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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote
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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 1981042" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>On the trap pan and dog they are stamped and the square ness of them will be how ever good the dies are that are used for that . I like to buy a 4" knife edge file for this clean up and modifying that I do on them . I want my pans to drop freely so that they don't bind up with dirt, rust or frost . The notch that the dog fits into I want to be square and flat where the dog will fit with the heal of it squared up nicely then I use the thin edge of the file to file a small v in it where the dog will lock in to the v after I have finished with it . The dog I pinch with a pliers where it fastens to the frame un-till it fits well with out being able to push and pull it back and forth . The end of the dog that fits into the notch of the pan I file square then file a v in the top of it to fit the v in the pan . You can check the fit with out setting the trap . You want them to fit and lock together . You then can set the trap and see if the pan is level when it is set . T adjust the pan to be level you bend the frame where the dog is attached to in toward the trap jaw to lower the pan or away from it to raise the pan. You want the pan level as it helps when you make your set and bed the trap . The v's matching gives you a pan that has no creep in it it just fires with any down ward movement . A coyote can feel movement and pull their foot making at best no catch and a sprung trap and at worst a coyote that is toe caught and cripples it's self for awhile and will not fall for that again .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 1981042, member: 91783"] On the trap pan and dog they are stamped and the square ness of them will be how ever good the dies are that are used for that . I like to buy a 4" knife edge file for this clean up and modifying that I do on them . I want my pans to drop freely so that they don't bind up with dirt, rust or frost . The notch that the dog fits into I want to be square and flat where the dog will fit with the heal of it squared up nicely then I use the thin edge of the file to file a small v in it where the dog will lock in to the v after I have finished with it . The dog I pinch with a pliers where it fastens to the frame un-till it fits well with out being able to push and pull it back and forth . The end of the dog that fits into the notch of the pan I file square then file a v in the top of it to fit the v in the pan . You can check the fit with out setting the trap . You want them to fit and lock together . You then can set the trap and see if the pan is level when it is set . T adjust the pan to be level you bend the frame where the dog is attached to in toward the trap jaw to lower the pan or away from it to raise the pan. You want the pan level as it helps when you make your set and bed the trap . The v's matching gives you a pan that has no creep in it it just fires with any down ward movement . A coyote can feel movement and pull their foot making at best no catch and a sprung trap and at worst a coyote that is toe caught and cripples it's self for awhile and will not fall for that again . [/QUOTE]
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