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Originally Posted by parfleche
Above is the Mohawk trap , developed in the 60,s by Canadian dept of Indian affairs. , again in an effort to find a more humane trap . The Mohawk was made in a six inch round body and a six inch square body , it is a rotating jaw trap like the conibear , a large size of ten inches was also made although app only 2500 were made , these experimental traps were distributed among more experienced trappers for evaluation . they can be found almost anywhere in trappers kits and often are mistaken for original Conibear traps. I should add they all have a small Mohawk Indian head on the trigger latch
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I have 2 of these about 5-6" diameter. I use them all the time for rats, wish I had more, outstanding trap in runs do to the radius. Scary to set when the trap gets icy....caught myself more than a few times.
Spruce