What was your go to or favorite coyote trap before mb 550’s,650’s or the no bs line of traps.

No.3 bridger ...Canadian jaw, off-set, 4-coiled, 18" of chain double stake ring.

Bridger 2s and 3s are my favorite. Not a fan of my MB 550. I use them but I tend to reach for them last.
Jim

I caught my first ones in Duke 1 3/4, 2s and 3s before I discovered the 550s. I have a lot of 550s now, I never liked the 650, 750s personally, and to each their own.

Bridger #3 fully modified, victor #3 and #4 double longsprings fully modified. I still use those for all of my cat trapping.

Not a 550 fan. # 3 Bridger fully modified. Know a guy who catch lots of coyotes who's tried most of the traps out there and his favorite is #4 Montgomery dogless. I do like my Sudden valley #4s especially for cats. Dogless wire springs and big pans

I’m trying a poll on traps before the invention of MB’s etc. nothing against them. Just seeing what everybody's trap was before they came out.

BMI K9 Wolfer. In the south. Was the trap of the 90s. Also ran modified # 3 Bridger inside laminated for years then from 2008 or 2009 Ran MB 550s till 2019. Now My whole line is = MJ 600 Sterlings 4 swivels JC Conner Tbar shock in middle. Bout 28 inch of chain total on trap

I was a big Jake fan. I caught a ton of coyotes in them before Mark June introduced me to the 550. I thought he was spewing Communism at first but I run 550’s and Duke 650’s on 90% of my line now. I still consider the Jake a great trap.

Number 2 victors, they weren’t the best but they worked for everything but beaver, we didn’t have otter here then or they were really low number.

I'm a scrub foothold coyote trapper but I liked the sleepy creek 1.75

For fur trapping, Jakes were and still are tops. Second choice back then and now, would still be #3 Montanas.

Same, and still use those.

I have owned LOTs of traps in 35 years. Easier to list what I have NOT owned than what all I have. Has a dz Jakes in the mid 90s. Traded a Rem 700 rifle for them. I liked them. But at the time. Wherw hard to bury in North Alabama red clay where i was trapping

Montgomery #2 dogless

Victor #2 square jaw - best coyote trap ever made past. Present, and future.

victor 3n's. I still use them and other #3 dbl today. What I learned on and still rely on them.

3N long springs and modified Northwoods #3

KB 5.5 really like them, don't see any need to change. I still buy a few of the new traps,always looking for that lightning in a bottle!