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Trap identification help #8116085 04/06/24 09:03 PM 04/06/24 09:03 PM
Joined: Mar 2024 Posts: 21 Iowa Z Zacmied OP trapper
Zacmied OP trapper Z Joined: Mar 2024 Posts: 21 Iowa	Does anyone on here have any idea what this trap is? It is fairly large, around 26 inches from end to end. Any help is appreciated!

Re: Trap identification help [Re: Zacmied] #8116617 04/07/24 02:33 PM 04/07/24 02:33 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 622 S.W. Oregon,USA S snakecollector trapper
snakecollector trapper S Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 622 S.W. Oregon,USA	Looks Eastern European.

Re: Trap identification help [Re: Zacmied] #8116656 04/07/24 03:28 PM 04/07/24 03:28 PM
Joined: Mar 2024 Posts: 21 Iowa Z Zacmied OP trapper
Zacmied OP trapper Z Joined: Mar 2024 Posts: 21 Iowa	That's what I thought with the base, and the odd pan shape. I mean at that size it has to be a bear trap?

Re: Trap identification help [Re: Zacmied] #8116813 04/07/24 06:52 PM 04/07/24 06:52 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 622 S.W. Oregon,USA S snakecollector trapper
snakecollector trapper S Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 622 S.W. Oregon,USA	Originally Posted by Zacmied That's what I thought with the base, and the odd pan shape. I mean at that size it has to be a bear trap? Not likely a bear trap, it is mor likely a body grip killer.

Re: Trap identification help [Re: Zacmied] #8116851 04/07/24 07:33 PM 04/07/24 07:33 PM
Joined: Mar 2024 Posts: 21 Iowa Z Zacmied OP trapper
Zacmied OP trapper Z Joined: Mar 2024 Posts: 21 Iowa	Thats wild. They just use a giant foothold to trap smaller animals, and plan that they get body caught in it? This is cool! It's a trap I was bidding on on an auction, looking at it for the man cave since I have never seen one. But as all man cave items it's cool to know what it is haha

Re: Trap identification help [Re: Zacmied] #8118964 04/10/24 03:00 PM 04/10/24 03:00 PM
Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 1,871 Pennsylvania P patrapperbuster trapper
patrapperbuster trapper P Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 1,871 Pennsylvania	it's a french design. Was sold by Hudson Bay Co. Till that day.....

Re: Trap identification help [Re: Zacmied] #8119161 04/10/24 08:28 PM 04/10/24 08:28 PM
Joined: Mar 2024 Posts: 21 Iowa Z Zacmied OP trapper
Zacmied OP trapper Z Joined: Mar 2024 Posts: 21 Iowa	Worth anything you think?

Re: Trap identification help [Re: Zacmied] #8119178 04/10/24 08:58 PM 04/10/24 08:58 PM
Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 1,871 Pennsylvania P patrapperbuster trapper
patrapperbuster trapper P Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 1,871 Pennsylvania	My book doesn't have prices on the early hand forged stuff. Some are said to be marked on the bottom - FHEIDMAN They would surely be 1800's era You can google to try and get a ballpark value ? Till that day.....

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