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Post by Zagman on May 23, 2006 5:31:11 GMT -6
I have ZERO experience with a beaver live trap.....but I need one.
Used to be only one choice, but now there are several.....
Any ideas/tips would be helpful....
Snares are not an option......
Zagman
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Post by trappnman on May 23, 2006 6:09:56 GMT -6
Only used a Hancock, and did well with it. Expensive trap though.
Can't say I have any special tricks- we just set it in the shallows and baited it. Tried to have trap so it was covered by 2-4 inches of water.
Sounds like it has to be kept live, if so, make sure the trap is securely fastened in the shallows, or they can and will move it.
We actually used it more on coon, than beaver- back when to remove a summer coon here in MN, it had to be live trapped and relocated, if you can believe that.
Since you are handy- we made some dandy live traps for the otter program- used.....must have been 15" at least diameter PVC, had a door on both ends with the trigger pan in the center. Caught a couple of incidental beavs in it. (no otter)
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Post by Bob Jameson on May 23, 2006 21:27:17 GMT -6
I have used Don Leflers beaver live trap for several years now. It can be used as a bank set, a suspended set or rigged as a float type set depending on the location and application that works the best in that setting. It is a gravity type door system. They are not cheap but very effective.
I have used hancocks as well but have had some close calls with them in the past. Safety wise. But they work well also.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on May 24, 2006 13:29:01 GMT -6
zag get a hancock trap and you can bait them, lure them, use them on slides, break a hole in the dam and place the hancock there, use them at cross overs etc. They work really well and the neat thing is even a shy beaver will work this contraption like it never saw a trap before. Keep the safety ring in place until set and you'll be fine.
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Post by SgtWal on Jun 29, 2006 16:17:29 GMT -6
I prefer the Hancock but use a Bailey alot.  wayne |
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Post by musher on Jul 1, 2006 17:05:25 GMT -6
I used a homemade cage trap. It was made from concrete re-enforcement wire bent in a round barrel shape. the door was your typical updpwn slider and it closed when the beaver stepped on a pan thereby pulling a nail to release the door.
The door didn't close all the way to the bottom. There was a 1 inch gap so the beaver wouldn't get its tail jammed.
The negative side to the trap was that the beaver could/would stick its neck out of the wire and wear off its fur.
I don't have any pics. The trap wasn't mine and it ended up stolen. It would be much less expensive to make than a Hancock would be to buy.
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