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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 15:05:15 GMT -5
This was my first year trapping fur and I found out I have a lot to learn ..that being said it was the most fun I have had during winter in a long time. I did catch a couple coons an otter and a fisher but I am really having a hard time with the k-9s....I had at least a half dozen fired traps at both dirt holes and flat sets so I thought about what might be my problem, besides my own stupidity of course! I just got new dogs for my SC #3s, pit style sloped dogs and 4 coiled with taos spring kit added a shock spring and have about 20 inches of chain now with 3 swivel points. I adjusted my pan tension to just about 2 1/2 lbs and what a difference it made!.....I have little or no pan creep now and a hair trigger with the nite latched dogs. My question is do you guys think this may help with my fired traps as long as I bed solid in good location?....do you think I am on the right track as far as improving how my traps fire?.....I am feeling pretty good about the mods I made really confident I may have helped at least one of my problems....I had not considered pan tension much at all this year and 2 1/2 lbs feels really stiff compared to what I had, almost no tension and quite a bit of pan creep. Thanks for any help and opinions, I have learned so much here just reading Dale
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Post by Itrapny on Apr 1, 2013 7:07:56 GMT -5
Pan tension is very important when trapping K-9's....you didn't say if the traps were fired and pulled to the end of the chain or just fired still in the trap bed however. If fired and still sitting in the bed, sounds like you may have cured your problem by adjusting the pan tension. If fired and pulled to the end of the chain, you may have been a victim of the hoofed variety ;D With little or no pan tension, a hard rain or even the freezing and then thawing will set off a trap.
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