Kia ora! A video I posted on my TrapEaze Facebook page recently caused some concern from viewers that the tool wasn't safe enough to have my hands in the trap whilst the killbar was elevated with the tool hooked on. I can understand people being worried about that. DOC200 traps are powerful traps and one wrong move could seriously damage your fingers. I'm confident that the tool is secure when hooked onto the wooden box because the downward pressure of the killbar is pulling against the...

Let me explain why you want a TrapEaze DOC 200 trapping tool. It's always a juggle trying to secure the kill bar up when you've caught a critter, to clear and clean your trap. There are a variety of ways trappers do this; using a safety catch - which can be tricky to secure because your trap won't easily 'set' whilst there is something sitting on the plate. It's also tricky to hold the kill bar up with one hand whilst putting the safety catch on with the other. Some trappers shove their...

Setting traps can be nerve-wracking! Especially for people new to trapping, and rightly so, as they are very powerful traps - you wouldn't want to get your fingers caught if the trap unexpectadly fires. Generally speaking, it is difficult to set a DOC200 purely by pulling on the handle with one hand. The Waddington arm (the vertical arm that sits by the little nib/sear on the stem of the plate) can be difficult to pull through the kill bar with only one hand. The handle reaches the side of...