2025/2026 Trapping season.

Nine Banger · Monday at 11:27 AM

For your planning purposes:

Trap dip is a one season thing.

I tried to revive it but gave up. Stained hands and pants is all I have to show.

Nine Banger · Monday at 11:29 AM

This may help someone:

Nine Banger · Monday at 11:31 AM

Heres a fox, half offset and offset. All MB 450s.

The "fox" is closed jaw but comes with an extra swivel.

Nine Banger · Monday at 11:40 AM

Heres a 450 and a 550 adjacent.

Size wise they punch in a different weight class but the springs are the same size so it seems like a 2 coil 550 will do the same amount of work as a 450.

as.ks.ak · Monday at 11:47 AM

Duke 110….anyone else had this happen before? Happened on the trigger? Maybe a pred twisted a marten out of it and caused it to disassemble? I’m perplexed. No snow. Minimal sign of struggle. Thoughts?

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Nine Banger · Monday at 11:58 AM

One more unsolicited prep post.

I used brake parts cleaner because I only have 3 traps to prep but otherwise I would use a big azz pot of boiling water.

I used wax today but man I wish that dip had worked out. Wax stinks too for different reasons. Leave 'em in the wax until the trap is the same temp as the wax and you're done.

go_deep · 2026-02-25T20:21:01-0700

as.ks.ak said:
Duke 110….anyone else had this happen before? Happened on the trigger? Maybe a pred twisted a marten out of it and caused it to disassemble? I’m perplexed. No snow. Minimal sign of struggle. Thoughts?

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Was there any fur laying around like a fox or coyote ripped it out of the trap?