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Post by rex on Feb 28, 2006 17:41:55 GMT -5
Here's a couple beaver I took today with baited under ice sets. It felt like 30 below out on this pond today because of the wind. This is how I make a baited set with the trap suspended from wires that hang below the ice. Note the position of the bait on the trigger. This type set works well where there is several feet of water and the runs are difficult to locate. This pic shows a good catch, just behind the head, which is how these traps are supposed to work. The set is submerged through a hole in the ice, with the spring eyes about 1 foot to 18 inches below the bottom side of the ice.
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Post by Itrapny on Feb 28, 2006 17:45:13 GMT -5
Nice job on those! Do you use a chain saw to open your holes?
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Post by martinsmodified on Feb 28, 2006 18:06:12 GMT -5
would u use a 280 for this set? nice pics, thanks for the tip.
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Post by Hawken315 on Feb 28, 2006 18:37:30 GMT -5
Hi, Rex those are some great photo's ,I really need to take more myself ,but seem to forget the camera or just check the traps to quik.. I also like how you showed your setup well... Jay
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Post by mole on Feb 28, 2006 18:53:50 GMT -5
Nice work rex. Come on up and chop me some holes. ;D
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Post by swampstalker on Feb 28, 2006 21:14:37 GMT -5
Rex, Very informative post you got there, thanks for sharing that. So you just hang the trap on the cables like that and it works out ok? I've never seen it done like that but your way looks pretty good.
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Post by rex on Mar 1, 2006 8:14:31 GMT -5
I use an ice spud to make the holes. The ice where these traps are placed is only 2-3 inches thick, being near the feed bed area. Before the recent cold snap, I probably would have fallen through the ice where these traps are set. One needs to be careful when getting within 100 feet of a beaver house, even in extreme cold weather. I would only use 330's for this type of setup.
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Post by wmthrower on Mar 2, 2006 7:28:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the pics. I have read about a set like this but with the pictures it is all the more clear. I think that I might try this method. I'm assuming that you just use some green poplar for bait. Do you use any food lure on it or just rely on the color of the green wood?
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Post by rex on Mar 2, 2006 8:20:20 GMT -5
Use a 1 inch thick piece of poplar, or other green hardwood branch, along with a few branch tips with buds. Food lure is not needed, because animals cannot smell underwater. Beaver can only breathe when in the lodge or a bank hole. They also get a few breaths from large air bubbles under the ice.
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Post by mikespring on Mar 2, 2006 10:22:20 GMT -5
I find all this water trapping info priceless.
All I know well is canine trapping, with the price increasing on the water fur bearers I can see myself starting a small waterline next year.
Anyway thanks to all for sharing!!!
PS: forget about those beaver and set up that huge rat house in the foreground.
Mike Spring
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