I just bought a 303 for $430 last week. I was offered $600 for it and I turned that down. Lol

Good Lord.

Good read…….lol

I will use Bélisle traps first. Got a great stockpile of 330s. Probably 3 dozen 330s I haven’t even opened yet. Last dozen I bought was about 2018. Paid $330 Canadian or $239.11 American. Hard to use the new ones because the old ones just need a trigger wire replaced every so often.

Do they bend? Very few times. But when they’ll hold a muskrat by the tail I wouldn’t trade em

Saw the duke copy in Sioux falls at the 2024 FTA convention. Looks like a good trap but never set or used one. Use whatever you like!

Just bought 10 Bélisle traps at an auction 3-120s,1-220 and 6-280s all brand new after fees it worked out to $3.74 Canadian or $2.71 American a trap.I will keep buying them at that price. I guess I need to load up a bunch and sell them at the next convention I attend in the USA. I have no use for 280s

Just looked up 330s I can order to my house. For a dozen it’s $468 Canadian or$339.06 American dollars before tax. Prices have gone up since I looked quite a few years ago.

It’s like the Chevy,ford,dodge argument use what works best for you!

I was just enjoying the entertainment in this thread when I encountered a false statement. You DO NOT need a registered trapline in Canada. There are loads of places and many trappers in Canada without registered traplines. I suspect Saskatchewan Canada has less regulations than Alabama regarding trapping. Sure you have to take a couple hour course here once in your lifetime to be able to trap but daily regulations are less restrictive here I’d think.

Carry on.

^^^^ why is it every time I come up with a tagline .. people start using it

… then I come up with another… and they start using it too

… I’m gonna run out of options at some point

… ya’ll need to be more original

… that’s on the forrila gorilla

I used to have a whole bunch of different brand body grippers. As my trapping skills increased I finally realized that the trap I never had to worry about was the Belisle 330. Got rid of all the rest. Have never looked back. Luckily, I likely have enough to last me from here on out.

Don't know why Jtrap or anybody else would have trouble stabilizing them. I use 3/8ths rebar and it fits just perfect.

...carry on!

I agree 100%. When I standardized my traps maybe 17-18 years ago, I already had a mishmash of various traps of several brands, both foothold and body grip. I did not, however have any Belisles. As such, I ordered a 330, a 280 and a 120.
It was a no-brainer for me. I sold almost all my body grips and replaced them with Belisles, bought my wolverine traps from NO BS, (closed-jaw Canine Extremes), and my beaver footholds are TS-85s. I did keep a dozen or so 1-1/2 Victor footholds, as well as a few #1s, and never looked back. I junked all my old marten boxes and built new ones that fit Belisle 120s, and never had to wonder if the trap in hand fit the box on the pole. The B-330s were not $500 a dozen back then, but they were much more expensive than the other traps available.
I was willing to cry once.

…. I’ll ride up there and put y’all’s wolverines on the endangered species list with nothing more than a Steven’s single shot 22 and a half dozen 90’s model sleepy creek 220’s

This reeks of braggadocio. Surprised that a real Texan would succumb to their baser instincts.

...BUT CARRY ON!

…. You keep talkin … and I’ll clean out them sorry coastal cats of yours while I’m at it

… you understand me ?

Everything is bigger in Texas they say.
Even the BS,lol

This threads been beaten to death….
High prices, traps are hard to set up, outfitters BSing, Canadian trapping regs, Shaky telling hunting fables, right on up to the venerable bubbaed Lee Enfields …….lol

Bottom line is the dealers jacked up the price on some equipment. Will it ever go down? Probably not.
How do the prices look on the Belisle or Savage replacement parts? Are they up too, or just the traps?