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Post by gotcha on Mar 22, 2008 14:37:15 GMT -6
i'm new to this siteso i don't really know how things work around here, but i bought myself some beaver snares and i have no idea really how or where to set them, any help is appreciated
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Post by bobwendt on Mar 22, 2008 14:47:01 GMT -6
anywhere the beaver goes. in slides its the easiest for a beginner. loop about basketball size and maybe 1-2" off the ground, maybe a little smaller loop. set several as they are bad about knocking them over. reminds me , get a rock solid wire support system like a pig tail or a crimped "V" out of heavy guage wire.
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Post by trappnman on Mar 22, 2008 15:17:25 GMT -6
I don't sanre a lot of beav, but find that on soft ground, I'll place a small stick into each side of the loop- keeps thme from being knocked over as Bob says, and they still pull them closed ok.
my best results came from crossovers.
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Post by JWarren on Mar 22, 2008 15:23:44 GMT -6
best way to do it is find where they are swimming, put the loop so that only 2-3" of the bottom of the loop is under water, apparently they swin with their chin stretched up just out of water because it will nail them by the neck
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Post by dan68 on Mar 22, 2008 19:38:00 GMT -6
You can use them at castor mound sets too. Just put the castor mound a couple feet farther up the bank than usual and hang the snare at the edge of the water. Works good for those shallow water sets.
They are killers on beaver trails.
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Post by trappnman on Mar 23, 2008 8:09:57 GMT -6
the guys that like snaring beaver, I find really like it- its their first choice over footholds and 330s.
I find for me, that snaring is more complicated than either of the other choices, but I'm sure thats just my unfamilarity with using snares for beavers in all situations.
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Post by thebeav2 on Mar 23, 2008 8:51:00 GMT -6
I'm not a big snare person because I don't like live animals In my traps. and in this situation you will have to be checking each day and I like 2 or 3 day checks On my foot holds and body grips. Yes you can rig snares to drown but It's not a sure thing and It's more time consuming then just running standard drowning rigs with foot holds.
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Post by robertw on Mar 23, 2008 8:54:25 GMT -6
I snare a lot of beaver, but most are for damage control and not fur trapping. The snares allow me to release (and miss) many incedental catches unharmed.
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Post by rk660 on Mar 23, 2008 16:02:13 GMT -6
Robert, are you referring to incdientails like gators, LOL.
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Post by gotcha on Mar 23, 2008 20:25:54 GMT -6
you have to sheck every set atleastonce a day here. i would use othrs, but snares are cheaper, and last this is a nuissance job, well actualy two or three i have goiing on right now.
{edited: please add your location to your profile]
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Post by robertw on Mar 23, 2008 20:45:02 GMT -6
rk660, Yes, gators, the big aligator snappers, fifty other kinds of turtles, and then there is the fish and snakes.
How many of you guys have ever conibeared a cottonmouth six inches from the end of his tail and had him laying there waiting on you?
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Post by jwr64 on Mar 24, 2008 4:32:58 GMT -6
rk660, How many of you guys have ever conibeared a cottonmouth six inches from the end of his tail and had him laying there waiting on you? I have. It will make you say
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Post by ColdSteel on Mar 24, 2008 7:15:33 GMT -6
I must admit I should snare more especially in off season..I just never really gave them a fair chance I guess.I can see where the method with the large loop missing more otter than any other method
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Post by Jeffrey on Mar 24, 2008 8:15:48 GMT -6
I've got 5' of snow on the ground and two feet of ice, -5 deg. this morning, the beaver season ends this weekend so the only snaring we can do any way is under the ice, so they are alive when you get them. I was thinking of trying for some rats this week but to hard to get around the snow and not a lot of open water.I think if I had to deal with the snakes and gators I'd have to quit.
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Post by johnthomas on Mar 27, 2008 14:18:12 GMT -6
I only make 3 sets with snares, where a tree trunk sticks out a bit into the water at banks edge at knee deep water i set one just out from the tree, usally its a rock bottom so i tie off and support from the tree, and wedge a branch on the open side of the snare and wired to the tree at an angle, lure goes on the tree trunk, next one is any place with knee deep water and a mud bottom, shove two tree limbs as big as your wrist into the mud any where in the creek, snare in between and lure on one of the sticks, support from same, anchored to a rebar stake under the water, 3rd one is any place a large tree branch is down in the water knee deep or shouler deep, take a limb lopper and create a v in the branches, set snare in between, lure on tree somehwere, keep the lure high, to high for him to find while swimming, i use about a ten foot snare, you can drown him or just plain kill him for want of a better way opf explaining it in shallow water by driving a couple tangle stakes in just under the surface of the water, he wont last long once he winds tight, choke springs and camlocks just kill him that much faster in that situation, i know this is not a pretty sounding method, but i knew nothing of beaver when i moved to this part of kansas and have wiped them down everywhere i went from day one doing these 3 sets, the only reason i know about the kill springs and notched camlocks killing them quick is i had no snares other than my coyote snares when i ist started. try it, will work for ya.
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Post by 4fur on Mar 27, 2008 22:16:12 GMT -6
Here's one I snared today on a river with newly renovated Dikes. Banks are steep and featureless so its tough to find a location. Before... ...after. Another view of the river. Snares are never my first choice for fur beaver but in a situation like this they're about the only choice. And this district pays bounty, also.
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Post by Billy Y on Mar 28, 2008 7:49:53 GMT -6
Good post johntomas. How is the snare oriented on set #1, parallel to the creek or perpendicular?
Also, do you place the snare completely under the water?
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Post by johnthomas on Mar 28, 2008 8:29:34 GMT -6
Parrallel, and about half out or so.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Mar 28, 2008 18:28:01 GMT -6
If you have vegitation you can have dead beavers in snares, I make mine 5ft long and add 8ft extensions, the beaver find the vegitation and are hung up and dead in alot of cases, it doesn't take much as long as it is solid. slides, castor mounds,trails, dam cross overs all make good snare locations. I use 5/64 7x7 with cam locks for beaver.
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Post by mustelameister on Mar 28, 2008 21:14:05 GMT -6
Here in Wisconsin they must be at least half submerged. I make my sets similar to the picture, and S-link to a drowner system. Got to have deep water at the terminal end.
Good to go in multiple use areas.
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