Conibear setting tools

[HCS]

Does anyone have instructions on how to build your own conibear setting tool? For whatever size, anything is helpful thanks!



Hunter

 

[banditbuster]

To tell you the truth its easer to go to fleet farm and by one for 6 bucks.

 

[NativeCraft]

I use a 5' length of 3/8" nylon rope. Loop it through the springs, then back around again. Step on it and pull.

 

[ADCcoyote]

Make sure to paint it a bright color! through the years I have left a few of them setting on the bank and always have 2 in the truck in case I forget.

 

[Tactical .20]

I made my own of stiff steel bars, cut notch for spring levers, put bolt in for sissor action, 2ft long total? T.20

 

[nvstickbow]

Two pieces of 1"X1/8" flat stock about 2' long with a notch cut about 3/8" deep to catch the spring eyes about 1" from the ends and held together the way that T.20 described.

 

[k9jones]

My father made me one about 35 years ago. He used two 2x2's about 3' long. He nailed the two together (about 2.5 inches from one end) with one 16 penny nail, so the 2x2's looked like wooden scissors. Then about middle way down each 2x2's he nailed two 8 penny nails (didn't nail all the way through and cut the nail heads off), which offset each other on the 2x2's. The 8 penny nails held the springs of the trap, while I would sit on the top 2x2, causing the springs to compress.

The 2x2's also served well as a dispatching tool for the foot traps.