Love this channel! I’ve learned a ton from you and all the videos you’ve made. Thanks for everything you do. It’s nice being able to take the teacher to the woods or the fur shed when a refresher coarse or new lessons are needed. Once again Thank you👍👍
You are one of the best I have seen. The outdoor channel should give you a job. You are much better than the guys I have seen trapping on TV. For being a one man operation, your videos are top notch. Keep up the good work.
@@stevenrussell8410 night latching the trap is making it a hair trigger, if the trap isn’t night latched, the pan will set higher, and have to go down further before they set off
@@logangower8615 thanks for your wisdom, I got 2 bridgers and 2 dukes. the bridgers have hair trigger outta the box. when I try to lower the pan, they go off. Cant get em level. The duke pans can be lowered to level. I'm scared to file anything off. 1st night I set them, the bridger (#3) fired and coyote( I think) got off. Any thoughts?
@@stevenrussell8410 Nope, the Bridget #3 are usually pretty good traps. However, the pans don’t have to be perfectly level, in fact, some people like their pans pointing just a hair off. But if the pan is super uneven, that’s a problem.
Thanks for this video. It was the only one with great video and explicit instructions. Taking the pan off was key for me, I could see what was happening as I filed. First-time trapper. First dozen traps. Duke # 4s. Nearly destroyed First trap I tried alone. Studied your video and went to it. 10 minutes per trap they all night latch perfect!! Appreciate you
Excellent video! Thank you for posting yet another top notch informative video. As a new trapper, I very much appreciate all the work you do in getting these videos up and running.
I've been researching trapping and I have some traps ordered but didn't see anything about the pan adjustment on any other videos. Thanks alot for uploading this.
glad you liked it. To each his own on trap size, but I have taken dozens of beaver in number 3's. and a good part of those were back foot catches. trap placement and quick drowning is the key.
I'm new to trapping and I've been watching your videos for about 18 months now and I thought I had seen all of them. I caught this one because it popped up after a more recent one. And for a beginner this is the exact info I need. Glad it popped into the frame. Hope to see more.
ANd these are Dukes. The Bridger traps seem to have a pseudo nite latch from the factory where the pan is high and you then adjust it down until a click is heard.
Excellent video. I am just beginning in coyote trapping and acquired my first half dozen traps and the night latch seemed non existent. Now they all are in tune! Thanks!
I nite latch for two reasons. One is to hear the click when the pan is level, great for low or no light conditions. Two, is to have the trap fire with no perceptible movement. To do that, make the notch just deep enough to catch the dog but be right on the edge. Thanks for all your videos, I have learned something from each and every one.
Fairly new to trapping,and I’m just now finding this thanks for this information. Looks like I’m going to be tearing 3dz traps apart. Take care and god bless
Silly question perhaps but could you still accomplish the night latch just by adjusting the dog distance from the pan notch w/o needing to file the notch? In theory would it not still level the pan including a hair trigger?? Otherwise great video and good explanation. I use strictly #3 Bridger offset for coyotes.
You know, I have a couple of old traps (I'don't trap I just thought they were neat, but I'm looking into getting into trapping) and I noticed the pans are, what seems to me, quite high and I wondered how they would work very well like that. I'll probly try this on at least one of them. Thanks for posting this vid.
Hey great video. Do you change out your brass screws and drill it out with a #14 bit. I've seen trapping supply catalogs sell replacement screws and the drill bit. What is the reasoning behind that? Is it worth doing? Thanks
do you do anything to make that trap trip with basically.no pan creep? or was that trap done once you turned off the camera? I ask because the key when bedding a trap is to make sure it is solid and does not move when he animals steps. now when it steps on the pan and it creeps slightly and doesn't go off wouldn't that be the same as a wobbly trap? I like everyone try to make a set that when they animal steps on that pan it is committed but just something I've been pondering while tuning my traps this weekend.
Flat files are measured by length and not thickness. An 8 inch will be the closest to 5/32. A 10 inch is close to 3/16. I used an 8 inch on my #2 and #3 Dukes. The only difference it made was the "click" on the #3 traps was not as loud. We're working on traps not jet engines so the tolerances are slightly more flexible.
@@53kills file length has zero to do with the thickness of file - each manufacturer/file can be different as far as depth of file. In the video he is talking 1/32 of an inch - that's a pretty tight tolerance and the idea I believe he was stressing was to lay the file flat on the stock and the file difference would make up the gap difference between the different sized traps.
