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Post by bobwendt on Oct 19, 2005 18:58:02 GMT -6
they are illegal in most states.
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Post by lynxcat on Oct 19, 2005 19:19:03 GMT -6
AS IS LIVE TRAPPING...but on the plus side...Bob "obviously" gave them up...as he said about packin the weight...must be an "older" thang...guess in another 20 years or so when I'm Bob's age I might feel the same...till then...what's another 20 lb on the back??? Two years ago with a fish/game officer with me I packed out 2 NICE toms and a 25lb pack..about 75lbs...he said if I didnt slow down...I was gonna have to pack him too!!! I was 43....he was 26 and an avid runner...lol gotta love it...say hi to the folks at the home Bob!!! Let me know when bingo night is...might send my dad over... later lynx
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Post by Dusty on Oct 19, 2005 21:16:41 GMT -6
they are illegal in most states.
howya figger?
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Post by kyboy on Oct 19, 2005 21:22:01 GMT -6
to be obsolete they sure catch a lot of fur. besides thier small beside my duke and bridger #5's i use on the beaver line. they weigh about as much as a 4-coiled laminated and baseplated bridger#3.
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Post by JWarren on Oct 19, 2005 22:53:35 GMT -6
I set my first ones for coyotes a few days ago and the first and only coyote I hooked in one was lost. I know folks that use them and have for years and they obviously don't lose much fur or they wouldn't be using them. I was really turned off to lose the first coyote I caught in one, man its hard enough for me to get a trap on a foot that I can't afford to lose even one. I just wanted to know how soon I need to get them all pulled and get some coils in their place. I'll save the #4s in case they let us have a shot at wolves in the next few years.
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Post by rk660 on Oct 20, 2005 0:16:37 GMT -6
They make great trading material at conventions, but thats about where there usefullness ends for me, and I find many other traps superior to them for leghold beaver traps also. i can see their place in heavy snow such as Alaska, but to put them in the hands of the average coyote trapper unmodified, ugh.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Oct 20, 2005 7:10:22 GMT -6
JWarren,
Don't give up on longsprings. I'd set a 3n longspring for coyotes any day before I'd set any kind of coilspring.
I wouldn't use a #4 for coyotes but that 3n is a fine trap.
I like coils fine for my cat sets but I've never been able to fit a coilspring into a buried coyote set like I like to set them.
I've caught plenty of coyotes in coil springs but they just never fit my hand and muscle memory like a 3n.
Good luck,
Joel
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