New trap prices!! Dang!!

I just got my issue of trappers post today and looked at the ads the duke has… i about flipped. 100 bucks now for a dozen 160s. 80 bucks for a dozen 1.5 coils. I’d think our respective departments of natural resources should make the penalties for trap theft more severe.

Glad I bought plenty of traps years ago, I’d hate to be trying to put together 5 or 6 dozen quality coyote traps at today’s prices. I just checked, mb550s are $28 a dozen more now than they were when I bought them. Steel is going up, so not only are the raw materials costs up, the dies to make them cost more, labor costs are going up, heck everything is getting expensive these days.

Shipping and postage too....

But you won't spend all that since everything is out of stock.

214 for a dozen 550 !

That’s for the 2 coiled version. I bought 5 dozen 4 coiled 550s around ten years ago for I think $204 a dozen. Lucky for me they’re still catching fur, well at least the ones that didn’t get stolen or run over by tractors through the years lol. If I buy more traps it’ll be #3 and #4 double long springs if I can find a good deal on them.

All things considered I'm surprised they've kept prices as low as they are. Everything is out of hand.