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Re: best otter foothold
[Re: That.darn.coon]
#8071756
02/08/24 10:42 AM
02/08/24 10:42 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Williamsport, Pa.
jk
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Williamsport, Pa.
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Nasty critters to release. Our Pa season starts Saturday for one week. Only allowed 5 traps. Wish us luck......jk
Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter
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Re: best otter foothold
[Re: K52]
#8071815
02/08/24 11:44 AM
02/08/24 11:44 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
East, Kentucky
KYBOY
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East, Kentucky
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A # 11 double long spring would hold an elephant if he could get his toe in it. Not sure how you would stake it though. Caught both otter and beaver in them, whenever you set an 11 you want to stake for anything because that trap will hold anything. I’ve caught a lot of foxs and the biggest Reds I’ve ever seen in #11’s. Held a good size yote in one. Sleepycreeks. They will hold about anything that manages to get its foot in there..
Deep in the heart of Appalachia....
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Re: best otter foothold
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
#8072110
02/08/24 06:02 PM
02/08/24 06:02 PM
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Joined: Jan 2008
Alaska and Washington State
waggler
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Alaska and Washington State
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You beat me to it!!! [/quote] Where ya buy those at today??^^^^^^[/quote]
You can find them on the used market. As long as you are buying user traps, like ones with cut chains, etc., and not collector traps, you can find them relatively affordable.
"My life is better than your vacation"
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Re: best otter foothold
[Re: panaxman]
#8072194
02/08/24 07:54 PM
02/08/24 07:54 PM
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Joined: Oct 2011
Idaho
bearcat2
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Idaho
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x2 Blake and Lamb or Victor #4 longsprings also work well and Newhouse 4, 14, 41, or 48s, just not as user friendly to set, and I wouldn't set a Newhouse anywhere there might possibly be a thief.
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Re: best otter foothold
[Re: waggler]
#8072195
02/08/24 07:55 PM
02/08/24 07:55 PM
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Joined: Oct 2011
Idaho
bearcat2
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Idaho
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#48 Newhouse, hands down the best otter foothold ever made. Never used them myself, but I knew an old trapper that trapped a lot of otter and used the #48 exclusively.
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Re: best otter foothold
[Re: That.darn.coon]
#8072683
02/09/24 12:31 PM
02/09/24 12:31 PM
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Joined: Jan 2016
Louisiana
AirportTrapper
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Louisiana
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I've sold quite a few from #11s but cable restraints are THE BEST option for live market otter.
If it makes a track on this earth , I can catch it.
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Re: best otter foothold
[Re: That.darn.coon]
#8072685
02/09/24 12:34 PM
02/09/24 12:34 PM
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Joined: Aug 2008
ny
upstateNY
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ny
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My old Victor #3 double longsprings work nicely.
the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
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