Like the guy in the video said it's not rocket science. You are correct. The length of a flat file is irrelevant to the thickness. That's because thickness is irrelevant to a flat file's intended use. You're not going to Lowe's, Tractor Supply.etc, and find a 5/32 or a 3/16 inch flat file. However you will find an 8 inch or 10 inch file. A 8 inch file will work fine for a #2 trap. An 10 inch will work for #3. The guy is working on traps, not a complex device requiring precision tolerances. Just file a notch in the pan. As he said, it's quite simple.
Dumb question if I may? Where do you put your "ID Tags?" I am very new to trapping and on Game Land you must have an ID tag on all your traps. On cages, it is no problem but on the foot holds, Body Grips, and DP's what is the best location, & what do you use to attach your ID tags? Your videos on trapping are some of the best on UA-cam. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. Peace PS: I used pop rivets for the cages
Very inspiring I've been having problems with lieing my pan and firing the trap but thanks to u man I'm gonna have an easy process with the pan thanks somuch great video
Great video Stu. Question though, bending the dog support forward with pliers, would that not level off the pan w/o having to night latch? Exactly what is the purpose of the night latch?
Could you remake this video with your new camera equipment my eyes ain't what they used to be and does this need to be done to them all DUKE Bridger and so forth ?
+Casey Gibson the point of nite latching is to remove pan travel. if done correctly there will be very little pan travel and the trap can be set consistently with a level pan
So the point of night latching....Just set it quick and be done? I have been trapping for years and when I wax the traps that I bought that came latched are hard to set compared to the others. Way to touchy...What am I doing wrong?
Best night latch tutorial I've seen to date !
Thanks for taking the time to make this video .
Love this channel! I’ve learned a ton from you and all the videos you’ve made. Thanks for everything you do. It’s nice being able to take the teacher to the woods or the fur shed when a refresher coarse or new lessons are needed. Once again Thank you👍👍
You are one of the best I have seen. The outdoor channel should give you a job. You are much better than the guys I have seen trapping on TV. For being a one man operation, your videos are top notch. Keep up the good work.
Jim Kautz thanks
what is the difference between night latching and just setting the trap out of the box?
@@stevenrussell8410 night latching the trap is making it a hair trigger, if the trap isn’t night latched, the pan will set higher, and have to go down further before they set off
@@logangower8615 thanks for your wisdom, I got 2 bridgers and 2 dukes. the bridgers have hair trigger outta the box. when I try to lower the pan, they go off. Cant get em level. The duke pans can be lowered to level. I'm scared to file anything off. 1st night I set them, the bridger (#3) fired and coyote( I think) got off. Any thoughts?
@@stevenrussell8410 Nope, the Bridget #3 are usually pretty good traps. However, the pans don’t have to be perfectly level, in fact, some people like their pans pointing just a hair off. But if the pan is super uneven, that’s a problem.
That was a great video explaining how to set these traps up! Best I have seen so far. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent video very informative- I’m a beginner- helped alot
Thanks for this video. It was the only one with great video and explicit instructions. Taking the pan off was key for me, I could see what was happening as I filed.
First-time trapper. First dozen traps. Duke # 4s. Nearly destroyed First trap I tried alone. Studied your video and went to it. 10 minutes per trap they all night latch perfect!!
Appreciate you
Bout time someone does a video like this! The file size information was top notch no pun intended haha great job!
Brad Neumann thanks
Does it have to be a flat files or can it be done with round files?
@@richardlong3075 You have got to be joking, right?
Nice video, much appreciated. I have seen some finished traps, but never had the process explained so well. Thank you!
Excellent video! Thank you for posting yet another top notch informative video. As a new trapper, I very much appreciate all the work you do in getting these videos up and running.
hogdeath thanks
These are some of the most thorough vids I've seen on here. Keep em coming and keep up the great work!
03bullseye thanks
Outstanding video, explains everything to a T. Thanks
I've been researching trapping and I have some traps ordered but didn't see anything about the pan adjustment on any other videos. Thanks alot for uploading this.
Great job on the details of night latching. Thanks very informative.
Did my bridger #2 yesterday. My first time doing it. You made it simple for me. Thanks dude
glad you liked it. To each his own on trap size, but I have taken dozens of beaver in number 3's. and a good part of those were back foot catches. trap placement and quick drowning is the key.
