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I thought 6 of these to try before season but have been using the NO BS Extremes. I finally got around to putting a couple of the 650’s in the ground Sunday. Had this big male waiting for me Thursday morning. This was a remake in a dirt hole set I pulled back in December. First impressions, The trap beds very well but takes a lot of waxed dirt to cover. I clip the metal pan cover under the dog and it lays nice and flat. The coyotes foot was not quite touching the pan but still a full pad catch. With the cast jaws, No visible damage to the coyotes foot if one is trapping for the live market. I really like the trap and just ordered 2 dozen more when Midway had them on sale earlier with free shipping.

Nice! I've only had disappointments with Duke conibears. Lots of critters that were still alive. My belisles don't have that problem.

Ok
I think I'd like those better than the MB because
of the conventional levers and dog and pan
system. A neighbor has 6 of the MB 650, and
he has trouble depressing the levers/springs
and getting the jaw retainer doo dads in place.
He asked me to help one time, and it was tough
for me as well. I can set my Bridgers and be
done way faster, as well as the dukes I have.

Not looking to buy any anytime soon myself,
but that's good information to know.
Thanks for posting

Those Belisles are on another level.

Where's the duke 650 made?

Crappie I run MB 650 cast offsets, have you, and if so how would you compare the two?

Osky

Unfortunately they are made in China, but to be honest that is who is buying the fur nowadays.

My MB 650 (3) are not cast jaws, they have outside laminations. I have yet to put them into the ground as this is my first year trapping that I have specifically targeted coyotes and had 4 1/2 dozen NO BS extremes. The one above is the 15th I have caught within a mile of my house. I started as the neighbor has sheep and the coyotes got so thick they started coming into the yard to try and kill my 6 year old male lab. Game on MF

I’m not a big fan of the MB650 dog/trigger system. Maybe if I spent more time with it I would feel more comfortable.

The dukes are very easy to set, mine have required zero tuning out of the box. Some guys have complained of links in the chain not being welded, but I have not noticed this.

On a side note, caught 3 skunks today and a boar coon. I skinned two of the skunks and for the first time ever removed the essence from a skunk.

Wife is real proud of me. WOW

LOL! I gathered my first skunk essence back in '72. REAL learning curve for a 12yr. old hard headed kid!!

VeryNice!!-

Another 650 ‘happy camper’ caught in the remake this morning.

Congratulations ! I always love catches in remakes.

I have a few of the Duke 550 traps and they are plenty for me. While I haven't used a 650 I feel they are a little big and the biggie for me is, they are illegal in SC, for land sets, due their outside jaw spread of 6 7/8 inches and 6 1/8 inside jaw spread.

Here's a 550 in action.

Luckily we don’t have a size restriction on foot holds. We do on coni type traps of 5” or less for land sets. So nothing larger than a 155 can be used on land unless 6’ off the ground.

Those last two, a trapping buddy gave me the feet off of a male coyote he caught on his line. I put one of them in the bottom of the hole and hit it with Gusto.

Both coyote had the foot out of the hole when I took them out of the trap.

That is one cool looking coyote. We don’t have the dark coloration around here.

Now that is a black coyote

Season winding down. Picked up another in a 650.

I think it was 2 yrs ago. Robert Waddell set a goal too take 1000 coyotes in one season. I think he made it to 930+ coyotes. Thats not counting the coyotes with mange. The traps he used was Duke # 3 offset 4 coil. He done ok with duke traps.

I have no complaints with the PRO series traps or their coni’s.

I believe Duke traps are made in Korea.

The Pro series clearly states China

Watched a video on YT last night, Tennessee and they caught a darker coyote than we have. If anything around here you will get one with a bit of red to it.

Pulled the first group of 8 coyote hides out of the brine solution last night and all of them have the hides slipping. I am very disappointed as I was following the directions to the letter. Not sure what went wrong. Going to be asking some questions and will try the next batch but will probably only do in groups of 4.

Nice work on killing those coyotes. I'm losing a lot of fawns and some turkeys on my place. Hoping to trap some this coming year since my predator calling apparently sucks. I'll check those 650s out.

Midway has the single 650 pro on sale with free shipping over $99. Best price I have seen if buying small quantities.

FYI

Semi related- anybody used the 850 they offer?

I have not tried the 850’s. Midway had them for $28-28 a month ago but I needed beaver traps and all they offer are offset. I have heard really good stuff about their regular jaws for beaver.

Should be a good trap as well as the other
Pro series they're offering

Not many beaver to be had where I've been.
Mostly coyote, coydogs, feral dogs and cats,
bobcats, coon, possum, and the bears are
moving back in from the east . The occasional
big cat too, but I haven't heard of anybody
taking one. The times I've seen one I've not
been carrying. The neighbors are usually
walking around or checking mailboxes

I just picked up another 18 of these from Midway, I had a 10% off code and they had free shipping. Already discounted price. What’s not to like.

I don't have any pro 650's. I do have the 550 and 850 pro's. I like how the 550's lock up. A deep pad catch almost every time. I run mb 550 and 650 too. I like the square pan on the Duke better.

OSH, are your 850’s offset? Do you use them for beaver?