Post by bblwi on Dec 18, 2005 8:57:48 GMT -6
37 if they scrap the whole coon BMP and we say that trappers know what is best, keep yours to yourself. Hind-foot coons may not chew but in any other way in a non drowning set that is much less preferred to a front foot catch. So you got a bigger bone, so you can use a bigger trap, well that does not mean they will be there any more in the AM then with a smaller trap on a front foot. Sure the weight of the animal (females in particular is there) and bone size etc. Catch some northern WI boars and you will see shoulders and front legs like you have never seen in SC. A coon can use their front foot and claws to wrap around items and power out of almost any thing it can grasp. The reachable catch circle of a rear foot caught coon is much greater than a front foot held coon. I have only caught 1500 coons in my years of trapping and from your posts you state you make a living trapping I would think that these types of issues would be extremely apparent to you from your experiences.
It would be similar to us as humans being caught in a similar device. If I have one hand that I can not use as a grasping tool or digital dexterity device I have much less capability to free myself than I do with one foot caught and held even if there is more bone structure and muscle tissue there. Also a toe has no where near the power that a finger does, so mass is not always the issue that you need to focus on.
I have concerns about BMPS but when I read material about experienced trappers tauting a practice such as that as a better method of catching, holding and trapping coons on a long line and dry land I just shake my head. The experts might not know the trap line but they understand the dynamics of body, power and leverage.
Bryce
It would be similar to us as humans being caught in a similar device. If I have one hand that I can not use as a grasping tool or digital dexterity device I have much less capability to free myself than I do with one foot caught and held even if there is more bone structure and muscle tissue there. Also a toe has no where near the power that a finger does, so mass is not always the issue that you need to focus on.
I have concerns about BMPS but when I read material about experienced trappers tauting a practice such as that as a better method of catching, holding and trapping coons on a long line and dry land I just shake my head. The experts might not know the trap line but they understand the dynamics of body, power and leverage.
Bryce