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Post by thefoxtrapper on Jan 23, 2006 14:36:24 GMT -6
well when you skin it, right under the castor sacks will be a pecker and two nuts, hahahaha, seriously, w
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Post by primetime on Jan 23, 2006 14:43:51 GMT -6
OK ;D
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Post by BK on Jan 23, 2006 14:53:20 GMT -6
Most of the time you can tell sex right on location, you can often see tits twards spring on females, or feel the bone on males if you take off your gloves. This can be handy figuring out if you have the ones you want.
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Post by primetime on Jan 24, 2006 8:53:15 GMT -6
Well here it is. I don't have an exact weight, but it bottomed out a 55 lb. scale.
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Post by packerfan on Jan 24, 2006 9:22:28 GMT -6
That's one of the nicest beavers I have ever seen. Dry, combed out, and well photographed. Nice color and SIZE! -Dan PS- I use footholds, but have a much easier time with snares (for when they get "square shy").
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Post by primetime on Jan 24, 2006 9:38:38 GMT -6
I wish I could have gotten a picture in natural lighting. The artificial lighting doesn't do it much justice. It is one of the blackest backed beavers I've ever seen.
I'm REALLY tempted to get it tanned for myself.
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Post by ScottW on Jan 24, 2006 12:04:27 GMT -6
Gotta love them dark beavers!!! Just think, someday you'll conquer footholds and catch a black one in one of them! Nice Beav. Happy trapping. ScottW
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Post by limbhanger on Jan 25, 2006 6:58:44 GMT -6
Primetime, Foothold trapping beaver has increased my catch double at least if not more and I catch bigger and wiser beaver. The #3 is a front foot trap only. If you place it about 2 inches under water and offset to center of mound, then place a stick in the bank behind the trap pointed out so the beaver will hit the stick with its chest. I also place a stick right behind the trap and sticking up above the trap a couple inches. This will help keep the tail from tripping the trap. Save your money and buy some CDR's. They will pay for themselves quickly. Then go for a back foot catch. I have tripped traps still so it will happen. Sometimes the beaver will approach from the way he smells the scent and trip the trap. I have had them trip them when swimming away with their back foot. This will cause toe catches. I witnessed this first hand. A day to remember. That is one nice beaver and I never rule out the 330 in those special places made just for them. Keep Trapping!!!!
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Post by primetime on Jan 25, 2006 8:49:15 GMT -6
Missed another in a Foothold. I took the advice of many on this thread and tried a new set-up on one of my trap shy beaver.
I used the same trap a #3 Montana it's all I've got, so I need to try and make it work. The set up was along a beaver dam. I angled two logs out upstream of the beaver dam in a "V" shape to direct the beaver in. I placed my trap under two - three inches of water close to the crest of the dam. I then took pencil sized sticks and angled them from the trap out towards were I expected the beaver to come from. I kept them under water, about an inch. I did this so he would breast out on the sticks and start walking. I then used a few drops of Oil Gland from a beaver I trapped in this area earlier in the year. Two days later I had a snapped trap and nothing! Not saying it was not a Raccoon, but I would have thought I would have gotten a good hold on a Coon. The trap was moved out of the bed a little, but not much.
PT
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Post by thefoxtrapper on Jan 25, 2006 9:27:41 GMT -6
ok, do this, find where he is crossing the dam, there has to be a well defined path, if not then look for a dam upstream where he is crossing, on the deep water side of the dam, come back about a foot or so and take your foot and wallow out a spot in about 8-10 inches of water, bed your trap solid and offset and make sure it is planted level, your trap is in too shallow of water and the beaver has already dropped its feet and it most likely fired your trap with its breast, he could have missed the trap and hit it with his tail, get it in a little deeper water and make sure it is solid so it doesend wobble and offset a few inches, throw them poke sticks in the garbage dumpster, waste of time in my opinion, the sac oil does work well though, w
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Post by primetime on Jan 25, 2006 9:35:41 GMT -6
I've got snares where it looks like he was crossing over the dam. Will they always cross over dams?
It has all it needs without crossing the dam. The reason I picked setting up by the dam, was because it looked like I could see hind foot footprints in the soft mud at the edge of the dam were it touched the shore.
Below the dam is just grassy banks. Above the dam is were all the trees are.
Was the set you discussed for a front or hind foot?
Later - PT
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Post by thefoxtrapper on Jan 25, 2006 11:55:54 GMT -6
sometimes they just come up on the dam and then go back in the main pond, they cruise the dam and make sure no holes, that is what the fresh mud pushed up is from, maintaining the dam, the set i described will almost always get a front foot, you need to put in deeper water for a back foot most of the time, nothing in trapping is written in stone so sometimes a different foot than targeted shows up.....do this make the set like i said put some castor lure on the crossover, and kick a small hole in the dam near the crossover, that will get him down there and he will smell your lure and crawl up on the crossover, w
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