noted trappers traps

just picked up this near mint B&L #2 that is from the E J Daily collection at the oswegos trappers collection last weekend



this is my Charley Dobbins, johnny Thorp, Pete and Ron Legget, and Phil Brown trap, since the pic I got a Kattze used trap also. just some dust collectors I think are neat.

heres one I made, made another but cant find the pic

Those traps with the tags are really nice. I would
bet each of those traps held plenty fur.

ever see one of these?



this is it side a 15

Had a "NEW TO THE GAME COLLECTOR" ask to buy one of my tagged user traps and I felt kind of famous for a minute.
Good Stuff Ya Got There!

the Pete and Ron Legget trap sports both their tags because they trap together and use the same traps. what I did was order me and my sons tag Joe and Tim Mott, so were both covered. anyone else collect modern collectable taps also? I wouldn't have my Charley trap if it wasent for Paul.

heres a couple more a rags made trap



a trap a guy from here was nice enough to send me with the story behind it, in the story it says it haddent been set since 1957 the year I was born

Here's one with a trappers mark in unique place. Think I read somewhere this guy
Donnie Bush wrote a book on Newhouse Traps. I'd love to find a copy. Guy I got
this trap said the 31 1/2 was his favorite mink trap to use.

Just noticed the pan has same name stamp. Funny, missed that for years
I got this from NTCA magazine. Maybe from one of you guys.

that is neat! how do you get that shine on them?

I've never done anything to that trap except wipe the dust off. It does seem like
There is a thin coat of clear something. Like thinned floor wax. (Full metal jacket)
I've had it many years tho. Way before FMJ

its an #811/2 not a #311/2

Thanks for the correction. Oldtimers setting in.

Would like a bud boda 1/12 and a EJ Dailey 21 .

Reiny,

I was checking over the old posts on the Trappermans Trap Collecting forum and noticed your post questioning Donnie Bush NEWHOUSE book.

Yes, it was a typed/mimeographed 8 1/2" X 11" booklet on the Newhouse Bear Traps. Had pictures but pictures were not real clear. Now this was the copy I had... Mine could have been a copy of a copy, but I believe this was a "self-published" manuscript. Pretty generic info on Newhouse traps.. This was back in the 70's.

The new hard bound Newhouse book on all their bear trap just sold this weekend for $195.00 on an auction site. Seems anything about bear traps goes for big bucks. If I remember correctly, a B&'L bear trap sold at an auction for major money, $$,&&&.$$! Read about it on this site.

Muskrat Love

Guts that looks like a Carretti??
spelling is probably lacking

I have traps from Rick Olson, Jason Dufresne, Andy Weiser, Jim Spencer, Josh Weiks, Doug66 and a few others I know 😁. Also have a couple from a Virginia USDA trapper. I find myself looking for traps that are either used by or modified by guys I know.

Got a few left to get too.