#2 double longspring

[ncboman]

not the fastest trap in the world but a proven producer even on the quickest of game.

The set was a dirthole set along a ditchbank out in a picked cornfield. As I recall, the target game (foxes) were moving along the headland of a east/west ditch going out into the large field from a good size woods to the west. The best place for a set was on the south side of the rather wide (10yds) travelway as that was the only place where the ground was relatively bare and free of cornstalks. (It's much easier to catch a fox on open bare ground than in cornstalks and high grass.)

Since north wind prevails, I had scattered some feathers all across the travelway to cause investigation and hopefully find the set.

We were surprized to see this fella as the set wasn't real close to the woods at all.



For all around use, I think the #2 double longspring is my favorite.

[DaveHawk]

Alan, what # would you use on yotes? or maybe Hat can reply to this sence he's the trapper

[hatracked]

That number 2 longspring will hold a yote just fine if the staking and chain systems are done right. The trap itself is more than capable of holding a yote . What really needs to be taken into account on yotes is toughness , yotes bend chew and break weak traps with ease. Most serious yote trappers used reinfoced base plates welded swivels , heavy chains, extra swivels, and double staking. Simply put a yote will break a non modified trap given enough time and leverage. The ones I have accidentally caught in my victor 1.5's have done so much damage to the trap frames that they never function quite right again.

Ive never messed with longspring traps , all mine are coil springs. Id imagine youd have to be quite a bit more dilligent about bedding those things to keep the springs from rocking in the set?

Hawk,
I think one of the best and decent priced traps for yotes is still a number 2 cs bridger with os jaws , a four coil kit , shortend chain ,shock spring ,double crush proof swivels . I bought mine for 14 bucks a piece already modified. Theres some better traps out there for yotes but when you consider price its tough to pass on the bridgers.

[ncboman]

hat, once I mastered the use of drags a lot of the concepts I had about holding game changed. Sets became much much quicker to make also as I usually had my trap and drag already together and basicly all I had to do was make the set and bed the trap. I need to get outside and put together a drag setup for pics. a thousand words and all that.

Bedding the DS #2 isn't so tricky when the springs are turned tight toward the dog, in fact it beds pretty solidly like that.

Given a choice I'd use a good coil spring on yotes simply because they are so fast coming up and are tuff traps too. I'd also make the strong point that trapping yotes has much more to do with the skill of the trapper and abundance of game than the type trap selected.

[hatracked]

Yes sir yotes will flat out humiliate you , then suprise you with a stupid catch. Goes along with the old saying that even a blind dog finds a bone every now and then . LOL I can tell you flat out that wiley e is the hardest canine to catch that i have tangled with . Greys are gimmees anymore , if I can find their runs i can usually catch em within a few days. Reds are a bit tougher but again given a week or so I can usually hang em but yotes...... well I caught ZERO this year. It sure wasnt due top not having any yotes around my sets either. They are just that much more warry of a set I reckon.

[ncboman]

yotes are the smartest animals I've ever tangled with and holding him is almost as hard as catching him.

Yotes are the only animal I'm familiar with that can smell cold steel and recognize the danger. They do make foxes seem easy.