Anybody use these ? Want to use them on my conibears ..tired of the quick clips springs rust an they don't work anymore

Been using them for years, Buy the large sized ones. I used them today as a matter of fact. I use them on water traps and land traps. Have held several cougars with them and 3/32 cable. I made my last bunch with 1/8 inch cable, so far don't like it as much. Couple of things I don't like about them are, 1- cable is stiffer, 2- my trap tags don't fit that cable, so I don't have an extra brand on my set. 3/32 held up fine but does get kinked after a while, the tie off ends are reusable so 100 goes a long way. I don't use the washers that some come with, just a cable stop. loop on other end and your good to go.

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I have em just always been wary of something causing the ferrule to pop out

Once you snug them up they only get tighter. never lost anything with them. On 10-12 feet of cable they are sure handy around here. coyotes I use earth anchors but I have caught coyotes in cat sets made with these, I just think coyotes chew more on the long cables.

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Thanks for the info so you can use the large ones with3/32 cable ?

Yes

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10-4 thanks for the reply gnahave to order some here try em

How do these work? Are they a swivel or an adjustable loop?

They are extension cables, I fasten my traps to the loop with a quick link, I run 10-12 feet of cable with the tie on the end.






Once wrapped around a tree it just gets tighter, you can remove easy to change locations.

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They are only about 100 years old
Used to be called tree locks.

I had to quit using them for coon on snares and DPs. Those buggers have fingers on all four feet and are smarter than me.

That’s exactly what I’m going to make. If you don’t have a quick link handy, you could just run the lock through the loop around an eye loop or whatever.

You had coons taking them off an run off with the setup an the trap then ? I take it more than once too huh ..well thats something to keep in mind

Yep.

I added a washer behind the stop which seems to help on that part. Nowadays I use sleep ez hooks on everything

Washer, and go around twice.

I whipped up a couple dozen last night. I’ll use these for open water beaver clipping the swivel on the arm and working it into the ring. Half of them have the washers. For bigger stuff like wolf I’ll make a different style over summer.

What are those swivels you have there don't think I've ever seen those almost looks like a snap swivel

Easy snare tie off and removal unless animal caught then wire cutters are needed.