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Post by nightstalker1 on Jan 31, 2015 8:13:13 GMT -5
From DEC website
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traps82
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Post by traps82 on Jan 31, 2015 10:19:03 GMT -5
From DEC website The DEC doesn't know how to measure from what I read.....
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Zagman
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Post by Zagman on Jan 31, 2015 13:21:56 GMT -5
what's a bit odd about that pic is those arrows really are not dead center in the trap.....i.e., where that arrow lies, the jaws are actually a bit more narrow than if the arrows were dead-center over the pan and dog, the jaw width is wider than where the arrows sit in this pic.
Only applies to round jaws, but round jaws are the subject, largely, on this thread.....
MZ
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Post by erict on Jan 31, 2015 22:37:21 GMT -5
From NYS Environmental Conservation Law:
6. a. No person shall set or use a trap of the leg-gripping type (a) having a spread of jaws exceeding 7 1/4" measured at right angles to the axis upon which the jaws operate and excluding the gripping surface of each jaw, when used under water during the open season for trapping beaver or otter, or (b) in any other case, except as provided in title 5 or in section 11-1109, having a spread of jaws exceeding 5-3/4" as so measured.
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Post by trappermac on Feb 1, 2015 8:48:40 GMT -5
The arrow is just to show the proper way to measure, i.e. at right angle to the axis upon which the jaws operate....not the proper location to measure for widest distance. The wording then describes what that measuring method shown in the pic cannot exceed.
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