Some folks seem to have never needed to set a beaver foothold where there is literally no bottom to bed the trap and there is nothing but muck.
I need a few of these. Will order at least one soon.
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Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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02/22/22 06:44 PM
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Loosanarrow, Some folks seem to have never needed to set a beaver foothold where there is literally no bottom to bed the trap and there is nothing but muck.
I need a few of these. Will order at least one soon. As of today I have all but one of the stainless steel components to build more. That component is currently expected to arrive within two weeks. So while I can make the units up, I am missing one set of screws for final assembly until they arrive. I am told they might arrive sooner, but could be up to two weeks. I bought a bunch of everything in case things get worse on the supply chain.
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Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: Mad Scientist]
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02/23/22 01:18 PM
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Threw one together with scrap I had laying around and 2 black hole oil filter magnets.Only works on a WCS 7.5.Been riding around with in boat the last 3 weeks but haven’t found a place to use it.Epic idea Eric. Looks like it would work. Does the base allow you to attach a piling stake, or are you just planning to set it on the bottom? Also have you tested to see how much weight it takes on the springs to pop it off- like a beaver standing on the spring before it hits the pan? I would be interested to hear how those magnets hold up under water too. Neodymium magnets corrode quickly in water if not sealed. The ones I am using are nickel coated for long term corrosion resistance, and they are set in epoxy to protect them from impact. An unprotect neodymium magnet is very brittle - the first ones I used all broke because they were not protected from impact. Haven’t broken a single one since I found the ones I use now. Those black hole magnets look like they are protected somewhat, but I have not handled one.
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Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: AKAjust]
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02/23/22 02:10 PM
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And I thought I had too many screwdrivers.lol just OMG I just about peed myself!
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Re: New water trap bedding device?
[Re: Paul Dobbins]
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02/23/22 02:18 PM
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I hope you put a patent on that thing.....
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