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Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: TravC] #8463853 09/04/25 06:41 PM 09/04/25 06:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Illinois M MChewk trapper
MChewk trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Illinois	Bingo Kinley31....agreed. Lee's Death Ray was a game changer for some trappers working near people where firearms are NOT allowed and blood was frowned upon. Gimmicks. Call them what you will...some are/were tools made by trappers that helped THEM on THEIR trapline.

Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: MChewk] #8463869 09/04/25 06:57 PM 09/04/25 06:57 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 South Dakota T TravC OP "MCnasty"
TravC OP "MCnasty" T Joined: Mar 2007 South Dakota	Originally Posted by MChewk Bingo Kinley31....agreed. Lee's Death Ray was a game changer for some trappers working near people where firearms are NOT allowed and blood was frowned upon. Gimmicks. Call them what you will...some are/were tools made by trappers that helped THEM on THEIR trapline. Again apples to oranges. Lee developed a heck of a tool for a real need and buikt it to.last how is that the same as a plastic bone or turd? Lee didnt build it to just make a quick buck either As far as us not being near as bad as bowhunting I disagree. It may be worse! we are a smaller group with alot more difftent supply company putting 4 dallor materials togeather to sale for 20 bucks a pop to new trappers. How is that compareable to quality tools? Last edited by TravC; 09/04/25 07:03 PM. There i said it....

Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: TravC] #8463870 09/04/25 06:58 PM 09/04/25 06:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Iowa ~ADC~ The Count
~ADC~ The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Iowa	I remember thinking the first DP's were a gimmick. www.iowatrapperstalk.com

Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: ~ADC~] #8463880 09/04/25 07:18 PM 09/04/25 07:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Nebraska T Trapset trapper
Trapset trapper T Joined: Jan 2009 Nebraska	Originally Posted by ~ADC~ I remember thinking the first DP's were a gimmick. HA! Me too! www.rtssetter.com

Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: TravC] #8463919 09/04/25 08:20 PM 09/04/25 08:20 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 PA P PAskinner trapper
PAskinner trapper P Joined: Aug 2010 PA	Did someone actually sell plastic turds? Never saw that ad, lol. I think that the real problem would be a new trapper thinking he needed all the extra gadgets before he could catch stuff. Like buying mail boxes for mink sets. Sure, it might work, but you sure don't need it. Or 25 different lures when you only need a few good ones. Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.

Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: PAskinner] #8463928 09/04/25 08:28 PM 09/04/25 08:28 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 South Dakota T TravC OP "MCnasty"
TravC OP "MCnasty" T Joined: Mar 2007 South Dakota	Originally Posted by PAskinner Did someone actually sell plastic turds? Never saw that ad, lol. I think that the real problem would be a new trapper thinking he needed all the extra gadgets before he could catch stuff. Like buying mail boxes for mink sets. Sure, it might work, but you sure don't need it. Or 25 different lures when you only need a few good ones. Bingo thats exactky the point. And yes several actually There i said it....

Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: Trapset] #8463982 09/04/25 09:13 PM 09/04/25 09:13 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Iowa T trapdog1 trapper
trapdog1 trapper T Joined: Feb 2015 Iowa	Originally Posted by Trapset Originally Posted by ~ADC~ I remember thinking the first DP's were a gimmick. HA! Me too! Remember the soup can coon trap?

Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: TravC] #8464215 09/05/25 11:09 AM 09/05/25 11:09 AM
Joined: Apr 2018 Missouri U undercover trapper
undercover trapper U Joined: Apr 2018 Missouri	I get a kick out of the glow in the dark products (trapping trappers). Also lure sellers that post catch pictures in trail sets and the animals were harvested in conibears. I'll admit to falling for some of the smoke and mirrors over the past fifty years, but I'm pretty confident that I can spot a gimmick and a fast buck chaser a little better in my social security years (which in itself is a Ponzi scheme).

Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: TravC] #8464285 09/05/25 02:21 PM 09/05/25 02:21 PM
Joined: Mar 2017 NM C ChiefT trapper
ChiefT trapper C Joined: Mar 2017 NM	All outdoor industries have them, especially hunting fishing and trapping. It depends on the maturity of the individual who falls for them but millions have been made millions will be made.

Re: Is our industry full of gimmicks? [Re: TravC] #8464309 09/05/25 02:57 PM 09/05/25 02:57 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I.	Duck hunters are bad for that, willing to try anything that's claimed to suck in those ducks a little better.... I used to buy some of that stuff, cause heck, I've wasted money before on crap, lol somehow it never made a difference....

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