What about dogless traps I got some duke numbers 2 4 coils say they come factory night latched but when I try to set it it just sets the trap off
By far the best nite latch video I have watched, thanks.
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
Def enjoy your videos.very descriptive.would love to see more catches after u make a set.great work
I'm new to trapping and I've been watching your videos for about 18 months now and I thought I had seen all of them. I caught this one because it popped up after a more recent one. And for a beginner this is the exact info I need. Glad it popped into the frame. Hope to see more.
ANd these are Dukes. The Bridger traps seem to have a pseudo nite latch from the factory where the pan is high and you then adjust it down until a click is heard.
Excellent video. I am just beginning in coyote trapping and acquired my first half dozen traps and the night latch seemed non existent. Now they all are in tune! Thanks!
Great job! I'm going to have to try this sometime before mink and muskrats season! Take care.
Good job!!!! keep bringing them on. Professionally done
Toti Struck thanks
Thanks, Glad i bought mine already done!!!
Incredibly helpful video!
EXCELLENT VIDEO ! ! ! ! Helped me tremendously : )
THANK YOU
Frank
+frank thanks
This is a good video, lots of really good info!!
great video very informing, always just played dangerously setting it by sight this will help alot
I nite latch for two reasons. One is to hear the click when the pan is level, great for low or no light conditions. Two, is to have the trap fire with no perceptible movement. To do that, make the notch just deep enough to catch the dog but be right on the edge. Thanks for all your videos, I have learned something from each and every one.
***** thanks
A very informative demonstration.
Awesome. Video man I needed to know how to do that and it was in perfect detail good job
Thanks for sharing man. That was really helpful to this novice :)
Thank you so much.🦊👍love watching all your videos.im addicted.
Thanks for the video just getting started in trapping great information.
Fantastic video thank you
Fairly new to trapping,and I’m just now finding this thanks for this information. Looks like I’m going to be tearing 3dz traps apart. Take care and god bless
Great video!
Urban Hunterz thanks
Nice job, very informational
Nice thorough video man Thanks!!
Steve Douglass thank you
Great video thanks so much for sharing
Excellent video. Been wondering about this
Very good video and well explained on what to do but more importantly why it is done.
Lone Ranger thanks
Well done man! Nice Vid!
great video and very detailed!
+Casey Gibson thannks
Thanks. Great, informative video.
Very good descriptive video. Thanks for the help.
Great job did you change out the pan bolt as well? This
Oh hell yes!! Ty brotha for this video
Great Stuff Thanks for sharing!
very informative. Good job!
+MIchael Smith thanks
When did night latching become a thing? I don't believe it was done back in the 70's or 80's. Awesome video.
Thanks for posting man.. Watched a few other where they explained it but didn't have any up close shots like yours..
+steelhanded11 thanks
Silly question perhaps but could you still accomplish the night latch just by adjusting the dog distance from the pan notch w/o needing to file the notch? In theory would it not still level the pan including a hair trigger?? Otherwise great video and good explanation. I use strictly #3 Bridger offset for coyotes.
Thanks for showing me that I was wondering how to do that
Well explained!
You know, I have a couple of old traps (I'don't trap I just thought they were neat, but I'm looking into getting into trapping) and I noticed the pans are, what seems to me, quite high and I wondered how they would work very well like that. I'll probly try this on at least one of them. Thanks for posting this vid.
Great vid thanks for you help. Time to buy new pans and fix my problems
Garrett Rowser glad it helped
Do you also file the wax off the trigger and pan after waxing?
nice informative video...thanks
Hey great video. Do you change out your brass screws and drill it out with a #14 bit. I've seen trapping supply catalogs sell replacement screws and the drill bit. What is the reasoning behind that? Is it worth doing? Thanks
Good video!
do you do anything to make that trap trip with basically.no pan creep? or was that trap done once you turned off the camera? I ask because the key when bedding a trap is to make sure it is solid and does not move when he animals steps. now when it steps on the pan and it creeps slightly and doesn't go off wouldn't that be the same as a wobbly trap? I like everyone try to make a set that when they animal steps on that pan it is committed but just something I've been pondering while tuning my traps this weekend.
will this also work on 1 1/2 long springs
been having a heck of a time finding files that give the depth measurement.
