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Post by walkercoonhunter(Aaron L.) on Dec 31, 2006 2:41:47 GMT -6
i didnt want to raid coondukes post so i will start this one....we are talking front foot and rear foot....whats the average distance you set for each....average depth of water,and off set by how far....dont want to know about connis already know about them....lol just jaw traps please....  |
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Post by fishadict on Dec 31, 2006 8:42:08 GMT -6
LOL - 330 goes in front of castor mound, half submerged - done.
Rear foot - I measure elbow to tip of middle finger from point on bank where I think beaver will breast-out and offset six to eight inches. Mostly, my footholds hang in the basement.
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Post by thebeav2 on Dec 31, 2006 9:15:15 GMT -6
Front foot set ups.
2" to 3" of water over the trap.
Trap well bedded.
Trap offset about 4" right or left from center of the beavers approach.
Guides are Important so the beaver Is stepping where you want It to step. I never worried about poke sticks to get the beaver to drop It's feet since I'm set up so the beaver Is already walking. I have used stepping sticks and I have used built up mud berms to get the beaver stepping over and Into the trap. To satisfy WI trap laws regarding traps with teeth we would just dig a small hole let the water fill It up and then place the trap under water.The trap was bedded and I had created a berm as a guide and the law was appeased.
When I was young with no money for beaver traps I welded fence staples In my #2 Vic square jaws and used them to front foot beaver,I got pretty good at It. You got to do what you got to do.
Front foot caught beaver can be drowned In a lot less water then can a hind foot caught one. Keep your chains as short as possible this will keep the beavers nose down.With this set up you can drown a beaver In 3' of water or less. This opens up lots of locations where you can't set If your targeting the hind foot.
A easy way to drown them with out a drowning wire or rod Is to add a tie plate or sash weight directly to the trap chain,I've used these sash weights for stepping sticks at the set. Then stake out In deep water with about 10' of chain. I like to use steel fence posts. The beaver wraps around a few times and that's all she wrote the beaver doesn't do much swimming with that much weight on It's front foot. This same set up works on the hind foot If you have enough water.
I normally have all the posts and weight out at the location before the season while I'm scouting. In fact In good locations I use year after year I just leave It all behind when i pull the traps.
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Post by Steve Gappa on Dec 31, 2006 9:25:19 GMT -6
I don't offset my trap, but I do limit the space around it. So the mouth of my semi circle set is no more than a foot wide, and I place guides of small branch on both sides, so it is "hollow" in the back. Trap goes right behind the guides in the middle of the pocket. I guess I don't offset because a beaver is fairly narrow in the chest, shoulders. Thinking about it, I do offset when I do try for a rear foot catch.
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