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best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring #528531
01/19/08 11:14 PM
01/19/08 11:14 PM
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Cane Creek, AL
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I have 2 #4 longspring out working for me now but I had real trouble getting them set. I have 5 more I need to put out what is the best way to set these things without Blowing you (beep) out????


Trapping total this year starting Dec.15 10
Grey Fox - 3
Possum - 1
Tripped trap empty cat sets-2
Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: bhlbama] #528536
01/19/08 11:15 PM
01/19/08 11:15 PM
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Cane Creek, AL
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They are a lot harder to step on the #3 coil springs. I know I am new to trapping and this maybe a crazy question but I wont know if I dont ask. thanks in advance


Trapping total this year starting Dec.15 10
Grey Fox - 3
Possum - 1
Tripped trap empty cat sets-2
Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: bhlbama] #528565
01/19/08 11:27 PM
01/19/08 11:27 PM
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TX
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You have to "break" them over your knee. Can't really step on them to set them.
http://www.traps4kids.com/trapsetting.html


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Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: Lone trapper] #528568
01/19/08 11:29 PM
01/19/08 11:29 PM
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Scottville, Michigan, US
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thats why i prefer coilsprings

Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: Dostal] #528577
01/19/08 11:35 PM
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Idaho
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Idaho
They make trap setters for the,. my wife uses a pair, they work great.

Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: Andy Smith] #528650
01/19/08 11:57 PM
01/19/08 11:57 PM
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TX
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They're not hard to set once you get the hang of it...


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Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: Andy Smith] #528656
01/19/08 11:59 PM
01/19/08 11:59 PM
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Cane Creek, AL
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you the man Lone trapper. I just set 3 traps using that method and its 100% easier than trying to muscle the thing. I appreciate the help.


Trapping total this year starting Dec.15 10
Grey Fox - 3
Possum - 1
Tripped trap empty cat sets-2
Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: bhlbama] #528663
01/20/08 12:01 AM
01/20/08 12:01 AM
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mayville, tuscola county, mich...
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i like long springs there really eazy to bed its really easy once yuou get the hang of it and thats what i do is what lone does its makes it realllly easy


2 mink
7 coon
9 muskrats
0 red
0 squrril
3 beavers
0 yotes
0 skunks
Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: welcome] #528704
01/20/08 12:16 AM
01/20/08 12:16 AM
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Cane Creek, AL
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It is very easy I just tried 2 more out to make sure I wouldnt forget tommorrow when I was in the woods. I am new to trapping and setting traps but the double long spring seems to be a lot strong than my coil springs. Ive been using plastic coat hangers to trigger them and when I did my 1st long string the plastic hanger went into 15 pieces where I was having to open my trap to release the coil springs.


Trapping total this year starting Dec.15 10
Grey Fox - 3
Possum - 1
Tripped trap empty cat sets-2
Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: welcome] #528705
01/20/08 12:17 AM
01/20/08 12:17 AM
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man you all need to lift some weights in the off season!!! that will make setting those big long springs a snap!!!!


take a kid hunting insted of hunting for a kid
Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: TC07] #529054
01/20/08 10:18 AM
01/20/08 10:18 AM
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Cane Creek, AL
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I lift weights all season and jog every morning. But if you arent using the right techique your spitting in the wind.


Trapping total this year starting Dec.15 10
Grey Fox - 3
Possum - 1
Tripped trap empty cat sets-2
Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: bhlbama] #529126
01/20/08 10:51 AM
01/20/08 10:51 AM
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missouri
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it takes more technique than muscle. take one inside the house, set down and watch tv. once you get comfortable, set the trap, and keep doing it until you get tired of it. then the next day you will be able to set one like you have been doing it your whole life.


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Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: bsnow] #529170
01/20/08 11:05 AM
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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


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Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: GLEN] #529210
01/20/08 11:26 AM
01/20/08 11:26 AM
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Georgia
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Just a word about stepping on longsprings to set them. If you step to far on the outside of the spring (near the bend) it is possible to flatten the bend so that the spring does not have full power. This is why some longsprings need to be tweaked by sliding a peice of pipe into the bend tapping the bend open with a hammer to return them to full power.
Using proper setting techniques will avoid this.


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Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: warrior] #529222
01/20/08 11:32 AM
01/20/08 11:32 AM
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Cane Creek, AL
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thanks warrior The method lonetrapper showed me works wonders and like he said can be done by a teenager. I knew it shouldnt be that hard to set one when I set the 1st two. Ill be doing it this way from now on.


Trapping total this year starting Dec.15 10
Grey Fox - 3
Possum - 1
Tripped trap empty cat sets-2
Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: bhlbama] #529227
01/20/08 11:38 AM
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Georgia
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bhlbamma, what part of bama are you from. The Heart of Dixie is my home state (my handle comes from the river I grew up on). I am seeing more and more trappers from home showing up here. Glad to see that trapping is not dying out in spite of the fact that our southern fur may not be as worth as much as yankee fur.


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Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: warrior] #529691
01/20/08 02:53 PM
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westmoreland co, pa
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once yoiu have the springs depressed and the jaws open it is pretty easy to keep the jaws open, at least with number #2's lol.ive never tried anything bigger than that. i enjoy setting longsprings, it is a lot of fun for some reason. especially if there is some big guy thats trying to set it with his feet, and cant. then, u grab the trap and set it way easier with ur hands. it makes u look cool!lol

Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: fiftylizzy] #529711
01/20/08 03:17 PM
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grand island nebraska
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why dont you just use 2 c-clamps huh?


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Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: tim_in_neb] #529744
01/20/08 03:30 PM
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Cane Creek, AL
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c-clamps??? Not sure why you would use them. Trsut me there is no easier way than the "breaking over the knee method" I set three #4 longspring traps today and they are easier to set than stepping on my #3 coilsprings to set.


Trapping total this year starting Dec.15 10
Grey Fox - 3
Possum - 1
Tripped trap empty cat sets-2
Re: best and EASIEST way to set a #4 longspring [Re: bhlbama] #529751
01/20/08 03:33 PM
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south central missouri
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over your knee, with your hands ..takes a little practice, but gets easier the more you set them


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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?


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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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