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nobody ever did, most just jumped in and set them. naked in ice water isn't a good way to impress the girls, just show them the bulging arms

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I made a setter. Bought a 4’ piece of 1” by I think 3/16” flat iron at Home Depot. Cut it into two about 18” pieces. Drilled 1/4” hole about 10” from the end of each piece. Bolted them together to make a scissors. Rat tail filed an angled notch near the end of each of the 10” portion of the scissors. Works fine, and cost about $7.

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I prefer this type safety

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I always used the tongs they made for them.

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Tongs are a pain for the 330 and larger traps. Ive found good heavy rope easier.

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By hand, use 2 hands if needed. I watch my 70 year old father still do it by hand so there is no way I am even going to step foot around a conibear with a setting tool.
Prep a few with the safeties if [bleep] is going to be sloppy.

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"If you don't already have one, you ought to
consider picking up one of the little spring
loaded safety devices they sell for about $5.00
It'll sure save your rear if you fire one on your
hand accidentally even if you have tongs or a
rope or whatever. "


Be very serious about taking this advice. I failed to use one while setting a 330 Bridger in late October of 2020. The trap snapped on my left thumbnail.
.The pain was almost unbearable, and the thumb bled for quite awhile. I would later lose my entire thumbnail. But fortunately I did not lose the ability to grow a new thumbnail, for which I was quite lucky. I still have not completely healed and have just a little bit of thumbnail to grow before I am back to normal. These large killer traps are no joke. Be very careful with them. Don't do what i did. Use a safety device at all times.

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I use the sleepy creek setters for large conibear a and double long springs. A safety is a good idea! I haven’t used one, but many use the caulk gun style locking/ratcheting setters. Just be careful!


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Originally Posted by Theoldpinecricker
Tongs are a pain for the 330 and larger traps. Ive found good heavy rope easier.


This is how I was taught, a white nylon rope from the farm store with a loop tied in the end to put your foot in so I could pull with both hands.


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I've used caulk gun type, tongs, rope and hands. Hands is not a matter of strength but rather technique, and I don't set enough conibears to bother perfecting it. Rope don't work too good in a swamp. Tongues are my preference. Caulk gun when necessary.

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Thats what large strong friends are for..


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The difficulty of setting them and the potential for disaster were the reasons I quit using "comic bears" for beaver a long time ago. 220's still for fisher, but what little beaver work I do anymore is with done with leghold traps, specifically MB 750's with laminated jaws. Yes, it takes a little more set construction effort, yes, you need to know a bit more to make a good drowning set, but to me, it's worth it.


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Easiest way..... let some else do it.

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Squeeze the spring with the tongs. Hold with one hand and put the safety clip over the spring. Do the other side. Set the trigger place the trap then carefully remove the.safety clips/ hooks.

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