Re: Pros and cons on different DPs
[Re: danvee]
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I have a lot of different brands and each have a place on my line for different situations. Dryland, I like Z traps and dukes. Water I like coon cuffs on drowners. Barns and old buildings, I like duffers and egg traps. But seriously any of those will work well in any place depending on the set and location. Set right on sign, use good bait, and have fun. They dont works as well for me in late season or extreme cold. Then I do better with dirthole sets, 160s, and sometimes cages. Jim
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Re: Pros and cons on different DPs
[Re: danvee]
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That's why I like the Duke, HayDay.
And as for a duffer, I've never heard of that either.
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Re: Pros and cons on different DPs
[Re: danvee]
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The duffer was a decent DP. And the egg trap you had to take It apart to release the coon. All DPs will work.
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Re: Pros and cons on different DPs
[Re: danvee]
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Yep I have 5 left out of an original dozen duffers DP traps. I bought them back in early 1990s at the Nebraska convention from the guy that made them. He was.from kansas I believe. Caught a jillion coon in them over the years and im still using them. Neat little easy to set trap. Jim
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Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Pros and cons on different DPs
[Re: danvee]
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The problem with them Is they wouldn't pass the BMPs to much foot damage they said.
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Re: Pros and cons on different DPs
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Diablo DP's work great for me and a lot of other trappers. They are usually 15-20% cheaper than Duke or Z traps or Bridger. Give them a look. Wolfcreekproducts.com. They sell the Alcatraz traps as well. I however am not familiar with them as i haven't used them. If they make it though it is a solid trap.
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Re: Pros and cons on different DPs
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I have used every one mentioned here and a bunch of others. Been using them for a lot of years now. The BEST one for catching and holding coons I have ever used is the Yancy's DP Trap (slightly modified). Never had a single tripped and empty trap with them, ever! If they were tripped they held coons. However the need to modify them, need for the setter to set and release coons made them less desirable. The best of the modern tube type DP's IMO is the EZ-Traps. They are pull only, which catches coons just as well as push-pull designs, they have the best coating offered on DP's (zinc chromate) it doesn't get rust, even after tons of catches. It has a Z-trap type stabilizer which is the best most versatile stabilizer for any weather conditions, and it flat out catches and holds as well or better than any other tube type DP out there. UNFORTUNATELY, they are no longer being made, so IMO based on actually using the traps there are TWO to choose from, there's the Best Choice (of what's available today) the Z-Trap and the Best Value, The No-BS dp. There are others that I have not tried, but not many, and they may work as well but the stabilizer is what puts these two choices over the top for me. I don't put them away when the ground is freezing or if its too rocky or inside a building, you can easily make a pilot hole with your stake or a drill to set them in, yet they will pull free of it easily so not to stop the swiveling action of the trap (extremely important). The drawbacks to any of the tube type traps are the exposed spring and trigger. The springs can be compressed by big coons wrapping them up tight against a solid object, releasing themselves. The springs will also get hung up on things such as a stake not fully pounded in the ground, or a nail in a building ETC, which stops the swiveling (not good!). The exposed triggers can be tripped from the outside of the trap by a coon or other small critter playing (especially if you have any bait on the outside of the trap itself) with the trap, or larger non-targets trying to hold it like a dog chewing on a bone does while licking in the trap. These lead to tripped empty traps or worse.
There is one other NEW to the market design that shows promise but I have not used it, Cedar Creek Traps. (you can google them)
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Re: Pros and cons on different DPs
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I started with the Alcatraz and had multiple losses with them. Switched to Dukes which I still use. I use some as pull only and converted others to push/pull. They catch and hold coon.
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Re: Pros and cons on different DPs
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Yep I have 5 left out of an original dozen duffers DP traps. I bought them back in early 1990s at the Nebraska convention from the guy that made them. He was.from kansas I believe. Caught a jillion coon in them over the years and im still using them. Neat little easy to set trap. Jim He still sells them at conventions. Neat trap and he has some good tips when he gives demos
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