tomsnare
It's a good time to be a trapper!
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Post by tomsnare on Apr 14, 2014 19:24:14 GMT -5
The first picture shows where I had the trap and where the beaver pulled out and went around it, second picture shows where I moved the trap about 4 feet last one shows Pancho surveying the devastation wreaked by the beaver and the landowner with his backhoe. All the beaver houses except one have been visited by Mr. Backhoe, the spring run is on and the beaver have been encouraged to leave after being shot and trapped for several years------apparently not too successfully !I've done places like this before and with these refusals just moving the trap works or at least I think it does as there usually is a beaver caught in the trap or one near it -------soooo what do you think? are they super smart or is it just a beaver acting natural? -----------------Tom
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Post by whistlerwhittler on Apr 15, 2014 10:24:06 GMT -5
You're second pic shows the trap jaws nearly half out of the water. I don't think I've ever had any luck when I've set the 330 exposed like that. I like to set the 330's totally submerged, centered in the channel, with a dive stick above. They don't seem to mind the trap much when it's all underwater like that.
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Post by rendezvous on Apr 15, 2014 13:14:13 GMT -5
Try to find a deeper spot and narrower as practicable, as whistlerwhittler has mentioned. I like to turn the springs straight up, run a dead stick through them as a dive stick. Add guide sticks(dead) as needed. This has worked well for me. With that said, a few guide sticks may have improved your set up? Good Luck
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Post by artie on Apr 26, 2014 17:20:02 GMT -5
Cause ur not John rock wood or me
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redneck315ers
i got the trapping bug and i see u dont have to lay steel to get it
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Post by redneck315ers on May 11, 2014 8:54:07 GMT -5
I see u say for years they have been shot /trapped all above is good advice but I think u have a beaver who knows the game of the Trapper I could be wrong
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Post by chappy on May 28, 2014 15:47:15 GMT -5
Sometime the little silly things make a difference. Did you stand on the bank on the side he crawled out...maybe the mud was slicked from your feet, disturbed and he came out to check it. Not to often I run into a beaver that has a problem swimming through a #330. Especially if shape is broken up by some sticks. Kill alot of beaver on castor mounds with a #330 half in the water. Also try your triggers on bottom so the top half is more open. Good Luck!!
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Post by minkman1 on May 28, 2014 17:49:59 GMT -5
I would make a few blind set with some foot traps, cant go wrong usually with these, but even then make sure there blended in well. An example would be an area I trapped this year, where a majority of the beaver in a 10 mile radious or more were sqaure shy, there was a reason for this I found out later. Long story short, I pulled almost all the bodygrips and put in my 7 1/2 inch foot traps, I wiped out most spots in a check or two. Give it a try if the body grips don't work out. Good Luck!
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