Trapline Journal Coyote in MB450

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morning folks I'm Dave Canterbury with self-reliance authors in the Pathfinder school as you can see we have a coyote day in a 450 Minnesota Brant foothold trap

we'll get him dispassion and we'll talk a little bit more about this set stay with me

okay so first let's look at the set I think this is a good educational moment we've got this set is no different that dirt holes right there this that's no different than a set we have anywhere else it's a simple dirt hole set the traps offset from the dirt hole a few inches this is a Minnesota brand for 50 I generally prefer 550 s if I'm tracking trapping specifically for coyote but I've got six 550 s out on the pipeline and I've got six 450 s scattered a couple different places throughout the pathfinder school property this is the last 450 that's right on the outer edge of my property and you can see it held that coyote just fine we had a 550 that had a coyote in it a few days ago and we had another 450 up on the hill over here inside the Pathfinder school property had a bobcat in so these 450s are a very versatile trap and I've had some people ask me about that I've caught everything in these 450s from coyote to Bobcat to opossum to raccoon and it has no problem holding all of those animals now you've got a smaller area or a smaller target area on a 450 for a coyote or a bobcat to put his foot into but at the same time you're going to catch a lot of smaller game animals with this trap as well so if you're looking for something that's very versatile over the course of lots and lots of food type animals the 450 is a good trap for that it's got offset jaws and you can see those offset jaws right there which keep it from really breaking the bone of the animal it's a foot holding type trap so it basically squeezes around the paw of the animal and holds him solid and I'm going to show you this coyote foot that came out of this trap as well okay so you look at this coyote foot and the Bloods coming from where I shot him and there's no blood on his foot anywhere other than what's dripped on him from his head here where I shot him but you can see a mark right here where the trap jaws were locked around his foot and it's no different than me being locked in the trap right here in the meat of my hand

and across the back side here that traps got offset JA so there's a space there so it doesn't break those tarsal bones in his foot but it holds him study so he can't pull his paw out of the trap it's a very humane type trap and again you know your responsibility of the trapper is to check your traps often I check my traps every single morning very early between 7 & 8 o'clock and I'm usually on the trapline working until the afternoon a lot of times so these animals aren't getting in that trap except at night so he's sitting in there overnight and I get him out in the morning but I think it's important for us to understand as trappers to see exactly how these animals are held in place there's no broken bones there whatsoever

he was just trapped between those large pads of his toes right there just like that and his foot doesn't really look that much different as far as the swelling or anything goes from the foot beside it they look almost exactly the same

other than this one's got a line right here where the trap was sitting in the fur overnight but those feet look almost exactly the same all right so we've got another Minnesota brand 450 here and this one's got opossum in it and it's a rear leg catch he's got one leg in the trap we're just going to pull this trap open let him out you can see he's a little tore up so we're going to let him go again that Minnesota brand 450 is a very very versatile trap it will catch everything from possums to coyotes all right yeah yeah yeah you can see running through the woods there like a scalded dog none the worse for wear again these traps just hold them in place their foot holding type traps now that M was caught in the rear foot and that's a good thing in my mind because that means I had proper offset in my trap because it's set for canines so I would expect a front foot catch on a canine but an animal that's shorter between the legs there is going to get caught in the rear leg so again Minnesota brand 450 was the ticket we'll do a reset here I appreciate you joining me today on the trapline Journal I'm Dave Canterbury with self-reliance Outfitters and the Pathfinder school we appreciate your views appreciate your support

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