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Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: curley-1] #529801
01/20/08 04:05 PM
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Howdy, bhlbama, I`m a fellow Alabamian in the Southeast part of the state. Where are you at?


Previously Bridger158, before the great "Time Out".

Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: Wesley] #529982
01/20/08 05:46 PM
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Always make sure your dog is out. I Like mine on the bottom, I do both springs at the same time over my knee and bind the right spring leaving my right hand free to flip the dog over the jaw and hold. Always come from under the jaw to set the pan and dog. If the trap goes off it catches nothing.


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Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: MJM] #530006
01/20/08 05:55 PM
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Like anything, the more you try it the easier it will get. I made a pair of setters for my #5 double longspring traps a few years ago. I only used them the first little while. After a catch I was pumped up enough to set them by hand. At the beginning of season I was really struggling with setting them, but now it is as easy as pie. Got to build muscle memory.

Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: don bishop] #530024
01/20/08 06:05 PM
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Glen wrote...grab the trap with both hands and put the base on your left knee. Depress the right spring step over the spring and put it under your right knee. depress the left spring and set the trap with your rignt hand. With practice you can set the traps in just a few seconds. I use this for #5's and #44 B&L's

This is the way I do dbls traps too, nothing too it one spring at a time like described. Ace

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