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Post by walleyed on Dec 9, 2012 18:22:19 GMT -5
I caught another Rust-Bellied muskrat in the Muskrat crossover set, and on the way to check the Beaver traps I scored a FAT XXXL Boar Coon RK'ed on NYS Route #3. After Making my way back in the Swamp, I soon discovered that one of the new sets I had put in yesterday had scored. At first it looked like a Large log had floated into the channel run from the receding high water, but as I waded closer, I realized that it was indeed a Beaver. It was a Whopper, Super Toad Magnum. In it's Death Throes, it had ripped out the six alder stakes I had used to anchor the Old Square Jawed Victor #330 Conibear plus the Anchor stake I had it wired off to and carried it 10 feet down the run. This is the scene as I saw it: After hoisting it from the water and laying it on some nearby alder brush, it looked like This Clamped Tightly just behind the ears: This Beaver really filled up the Jet Sled with her Length and Girth: Tail Gate shot on the Behemoth: Walleyed Hoisting The Super Toad for a Documentation Photo: Some Vital Statistics (Tale Of the Tape): 47" INCHES LENGTH Nose to Tip of Tail 38" INCH GIRTH at Mid-Belly 12" INCH TAIL LENGTH 6 3/4" TAIL WIDTH Guess how Much She weighs ? walleyed
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Post by mikespring on Dec 9, 2012 18:35:18 GMT -5
I have no clue as to weight....You sure do nail them perfect with those bodygripers tho...congrats!!! 72lbs?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 18:39:29 GMT -5
57 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by fuzztrapper on Dec 9, 2012 18:41:14 GMT -5
54lbs that's a nice one for sure
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Post by keith on Dec 9, 2012 18:42:28 GMT -5
54 lbs
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Post by snoeblind on Dec 9, 2012 18:57:08 GMT -5
i''ll try 55.5
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Post by trapered on Dec 9, 2012 19:04:58 GMT -5
I dont know what it weights, but you certainly enjoy your trapping.
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Post by 2labs on Dec 9, 2012 19:09:19 GMT -5
I will say 63#, nice haul!!
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Post by oldman50 on Dec 9, 2012 19:12:51 GMT -5
Definitly in the 50 to 60ld range. Makes that 330 look like a 110. I also have a jet sled that I use all the time. Love it.
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Post by austinp on Dec 9, 2012 19:16:35 GMT -5
65lbs... and what happened to the end of its tail? Did you use your teeth by any chance in the hoisting process to reduce this one to possession?
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Post by brushwolf64 on Dec 9, 2012 19:17:47 GMT -5
53 lbs
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Post by nightstalker1 on Dec 9, 2012 19:30:33 GMT -5
62
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Post by anders on Dec 9, 2012 19:41:21 GMT -5
66lbs. ;D
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Post by traps82 on Dec 9, 2012 20:10:38 GMT -5
72lbs.. On the American scale...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 20:22:44 GMT -5
68lbs 3 ounces
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Post by walleyed on Dec 9, 2012 20:53:45 GMT -5
65lbs... and what happened to the end of its tail? Did you use your teeth by any chance in the hoisting process to reduce this one to possession? Well Austin, I got Hungry on the way back to the truck, and It looked tasty. No, Actually a healed over fighting wound I presume. I have you say you can very close with your guess , Austin. But you know what they say about close.
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Post by walleyed on Dec 9, 2012 20:55:46 GMT -5
We have a winner, folks ................who knows his beaver as the old girl weighed in at 66 lbs. Congrats Andy. walleyed
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Post by austinp on Dec 9, 2012 21:05:42 GMT -5
Well Austin, I got Hungry on the way back to the truck, and It looked tasty. No, Actually a healed over fighting wound I presume. I have you say you can very close with your guess , Austin. But you know what they say about close. I got screwed! You sewed the tip of that tail back on just to bump the weight up and out of my class!! The winning prize is mine... I want it!!!
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Post by walleyed on Dec 9, 2012 21:17:34 GMT -5
Well Austin, I got Hungry on the way back to the truck, and It looked tasty. No, Actually a healed over fighting wound I presume. I have you say you can very close with your guess , Austin. But you know what they say about close. I got screwed! You sewed the tip of that tail back on just to bump the weight up and out of my class!! The winning prize is mine... I want it!!! What Prize ? Hey, Don't whine.....You're 1ST First Runner Up !!! ;D ;D ;D Better Luck Next Contest. You can't be RIGHT all the time, You Know. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by austinp on Dec 9, 2012 21:22:43 GMT -5
You can't be RIGHT all the time, You Know. ;D ;D ;D Holly says I'm never right. If you say I'm ever right, she'd probably say you are wrong, too.
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Post by Woj on Dec 10, 2012 11:29:52 GMT -5
Nice toad Walleyed. . Austin, just think, if you were one of the kids from today's families, you'd still get a trophy.
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