vs number 2 fully modified dogless....pans look awfully big to me.

I have both sir (#2 dog on, and dogless). And they both perform very well on coyotes and cats. I actually like the dogless better. Less moving parts and no rebending dogs from time to time.
I am working to retool my whole setup with these, buying a few here and there to spread out the costs. Will be selling some of my other traps to focus on these. A lot more reasonably priced than MBs and in my opinion are a better trap.
I have such a mix of traps today and my #2 bridgers have really moved to the top of my preferred list.
If you get a chance watch some wiebe trapline adventures videos with Dan Robert’s coyote lines. Lots of #2 dogless on his line.
Jim

I have a few dogon and am considering the dogless now..(fully modofied to be legal here

I’ve trapped coyotes over 40 years and was a die hard long spring guys for first several years. Slowly moved over to coils and I ran a lot of #3 Bridger coils for a while but sometimes they grab a little too high for our coyotes here. I have some MBs too and have cussed those a few times on my line. I keep reaching for #2 bridgers and haven’t been disappointed. The dogless when those came out I tried them and really like the adjustable and simplicity of one moving pan trigger part. The bigger pan is great.
I don’t think an old dog like me could learn new tricks but I have.
Jim

Generally a big pan creates toe catches although possibly its offset with the laminated jaws. We have very large coyotes here. Not like neb or s.d.

How are you feeling these days bud?
I just came off my bloodwork and results came back undetectable again. Three more quarterly measurements ahead yet and if all three come in undetectable again, that will be three straight years at that level and my oncologist said he will start weaning me off of the 2x daily chemo regimen. Can’t wait. He has a few other patients that he took off of it after three years and they havent had to go back on at all. I know there is no cure for this, but like he told me if you can get off of chemo and hold your numbers on your own and live a long normal life…isn’t that like being cured? Who knows. Been a long haul of 5:00AM and 5:00PM every day two chemo pills each. I can’t eat two hours before a dose and one hour after a dose too. I live by a whole bunch of alarms on my phone. When to stop eating, when to take chemo, when I can eat again.
My family has been great through this.
Chronic Myeloid leukemia sucks.
Jim

I found the MBs don’t have a very “tall” jaw height when closed. The #2 bridgers are about right for a solid pad catch. Not above it (where threes grab) and not below like toe catches. Caught a lot of big footed cats in them too. And a few coyotes by both front feet in them too. Pan tension matters, not pan width or size. If pan tension is set a little heavy they can’t fire it unless weight is committed down onto the pan and they are IN at that point full paw.
Jim

All leukemia sucks but God has taught me how to survive without chemo. Saw my oncologist for the first time in 3 yrs a cpl months ago and he said my numbers are better than 3 yrs ago. Wanted me to give up my secret so he could take it to his bosses. No way.......Next thing if I did it would be pulled off the market.......Drs are big scams!

Praying for ya, man!

You two guys congratulations on your good med reports. And Folks look at the duke (yea I know!?!?!) #3 one heck of a strong trap. I tried a lot of the others but am getting to be totally a duke #3 line up......jk

pan size very well does matter,,,along with tension.

I also have duke number 3"s...very close to the victor number 3"s the state game and fish dept gave us in s.d. adc.

I've ran both dogless an reg. much prefer the dogless design. run 4 doz of them along with my 550s for pastures with cattle. tank of a trap that needs a little filing on the pan notch when new

What's the difference between the bridger fully modified and the dogless? I'm thinking about buying some but I want them night latched.

This maybe a dumb question it can you switch out the dog pans for dogless pans on the #2’s.

not a production coyote trapper,,,,,,,,,,,BUT 26 years of ADC trapping says.........
I am confident with this set,,,,,,,F the trap

thx for that

I remember when the state gave us new modified monty 3"s.....new on the market. They would require a little filing too. I like 3-4 pounds for coyote to avoid the non targets. I thought the ad said these are night latched.

I aso prefer the dogless. When I bought they came in offset jaw only. I don't know if they offer closed jaw now or not. That was only complaint.

jabne, i'm in the same boat as you with the cml. I keep waiting for the day i can get off the chemo pills if ever. Good luck to you. wwr, I bought a #2 dogless and maybe it's just me but i prefer the duke #3s better. But i've always prefered round jaw over square jaw, no particular reason i just do. Are you still over by killdeer? Heck, i'll bring that dogless over and you can run it through the wringer to see if you like it before buying any more.