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Re: When were Sleepy Creeks first made?
[Re: BernieB.]
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02/09/24 10:32 PM
02/09/24 10:32 PM
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Iowa
Mitch L
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Iowa
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Seems to me I was using them in the late 1980's. I know I was using them when I did the video with Tom Miranda in 1993 and I had been using them a while at that time. My memory isn't what it used to be though. You had a picture of Bud Hall holding one in one of your books. I'd love to have on of those.
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Re: When were Sleepy Creeks first made?
[Re: Moosetrot]
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02/09/24 11:20 PM
02/09/24 11:20 PM
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MN
Steven 49er
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MN
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I bought a dozen 1.5 coils at the NTA in Rochester, Minn., I think in '94 or '95.
Moosetrot 1997
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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Re: When were Sleepy Creeks first made?
[Re: Leftlane]
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02/10/24 12:18 AM
02/10/24 12:18 AM
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Southern Nevada
cat_trapper_nv
"Cat Master"
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"Cat Master"
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,100
Southern Nevada
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I have some I bought in 14 and some more I were told were made in the 90s
All have the oblong pan, but IDK if they put round pans on the bigger DLS.
I can tell you that all have the same strengths and weaknesses in my mind. The springs are super strong, and I love the OS jaw shape. Works good for everything except coons as there is entirely too much room under the jaws..
All of mine needed base plating and at least a strong bend upwards at the end of the jaws if not a good bubble weld. By doing that, and laminating the jaws, they basically become a black hole for a paw belonging to any critter between 20 and 160#. I have never used their coil springs or smaller DLS traps.
Here is some eye candy for western style cat trappers. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/02/full-13671-207435-received_1607087686021023.jpeg) I remember way back when I first started cat trapping and you posted this picture. That day I bought a dozen #3s, a dozen drags, some chain, and a bundle of shingles. It's sad they stopped making them. These will be the trap everyone is trying to get their hands on in the future. Since then ive switched to smaller traps because they are easier to pack (and dont hold mountainlions as well), but won't even think about selling the sleepy creek #3s I've bought over the years.
If traps work like the Antis say......I would have no fingers.
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Re: When were Sleepy Creeks first made?
[Re: frank1969]
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02/10/24 06:54 AM
02/10/24 06:54 AM
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Greene County,Virginia
run
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Greene County,Virginia
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I went to a buddy tonight he knew the owners of sleepy and ge said they sold it and moved to colerado Thank you very much!
wanna be goat farmer.
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Re: When were Sleepy Creeks first made?
[Re: cat_trapper_nv]
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02/10/24 12:04 PM
02/10/24 12:04 PM
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Posts: 20,337
The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
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"HOSS"
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,337
The Hill Country of Texas
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I remember way back when I first started cat trapping and you posted this picture. That day I bought a dozen #3s, a dozen drags, some chain, and a bundle of shingles. It's sad they stopped making them. These will be the trap everyone is trying to get their hands on in the future. Since then ive switched to smaller traps because they are easier to pack (and dont hold mountainlions as well), but won't even think about selling the sleepy creek #3s I've bought over the years.
Scott, my rigs are functioning works of art- but have you seen the pictures The Hammer will post of his dogless DLS or Flipper's SC 4.5s. I am glad my phone is water proof- those things make me drool and I mean drool a lot.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.”
Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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