night latching your dawg

[brownboy]

Does anyone on here night latch there dawg instead of pan I've found a neat way to do it if anyone is interested I'll try to load pictures

[ozarkmountainman]

I tried it once, but nite latching the notch is stronger and more consistent.

D.W. Verts- Bigfoot Trapper

[brownboy]

I actually put a dimple in the dawg like mb450s I like it because they don't wear off like my pan notchs

[supertrap63]

I notch the dog more constant.

[ozarkmountainman]

Somebody needs to teach ya'll how to make a nite-latch.

D.W. Verts- Bigfoot Trapper

[supertrap63]

when you by traps that are night latch from the factory the dog is notched? just sayen

[ozarkmountainman]

Factory nite-latches are junk. They still need a lot of work with a file to be a TRUE latch. You cannot feel my pans move at all before my traps fire on the regular-style dogs. On my 1-3/4 Bridgers, even after I've notched the "bump" on the dog and shortened the distance between it and the bump, I still get some creep.

With the proper tools I make my latches in under a minute or so. Folks here have seen me do it, and these latches last years generally before they need touched-up.

It's a mechanical fact that a lever works better from the static side than it does from the loaded side.

D.W. Verts- Bigfoot Trapper

[bigjohn]

Not a fan of the night-latched dog either. It's okay for beaver traps but for predator traps I'd much rather night-latch my pans.

[ozarkmountainman]

And I don't nite-latch my Beaver traps. I know, weird, but I don't see the need.

D.W. Verts- Bigfoot Trapper

[bigjohn]

The pans on my #4 longsprings beaver traps are P-I-T pans (only have 2 of them) and I saw no need to change the way they came.

[ozarkmountainman]

The PITS are just about PERFECT for water trapping.

D.W. Verts- Bigfoot Trapper

[jiml]

I was gonna try and night latch my pans last year but couldn't because I'd already filed to much of the original pan notch off. There is no room for movement though, once there set I level the pan and that's it. I'm afraid that after a few years I'll have to replace the pans from wear an tear.