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Post by blakcoyote on Sept 2, 2005 20:00:20 GMT -6
I was suprised how easy the springs went down myself,I was expecting more.To me it looked like they were the same diameter spring as the 600's just longer levers,which would make them go down easier.The CDR,was alot stronger.And yes I heard several comments myself of how weak the springs were.For $125 I expected more.They look well built,just need a heavier spring IMHO.
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Post by kyboy on Sept 2, 2005 21:12:14 GMT -6
hi guys im new to this forum, im not a wolf trapper. i am somewhat of a collector and have seen a lot of "wolf traps". my question is why pay 125$ for the 800 when you can buy a alaskan#9 for 90$. ive always been told buy the guys up north thiers no substitute for a #9??? like i said im no wolf trapper but i know traps. from what ive seen for myself the #9 impresses me more than any wolf trap ive held or set.
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Post by mmwb (Andrew Parker) on Sept 4, 2005 23:09:28 GMT -6
Sounds like "the method prefered by the game warden that works the area" approach is probably the best for all of us. Around here, that is a call to the warden, a trip back to the trap with the warden, tranquilize and release.
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Post by upcoyote on Sept 5, 2005 8:23:17 GMT -6
Gonna try it on coyote. That thing will bust through any frozen ground.
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Post by Dusty on Sept 7, 2005 9:42:46 GMT -6
I'm don't have a good mathematical background, I'm not a physist, I barely made it through the parts of college that didn't involve glueing a transmitter to something, I don't play any of those on TV, and I've never seen this trap.
Different wolf traps work for different people. Nothing holds wolves without breaking legs like a 114, but a 114 won't come through much crust. A #9 will come through damn near anything, but they break legs and let wolves go that way.
The CDR is essentially the best of a whole pile of beaver traps that make halfassed wolf traps, but I can afford them and have figured out how to make them work - in good conditions. If I pay over $100 for a wolf trap, it'll be the one designed by a wolf trapper that's caught thousands of wolves and will come through a couple inches if crust after I've driven over it for a month.
No cat tests a trap. They just aren't made for it. I have a good friend who's caught a few hundred african lions with MB-750. Hasn't lost one yet - about the only thing that stays in those traps every time.
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Post by lynxcat on Sept 12, 2005 8:44:28 GMT -6
ttt
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Post by trappnman on Sept 12, 2005 9:37:19 GMT -6
can't you snare in any state that allows wolf trapping?
if so- why put out a $100+ trap and all that that entails- when you could hang snares?
Serious question by the way.
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Post by edge on Sept 12, 2005 9:38:06 GMT -6
**Gonna try it on coyote. That thing will bust through any frozen ground.**
C'Mon Dude,$125 US Funds for a *COYOTE* trap?LMAO!!
Edge
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Post by Dusty on Sept 12, 2005 15:28:09 GMT -6
Foot traps just fit better in some spots than snares. A foot trap in the trail and a few snares hanging beside the trail will often get multiple catches - the foot trap is a sort of trigger for the set. If you're not setting foot traps - or hanging snares - you're missing fur! They're just tools, and both have a place.
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Post by musher on Sept 12, 2005 16:42:10 GMT -6
The snares sometimes pick up a deer or moose. The footholds don't.
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