Not sure which thread this belongs on. Very sad and unfortunate incident
https://www.orangeville.com/news-sto...og-in-dundalk/
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Not sure which thread this belongs on. Very sad and unfortunate incident
https://www.orangeville.com/news-sto...og-in-dundalk/
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Sad indeed. I won't use traps up in the 'resident' part of the farm for fear that this would happen to one of my dogs. Can't imagine how I would feel causing something like this to happen to a neighbours dog.
Right behind the arena too. Imagine little kids playing out there..
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A conibear to kill a dog that big? What were they trapping and how was it setup? That seems really sketchy to me.
A beaver sized conibear would kill a dog easily. My Britt once got caught in a lynx snare. Luckily I was only a few yards from him. Had he been 75 yards out he likely would have died that day. Traps scare the hell out of me. Fully support those who do it properly and legally but I don’t want my dogs near them.
Sounds like a criminal intent to me, given it's so urban.
Somebody didn't like dogs back there.
10in jaw size with a dane, mastiff cross, still sounds way too small for much, I bet their head would not even fit.Quote:
Originally Posted by terrym
That is if they are running a 330 but I was under the impression that a beaver set like that needed to be submerged.
It is my understanding a conibear(likely a 330) is illegal if set on the ground. They are to be in box sets off the ground or under the water. There is no excuse for this.......
Given where this trap was located I doubt it was set by a legitimate trapper.
Very sad but this could of been way worse. Looks like some one did not like the dogs .
A 330 would fit around a large dogs head and certainly kill it if it got around the neck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
What it was doing on the ground is the question. Likely some idiot redneck who thinks hes doing nature a favour by killing coyotes or stray cats.
I know if it could fit around the head and snap on the neck then the dog would be dead but a dane's head is huge, I do not have one to measure here but trying to figure out how he could get into the trap.Quote:
Originally Posted by blasted_saber
Ya, they are supposed to be submerged for beaver right? I do not think there are too many lynx being trapped there beside the school.
My neighbour had his dog take off and not come back, he found the dog, in a coyote snare, not a legal one that you can release the animal if not a coyote. The dog was lucky, got its leg through with its head, a huge scar on the dog now. This is actually bush I have permission to hunt too, with dogs if I wanted, no idea who put the snares out.
When I did my trappers course and exam, a 330 set up for beaver can be set up on land, i did not have to be submerged. The set up would be done where the beaver comes out of the water. I did that set for my practical and passed.
There are multiple sets in which a 330 may have been set on land, in close proximity to water. A runway set or a broken dam set are examples. In any case, it was most certainly not a licensed and responsible trapper that set this. Any trapper that knows what they are doing would have used a different set type in any populated location.
A 330 is certainly big enough for a dog even as large as a Great Dane to force it's head through. I'd imagine it was investigating a smell, likely a lure or bait left behind by this idiot. I've seen dogs get themselves stuck in some pretty absurd places, an unfortunate tragedy in this case.
They are big but to put it into context a regulation size basketball is 9.55 inches in diameter. If a basketball could fit through cleanly I expect a dane could get his head through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
I guess so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Species8472
I hunted at a place where the farm dog was a Rottie Blue Healer cross, the head and neck were larger than a basket ball, the neck was actually larger than its head, could not keep a collar on.
I could picture rabbit or deer dogs being killed left right and center with these things, a beagle in a conibear would be very bad for the beagle, glad we never ran into any.
The 330 is not legal for anything on the ground other than beaver. And its not legal for coons.Quote:
Originally Posted by krakadawn
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It may not break the neck of a big dog. It would kill if the traps dog hit the animal high on the skull. Too much force. The dog would have brain damage and therefore pass. IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
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Regardless of all the theories, assumptions and opinions.... not a good scene at all. Very unfortunate