Re: leaving connibear springs compressed
[Re: bblwi]
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02/17/07 07:28 PM
02/17/07 07:28 PM
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What Plueger said. I have heard Pete say it more than once. Mine stay set till the catch something.
Never argue with a fool - they will drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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Re: leaving connibear springs compressed
[Re: GritGuy]
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02/17/07 09:35 PM
02/17/07 09:35 PM
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it would seem if leavin them cocked weakened them much if any then a adc person usin them all year would have worn out traps in just a single year or so.
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Re: leaving connibear springs compressed
[Re: GritGuy]
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02/17/07 10:09 PM
02/17/07 10:09 PM
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Manufactures tell you to leave them unset out of liability concerns nothing else. If they said other wise and one snapped with a safety off and someone was hurt, what do you think would happen?? Todays steel is not bothered by being set like the old steel is, won't hurt them one bit leaving them set until your ready to use them!! Interesting point, that could be.
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Re: leaving connibear springs compressed
[Re: nickn]
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02/17/07 10:27 PM
02/17/07 10:27 PM
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October arrives, and you set your springs on a coni. It catches around midnight. At 4am you arrive and collect your fur, and reset. Another long day and evening draw on with your springs in the set position. Only for a brief time are they "relaxed" around the body of your catch. Again and again, day after day, the springs remain set, save for those moments when fur is in the trap. From Oct. to Feb. In all kinds of weather your springs spend most of the time set. If they weren't set, you couldn't catch the animal. So what difference does it make, if they are set or not? In one sense, they are in storage, and another sense, they are standing sentinel. I have "weak" conis that are "easy" to set and they kill just as well as my besliles.
John 1:1 Ev apxn nv O loyos, kai O loyos nv TTpos tov 0eov, kai 0eos nv O loyos.
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Re: leaving connibear springs compressed
[Re: Fur-monger]
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02/18/07 12:13 AM
02/18/07 12:13 AM
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What Plueger said. I have heard Pete say it more than once. Mine stay set till the catch something. I concur... Plueger, Newt, Pete Askins, what 20 other on this board have as many years or as much expirience that would disagree?
Paul R. Ellsworth
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Re: leaving connibear springs compressed
[Re: PA TRAPPER]
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02/18/07 07:52 AM
02/18/07 07:52 AM
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Dane, again, if you ever get the chance to listen to Pete Askins you will never replace one of those either unless pitted badly. I laugh everytime I see a post on that.
Never argue with a fool - they will drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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