Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: LT GREY]
#943398
10/21/08 04:07 PM
10/21/08 04:07 PM
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coontrap
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trapper
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MB750's and the TS-85. All my 750's are offset and laminated and the TS-85's I laminated myself.
Coontrap
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: coontrap]
#943689
10/21/08 07:13 PM
10/21/08 07:13 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 889 Tama country IA
1st RiverRat
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trapper
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Tama country IA
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They did NOT design them a feller outa MN did used to go by fossil on here. I never set one on the line but they seem a might slow closing IMO. Id like to see a 4 coiled one.
Adam Utterback
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: Jtrapper]
#943697
10/21/08 07:20 PM
10/21/08 07:20 PM
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GLEN
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I have used them all except of the 85 and the 750 out performs them all.
Work is for people that don't know how to trap US Navy 83'-89'
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: GLEN]
#943707
10/21/08 07:26 PM
10/21/08 07:26 PM
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Posts: 423 VT, AK
arctichomestead
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trapper
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VT, AK
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#4 double longsprings work nicely and can be had used cheaper than the others (the mb750's, etc. are all great traps, not saying they aren't, but the #4's will do the job).
I can't read my signature.
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: Jtrapper]
#943731
10/21/08 07:41 PM
10/21/08 07:41 PM
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Posts: 423 VT, AK
arctichomestead
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VT, AK
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Glad i ain't gotta make a living trapping beaver with #4 longsprings, lol. I did pretty well with them, mostly Victors with cast jaws, and one old rather beat up Newhouse. I'm tempted to buy some 4 1/2 sleepy creeks or bridger #5 dls's for a bigger jaw spread. The mb750's and such are nice traps but truthfully I like longspring traps better.
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: Derek Dutton]
#943744
10/21/08 07:45 PM
10/21/08 07:45 PM
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Posts: 889 Tama country IA
1st RiverRat
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Tama country IA
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My favorite trap is a bridger #3 or the close copy duke #4. Anit nothing wrong with a bridger # 2 either Dont laugh They get their foot in there front or back and they will be there come morin. No I wouldnt want to do full time ADC with it but it but it gets the job done on the fur line. I like the fact that they dont weigh a ton.
Adam Utterback
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: 1st RiverRat]
#943765
10/21/08 07:51 PM
10/21/08 07:51 PM
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Posts: 9,947 Central Pa. 62
bic
"Mr. Sensitivity"
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"Mr. Sensitivity"
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I had a 1-3/4 DUKE 2 coil set for mink on a drowning wire. The next day I had a 37 Lb beaver on the end of the wire. Lucky I might add, the beaver went under a log and couldn't break surface on the other side and expired. If he had tryed hitting land He would have probably pulled out.
Life always offers a second chance. It's called Tomorrow
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: bic]
#943776
10/21/08 07:56 PM
10/21/08 07:56 PM
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GLEN
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those 4 1/2 sleepy creek are a lot like the 44 B&L but much stronger and heavier. GOOD trap too but I haven't used one but my buddy does
Work is for people that don't know how to trap US Navy 83'-89'
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: GLEN]
#943824
10/21/08 08:13 PM
10/21/08 08:13 PM
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Posts: 1,203 SE Ohio
coondawg
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I run CDR's MB750'sand #5 bridger ouble longs and love them all. If I had to rate them I would say that the CDR is at the top. I do want to try the ts85 though.
Member Ducks Unlimited, OSTA, NWTF.
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: coondawg]
#943884
10/21/08 08:35 PM
10/21/08 08:35 PM
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Posts: 189 Bent mountain VA
Yotaholic
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Bent mountain VA
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#5 Bridger Double Longspring
Yes I admit it- IM a Yotaholic
Train your replacement- The future of our heritage depends on it!
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: Yotaholic]
#943944
10/21/08 08:54 PM
10/21/08 08:54 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,388 Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y...
Jtrapper
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Still got my old #4 blake and lamb's, was all we had to beaver trap with in those days. I'll stick with the better beaver traps we have these days.
BMP's claim a #11 is a good beaver trap too, ive held a few in them so I guess they are a good beaver trap, right up there with 1.75 coils and such.
Not my circus, not my clowns.
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Re: Beaver footholds
[Re: trapper34]
#944129
10/21/08 10:01 PM
10/21/08 10:01 PM
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Posts: 1,468 NW Montana
MT Mtn Trapper
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NW Montana
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Bridger #3s set for front foot catch. Grab 'em by the front foot and it doesn't take as much water to drown 'em. I've had back foot catches too and the Bridgers have always held.
Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum
...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Luke 22:36
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