summer beaver lures

[musher]

Is there a difference betwen which lure you would use fur trapping as opposed to summer ADC work?

[bobwendt]

they have responded well for me with the same lures and sets/attractors.

[robertw]

It doesn't much matter what lure you use, if it is a good lure in the fur season it will work well in the summer.

[rn]

Okay here are my two cents based on limited summer time beaver trapping.

Lure, if it has tonquin or mink musk, mink gland, mink pee or what ever , smells like a mink, you will have otter visiting your sets based on my limited experience.

Also I find it best, unless you only have a limited amount of time, to blind set (no lure) with snares and foot holds the areas that the beaver are traveling or visiting. This is just to make sure the dominant female in the colony is not alarmed by the smell of strange castor and holds the young of the year and herself in the den/hut for no telling how long. (Robert Waddell taught me this however I did not listen and later learned the hard way)

Also best lure around here seems to be RAIN, seems like when it rains the beaver move. No rain the beaver hold up in huts and dens for a couple of day.

[musher]

I was wondering about the castor smell and young beaver. I know that some lures will repel small beaver but will attract the larger ones. That suits me fine when fir trapping. It's a problem when doing a "removal" job.

[robertw]

Once the adult female is caught the young will work castor mounds very well, especially if the castor came from the adult beaver you removed from the colony.

[rn]

Yeah what he said.