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"Big Bear" 110 size traps ?

Posted By: Crowfoot

"Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/01/22 07:43 PM

Got some traps, conibear 110 type, stamped Big Bear on the latch.
Look to be more cheaply made than others, but are quite strong.
Bright (galvanized ?) chain and stamped/formed sheet metal trigger.
Who made these and where did they come from ? (guessing china)
Thanks.
Posted By: mike mason

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/01/22 08:32 PM

Don't remember the manufacturer but the guy was from NJ and handing them out at the Clearfield PA trappers convention around 1980ish.
Posted By: wissmiss

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/01/22 08:38 PM

Are they square jaw or 6 sided? The early models were 6 sided. They also made a 220 size trap.
Posted By: Crowfoot

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/01/22 09:04 PM

Thanks folks, here are some pics.
I think these springs are actually stronger than many, if not all of the other brands I have. [Linked Image]
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Posted By: walleyed

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/01/22 10:03 PM

JUNK

Very touchy triggers & hard to keep set !!

walleyed
Posted By: backroadsarcher

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/01/22 11:55 PM

I have just one got in a mix of traps. Probably just hang on the wall.
Posted By: mudtracker

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/01/22 11:56 PM

I replaced the triggers on the ones I had
Posted By: DanN

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/02/22 12:08 AM

They made a 160 also
Posted By: DanN

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/02/22 12:10 AM

At one point I had about 12 dozen of them in 110 and 160 size and all mine worked as good as Victors.
Posted By: nightlife

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/02/22 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by mudtracker
I replaced the triggers on the ones I had



X2 still have some that get used that I got a deal on from Ludy Sheda back in the early 80s, if I remember right I paid 12 a dozen for them and still think I got took
Posted By: DanN

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/02/22 12:21 AM

Made by big bear trap company in the early/mid 70s to maybe around 1980 - 82ish. I think the company was from New Jersey . I don't think the traps were made in china - the steel was pretty decent in the square frame ones. The early version that had an odd 6 sided shape didn't seem as quality as the later square frame ones. If they were imported I would say they came from Taiwan.
Posted By: Crowfoot

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/02/22 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by wissmiss
Are they square jaw or 6 sided? The early models were 6 sided. They also made a 220 size trap.

These are square.
The only ref I can find is an old pic from ebay with the ad title (pasted in the pic)
Wilderness Corp. Ring a bell ?
Looks like the hexagon you mentioned ?
I can't find any related info anywhere.
Thanks

These look like good traps, other than the tin triggers.
Got a little over 2 doz, like new, film of rust, probably never set.
Thanks folks,
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Posted By: Crowfoot

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/02/22 12:38 AM

found this on another forum:
"only made for a few yrs i think in the late 70s or early 80s .there only made 2 size coils baby bear 1.5 and papabear 1.75 and two siz connis 110 and 160 size."

That's about it
Anybody ever seen/used the coils ?

Thanks again guys !
Posted By: Tom Fisher

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/02/22 01:15 AM

They were made in Cooperstown NY, made coilspring also, guys name was Ted Hargrove, I bought some and regret using them. Coyotes would eat the coilsprings, the concept was good exceution not so much!
Posted By: traphound

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/02/22 01:41 AM

the body grip traps were made in Newark N.J but forget the name of the company that actually made them, there were about 50 dozen of them found a year or 2 ago on facebook marketplace, I was to late when I aquired about them and they went to a scrap yard, called the scrap yard but was to late, already destroyed
Posted By: QuietButDeadly

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/02/22 01:48 AM

We sold a half dozen of the 1 1/2 Baby Bear traps at auction at or convention last weekend. I do not recall what they sold for.
Posted By: loaded4bear

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/20/23 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Tom Fisher
They were made in Cooperstown NY, made coilspring also, guys name was Ted Hargrove, I bought some and regret using them. Coyotes would eat the coilsprings, the concept was good exceution not so much!



This is correct...
Posted By: Eagleye

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/20/23 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by walleyed
JUNK

Very touchy triggers & hard to keep set !!

walleyed

This is my experience- still have some but never use
Posted By: nightlife

Re: "Big Bear" 110 size traps ? - 10/20/23 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by Crowfoot
found this on another forum:
"only made for a few yrs i think in the late 70s or early 80s .there only made 2 size coils baby bear 1.5 and papabear 1.75 and two siz connis 110 and 160 size."

That's about it
Anybody ever seen/used the coils ?

Thanks again guys !


I had some of the 1 1/2s back 80/81 got them from Ludy Sheda cheap, only a doz and think I paid around 12/15 maybe, they were poorly made with jaws that didn’t line up evenly, IE gaps and uneven jaw face and when I pulled them out of the box three actually separated at the swivel the rivets just popped out and a couple more came out when I gave them a tug

Never did set them and think I still have them in a box somewhere

The later ones I seen looked ok but after what i got. Never trusted them
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