440 Conibear?
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03/18/2013 09:58 AM
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I was talking to a guy at Gander a while back and he used 440's for yotes. He told me he has great success with them. I didnt ask him what kind of a set he used for catching yotes, so those of you that do use the big traps what setup do you use?
I was looking at them yesterday and they were priced a 21.00 each. h.h.
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Re: 440 Conibear?
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03/18/2013 11:49 AM
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Yaz, This wasnt a store employee, just some guy who told me he trapped yotes. Guess I better read the trapping guide before I do something stupid...lol.
A couple years ago I did have one side of a 220 go off on my hand but luckily I had on a good pair of insulated leather gloves but it still stung pretty good. Every since then I make sure the safety doesnt slip off while setting them. h.h.
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Re: 440 Conibear?
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03/18/2013 11:59 AM
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snares. a fraction of the weight,cost,work and danger. as stated above, anything bigger than 220 is illegal for use on land a friend of mine once lost his balance settin a beaver den, wound up with a 330 on his right arm...completely thru it. Had him above the wrist and elbow. He had to drive about 15 miles back to the house to get help getting it off. lol glad it wasnt me
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Re: 440 Conibear?
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03/18/2013 03:08 PM
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Originally posted by trapperDave: snares. a fraction of the weight,cost,work and danger.
as stated above, anything bigger than 220 is illegal for use on land
a friend of mine once lost his balance settin a beaver den, wound up with a 330 on his right arm...completely thru it. Had him above the wrist and elbow. He had to drive about 15 miles back to the house to get help getting it off. lol
glad it wasnt me OUCH! h.h.
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Re: 440 Conibear?
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03/19/2013 05:31 AM
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Don't take that as personal trad.. I said SOME! Since I told some not so good stuff, to be fair, I had a couple of older gentlemen that really saved my rear end there. They were guys in the fishing departments at Castleton, and Greenwood. I remember Jim was fellas name at Castleton, and I think Charlie was at Greenwood. Had a mishap about 7 years ago, and lost ALL of my rods/reels out of my boat on the Interstate 74 way before daylight one morning. Don't know exactly what happened, as I had done this for years. I had a carpet runner that I laid all my rigs on in the floor of my boat. for whatever reason, they came out. Didn't know it till I got to Raccoon. We backtracked, and found them in 1000's of pieces on the road. I wanted to puke!!!!! Anyway, my good ole insurance company decided instead of paying for them, minus my deductable, they would pro-rate the gear. For $2,800.00 worth of Shimano Calcutta's and GLoomis rods, I got a check for $980.00!!!!! Obviously is was spring, and fishing season. And to drop that kind of cash on stuff it took me years to accumulate was NOT an option. Went to Jim at Gander and told him what I needed. I'm pretty particular on my striper rods and reels as far as actions, and gear ratios. Jim got on the phone, and worked for three straight hours to get stuff lined up. He worked with the guy at the Greenwood store. In 3 days, I got a call from Jim that my stuff was in his store!!!!!!! I had 8 new rigs with Gander Mountain brand rods, Garcia 6500's, and Diawa LC's. They worked with FOR me,and got the stuff I needed, for the money I had. I think I had less than $200.00 out of pocket! I will always be grateful for those two guys. Both of them must have retired. I have not seen them, as every time I went in there, I thanked them!
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