Ordered these Wednesday as soon as Duke got them in, they were delivered today. $299.88 to the door for a dozen. Got a couple out to mess with tonight and I have to say I’m super impressed.

Love the spring steel style “tensioned” safeties. They aren’t quite as stiff as Belisle safeties but they work great. Got them into the tuning contraption and from the factory they come with the same amount of travel as a Belisle. 2” of travel with a pretty crisp fire. I like mine at less than 1”. Couple swipes with a file and they are right where I want them.

Springs are insanely strong just like the regular Duke 330 magnums. Pretty nice that they come with a factory cable for tie off too instead of no cable or chain like a Belisle. Pretty much 10” exactly inside the rivets for horizontal jaw spread. 10-1/4” inside the jaws vertically when unset. Overall I am very impressed and plan to get them in the water soon!

Looks like a cheap knockoff of a belisle.

Us poor folk down here catching the southern beaver can’t afford the niceties of those that trap world class Crown beaver

I kinda like that angle on the dog. From looking at the pictures, it looks like it puts the trigger inside the trap instead of on the outside like the belisle tends to

No problem I hear that company steals designs from a lot of companys that develop their own stuff.
Doesnt surprize me a bit.

When Bill showed them to me I was really impressed, I am going to order some to test. Bill is really good to trappers from beginners to old folks.

Feel better now? Never mind, I don't really care. Truth is it is the trapper that makes the trap perform, not the other way around. I still have some 330 Victors that my Dad used in the 70's, they still kill beaver with boring repeatable results if you make good sets. Beslisles are overpriced.

Connibear - How mony different bodygrip traps.
Sterling traps - Mb 650- and 750
CDRs and WCS trap
Sterling DP and the look a like other 50 DP traps
So whats new?

If they come with overpowered springs like the regular Dukes I'll probably do a hard pass.

Jesus, Noah, your hands look like they're 100 years old. Use some hand cream or something, they're a runner up for Vinke's toes.

Thanks for the review. Got all the Belisles I need for the moment in that size, but if I need more, I'll give the Duke's a try....

if for no other reason than to upset Boco.

I agree with BOCO. They look nearly identical to Beslisle. And agree with Stephen about over-powered springs on newer Duke traps.

News flash, the intent is a direct copy of the Belisle.

Wonder if those jaws can take those strong springs?

Belisle 330s jaws can't handle the spring strength....get bowed out with nearly every catch.

So if stealing stuff is ok why are you mad that the chinks just ripped off all your AI work and made it cheaper,ripping off your stockmarkets for billions of dollars.
Its Ok calm down.
Bunch of crooks everywhere too lazy to design their own stuff.Easier to steal other peoples work.

Patient only last for so long boco,,,,, you could still be paying 10 dollars a pill for you blue pills….

While patients do only last so long, depending on what they are a patient for, I'm pretty sure you meant patent.

Yes most Dukes are a knockoff copy of other brand traps that are cheaper produced and cheaper priced. Everybody knows this, they fill a large market niche and to my knowledge Bill Duke has never had a patent violation. He makes no real bones about making cheaper imitations, hence the whole Duke 550/650 naming scheme, he wanted people to know what they were getting an imitation of. Some people want the top quality original and are willing to pay for it, some want the budget version.

They do make a few original traps, usually where he sees a need for a reasonably priced trap in the market.

Nope,,,, I meant patents…..….

Duke springs are nuclear powered these days. I got some 330's before this season that I can't even begin to set by hand, and I normally don't struggle regardless of the brand

Don't like them, don't buy them. See how easy that is?

I like duke traps, use lots of them, and they really support trapping, I never had any trouble with their traps, that I didn't have with other brands