Hey all,
Had a scary end to my Saturday hunt this weekend. My pup, Briar, stepped
into a foot trap. Luckily, the jaws didn't have teeth and it didn't
catch him around the ankle but instead trapped his foot so the jaws were
squeezing his paw flat. Took my dad and I about 5 minutes to calm down
and figure out the trap and get him out but when we did he took two
steps with a limp and then started hunting like nothing happened. Shows
no signs of tenderness or anything. Shook me up more than him. Here in
MN, trappers aren't required to post their traps or anything, and it
seems like a simple and easy way to help avoid this sort of thing from
happening. In this case, my dad and I had time to have a conversation
about what we thought Briar was sniffing before he stepped in the trap.
If I had had some indication that he was sniffing a trap I could've
whoa'd him and gotten him away safely. Obviously, 
that's
not going to prevent anything if the dog is off a ways, but it would've
helped in this case. Curious to see if other states have stricter
legislation for trappers?