Flat files are measured by length and not thickness. An 8 inch will be the closest to 5/32. A 10 inch is close to 3/16. I used an 8 inch on my #2 and #3 Dukes. The only difference it made was the "click" on the #3 traps was not as loud. We're working on traps not jet engines so the tolerances are slightly more flexible.
@@53kills file length has zero to do with the thickness of file - each manufacturer/file can be different as far as depth of file. In the video he is talking 1/32 of an inch - that's a pretty tight tolerance and the idea I believe he was stressing was to lay the file flat on the stock and the file difference would make up the gap difference between the different sized traps.
Like the guy in the video said it's not rocket science. You are correct. The length of a flat file is irrelevant to the thickness. That's because thickness is irrelevant to a flat file's intended use. You're not going to Lowe's, Tractor Supply.etc, and find a 5/32 or a 3/16 inch flat file. However you will find an 8 inch or 10 inch file. A 8 inch file will work fine for a #2 trap. An 10 inch will work for #3. The guy is working on traps, not a complex device requiring precision tolerances. Just file a notch in the pan. As he said, it's quite simple.
@@53kills thanks........ Let's just leave it there.
How do you like those duke #3’s?
Do you adjust the pan tension on your Duke 550s or keep them the way they are when you buy them?
Dumb question if I may? Where do you put your "ID Tags?" I am very new to trapping and on Game Land you must have an ID tag on all your traps. On cages, it is no problem but on the foot holds, Body Grips, and DP's what is the best location, & what do you use to attach your ID tags? Your videos on trapping are some of the best on UA-cam. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. Peace
PS: I used pop rivets for the cages
Enjoyed txs. Suggest you boil n wax those traps before any more rust
hey man love your videos i was wondering are you going to do any trapping videos this season?
I love your stuff and kg stuff to
Very inspiring I've been having problems with lieing my pan and firing the trap but thanks to u man I'm gonna have an easy process with the pan thanks somuch great video
Joey Smith glad the video helped
What would you call a type like that? 1st time trapper i have traps like that.
what size would u recommend for coyotes
Great video Stu. Question though, bending the dog support forward with pliers, would that not level off the pan w/o having to night latch? Exactly what is the purpose of the night latch?
The night latch is so there is an audible click when the pan is level, so you can set them by ear/feel in the dark
Could you remake this video with your new camera equipment my eyes ain't what they used to be and does this need to be done to them all DUKE Bridger and so forth ?
Awesome
🤙🤙🤙
What weight do you set the pan for coyote ? 2 or 3 lbs
Thanks man!
What is the purpose of the nightlatch, could you have just adjusted your dog with your pliers from the beginning to have the same effect or no?
Im still wondering why they dont do this stuff from the factory by now.
Would a 200mm file work for night latching duke 1 3/4
Do you dye or wax your traps
Thanks for the "How To" vid. One item, the #3 is too small for beaver unless you are only targeting a front foot catch. Keep up the good work.
That was perfect 👌 thank you for this video very helpful
Cool traps
very good
Only video on here worth a damn
Shayna Martin Isn't unusual for a make up artist to watch trapping vids? 🤔🤔🤔😉
Can you tell me how to remove pan travel? or any videos? once night latched there is alot of travel before it fires. I would appreciate it. thanks
+Casey Gibson the point of nite latching is to remove pan travel. if done correctly there will be very little pan travel and the trap can be set consistently with a level pan
Thanks!!!
now thats what i call instructional. thanks
Gary Larson thanks
perfect I fixed my cheap crappy Duke number 3's....Caught 2 song dogs and 3 reds so far after night latching !!!
So the point of night latching....Just set it quick and be done? I have been trapping for years and when I wax the traps that I bought that came latched are hard to set compared to the others. Way to touchy...What am I doing wrong?
Need to get the wax off the night latch notch and the dog.
Will those files work for a bridger trap ?
VG thx liked!
night latching is the simplest way of tuning a trap hands down
Good job on the vid. Is Duke your primary trap?
BravoDelta1018 Yes. Duke makes a great trap imo. Sometimes a little tinkering is involved. But you will have that with almost any trap.
Awesome hack thank you
Please forgive my novice ignorance, but what exactly is the purpose of nite latching traps? Is it just a hair-trigger set? Help!
Great video, not enough how to video's on trapping available, mostly catch video's.
Can you nite latch a Bridger 5
Is it ok not to nite latch?
Does the length of the file have anything to do with the thickness? I'm having trouble finding a file that works.
Tim Kurtz no