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Re: Origins Of The "Body Grip" Trap [Re: Jonathan] #832396 08/13/08 12:37 AM 08/13/08 12:37 AM
D Donnie Unregistered
Donnie Unregistered D	the conibear was certaily the most known body grip,but a long way from the 1st,there are many body grips(not mouse traps) to late for me to look up names now,but a copy of the steel trap in north america is a great story of traps of old newhouse did not invent the steel trap and griz did`nt the dp either..lol there hasn`t been a new trap invented in about a 100 yrs...just improved

Re: Origins Of The "Body Grip" Trap [Re: ] #832411 08/13/08 01:03 AM 08/13/08 01:03 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,427 NWWA/AZ Vinke trapper
Vinke trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,427 NWWA/AZ	Patent trail Slightly used Shoes 4 sale……………

Re: Origins Of The "Body Grip" Trap [Re: Vinke] #832456 08/13/08 03:30 AM 08/13/08 03:30 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,488 Northwestern New York(Elder) Jonathan OP "Wilson"
Jonathan OP "Wilson" Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,488 Northwestern New York(Elder)	Vinke, Wow! Thank you for that donation to this historical meander. Jonathan Camera Gear: Canon EOS 7D-MK-II, Canon EF-S 10-22mm, EF 28-135mm, EF 100-400mm and EF 400mm lenses.

Re: Origins Of The "Body Grip" Trap [Re: Jonathan] #832476 08/13/08 04:49 AM 08/13/08 04:49 AM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,337 Oregon T Tsarevna "Gerty"
Tsarevna "Gerty" T Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,337 Oregon	Thanks Jonathan for posting this! I really, really wish somebody would write a wikipedia.org article for the Conibear. Both the biography of the man, and a history of the trap are sorely needed. It's good, not only just to provide accurate information easily accessible to the public, but also to educate people that know nothing about it. The first time they ever hear "body grip" trap is probably the moment an anti-trapper shows a picture of a bloody coyote with one on his head. Pointing out that various humane groups helped FINANCE the production of the trap scores us a lot of points! How to Clean Skin a Beaver Video

Re: Origins Of The "Body Grip" Trap [Re: Tsarevna] #832490 08/13/08 05:55 AM 08/13/08 05:55 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,488 Northwestern New York(Elder) Jonathan OP "Wilson"
Jonathan OP "Wilson" Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,488 Northwestern New York(Elder)	Tsar, You are a researcher by trade in your youth, and very articulate at that, by nature. There is enough fodder here for you to get started on that very project to write it up between pizza deliveries. Get your pencils out. Jonathan Camera Gear: Canon EOS 7D-MK-II, Canon EF-S 10-22mm, EF 28-135mm, EF 100-400mm and EF 400mm lenses.

Re: Origins Of The "Body Grip" Trap [Re: Jonathan] #832597 08/13/08 08:35 AM 08/13/08 08:35 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 77 Central Illinois P PKelley trapper
PKelley trapper P Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 77 Central Illinois	Jonathan, No, I'm not housed in a facility for the elders, but I do trap every year and manage to keep our association , Illinois Trappers Assoc. moving forward. I don't post here frequently, but again when I do, I'll not be blowing smoke either. I do beleive that the single spring 7X7 sized body grip was called a 220, even before the addition of the second spring, then became a 210 after the addition of the second spring on 220's. Another thought, I think the Biglow (round thumb buster) was on the market well before the conibear.

Re: Origins Of The "Body Grip" Trap [Re: PKelley] #832707 08/13/08 09:39 AM 08/13/08 09:39 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,122 Camden Indiana S superdave trapper
superdave trapper S Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,122 Camden Indiana	Whats up with busting chops? Somebody got a thorn needs pulled?Judge not.

Re: Origins Of The "Body Grip" Trap [Re: Tsarevna] #833258 08/13/08 03:57 PM 08/13/08 03:57 PM
D Donnie Unregistered
Donnie Unregistered D	Originally Posted By: Tsarevna Thanks Jonathan for posting this! I really, really wish somebody would write a wikipedia.org article for the Conibear. Both the biography of the man, and a history of the trap are sorely needed. It's good, not only just to provide accurate information easily accessible to the public, but also to educate people that know nothing about it. The first time they ever hear "body grip" trap is probably the moment an anti-trapper shows a picture of a bloody coyote with one on his head. Pointing out that various humane groups helped FINANCE the production of the trap scores us a lot of points! the best history of traps book around is...again.."The steel Trap in North america",by Richard Gerstell "stop thief" comes to mind...1908 i believe

Re: Origins Of The "Body Grip" Trap [Re: ] #833372 08/13/08 05:01 PM 08/13/08 05:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,163 Gulliver, Michigan A Asa Lenon trapper
Asa Lenon trapper A Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,163 Gulliver, Michigan	Donnie is correct, I have a body grip trap that I inherieted down the line from my Great Grandmother who died in 1922. It is about the size of a 110 Conibear. She used the trap for 21 years to catch rabbits for the dinner table. Ace

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