Post by thebeav2 on Apr 10, 2011 20:24:32 GMT -6
Lets face It the only thing and I mean the only thing a offset does Is allow the spring levers to raise higher on the jaws. If you have a 1/4" offset and you catch a animal with a foot that Is at least 1" thick the offset Isn't going to cut down on damage to that foot.
I have caught lots of animals In offsets that showed a small cut or abrasion on that trapped foot. NO blood was present but as soon as that animal was released that foot bled like a stuck hog. But then you would only observe that If you were removing that animal alive and caging It. So In my Opinion a offset jawed trap gives no comfort to the animal caught, and cuts off any circulation just like a non offset jawed trap would.
As to pan size In relation to the jaw spread.
I have found that buy decreasing pan size or shape of that pan I have upped my catch ratio by at least 25%. With the larger pan In most cases was only 1/2" to 3/4" away from the inside of the jaws. This In my opinion allows most critters to have a part of the paw on the pan and jaw at the same time. Thus leaving you with way to many sprung traps with no catch.
Morris Oberto had a beaver trap that had NO pan just a bar where the pan would normally be fastened. To spring that trap the beaver had to have It's foot In that trap. Very few If any toe catches with this set up.
Of coarse with these no pan small pan set ups you need to be able to guide that animals foot. But I would rather have a tracked pattern then a sprung trap with out a catch.
I have caught lots of animals In offsets that showed a small cut or abrasion on that trapped foot. NO blood was present but as soon as that animal was released that foot bled like a stuck hog. But then you would only observe that If you were removing that animal alive and caging It. So In my Opinion a offset jawed trap gives no comfort to the animal caught, and cuts off any circulation just like a non offset jawed trap would.
As to pan size In relation to the jaw spread.
I have found that buy decreasing pan size or shape of that pan I have upped my catch ratio by at least 25%. With the larger pan In most cases was only 1/2" to 3/4" away from the inside of the jaws. This In my opinion allows most critters to have a part of the paw on the pan and jaw at the same time. Thus leaving you with way to many sprung traps with no catch.
Morris Oberto had a beaver trap that had NO pan just a bar where the pan would normally be fastened. To spring that trap the beaver had to have It's foot In that trap. Very few If any toe catches with this set up.
Of coarse with these no pan small pan set ups you need to be able to guide that animals foot. But I would rather have a tracked pattern then a sprung trap with out a catch.
