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Post by marshkeeper on May 20, 2009 9:11:17 GMT -5
I just cut the castors and oil sacks out of a roadkilled beaver and want to try making some lure. Any lure recipes out here?
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john
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Post by bballou on May 21, 2009 15:48:14 GMT -5
What do you want to lure?  ?Or call |
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Post by jdpaint on May 21, 2009 19:25:43 GMT -5
Glycerine and 100 proof vodka to preseve the castor. try this link there many recipes in the archives-- www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forum_summary.html . This came from a nytrapper member - Mix the sac oil with some ground castor to make a paste. You can use it for beaver but also makes a good change up for K9's! As far as mixing with something for coon, I would mix the ground castor with some cherry essence oil, or use it straight, without anything added. Every furbearing animal is attracted to beaver castor. As for what to do with your castor, after removing from the beaver, make sure you remove as much of the red membrane as possible. Then, hang it over a nail or string to dry. Let it dry for one or two days then turn it over so the spot where it was touching will dry. Then I put it in the freezer until I am ready to grind. I use an old fashion hand food grinder. I first remove the top area where the 2 castors are attached, as this can sometimes be tough to grind. Add a little glycerine or glychol, and you are ready to go. Just put it in a sealed container, like a Cool Whip container to keep it from drying out. It will last for years! Hope this helps some ,any more questions fire away .What you are looking for is out there someplace. |
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Post by jdpaint on May 21, 2009 19:34:34 GMT -5
Had this one saved from someone ,havnt tried it yet ---
the best is what I make! I'll share with you. Take a well dried large castor and grind it up into a powder.Mix it with one qt. of molasses you buy at the feed store. Then heat to a simmer for 3 hours. Do this in a glass jar and a pot with water. Use a good once at a set, but set your traps deep or they will be full of coon. Don't forget to let a little run in the water so you will have a trail of the scent down stream. WARNING THIS WILL HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT THE BEAVER POPULATION
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Post by bballou on May 21, 2009 21:37:10 GMT -5
Charlie Dobbins said sack oil was one of the best lures for trap shy beaver he ever used--- you only need 2 or 3 drops---have tryed it and he was wright. You may want to save some of the oil.
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Post by fisherman on May 22, 2009 13:01:33 GMT -5
Very good advise Bill.
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Post by bballou on May 22, 2009 15:28:49 GMT -5
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You would get a kick out of my oldest son-----He makes sure we keep a jar of sac-oil on the side jest for him. He likes to set up ponds that other trappers have left---- you got it sac-oil he kills a lot of beaver other couldent catch.
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Post by traps82 on May 22, 2009 21:37:34 GMT -5
Thanks JD for that last one.. I saved it.. Bill, thanks for re-reminding me about the oil.. I need lots of reminding!!! ;D
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Post by marshkeeper on May 23, 2009 6:08:05 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. Thats what I like about this forum- someone is always ready to share info. and help a fellow trapper.
THF 24/7
John
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Post by jdpaint on May 23, 2009 6:57:24 GMT -5
Ya it is a good place .
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Post by bballou on May 23, 2009 15:37:06 GMT -5
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If you need any ------I probably have a bit laying around---- it isent doing a thing this time of the year.
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Post by bballou on May 24, 2009 19:46:52 GMT -5
Marshkeeper:
Ya know you can make some great lure with that beaver castor and some (easy to find) spices---- all-spice ---nutmeg--to name a couple. You might have a good time.
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Post by coonduke on Jul 9, 2009 10:22:19 GMT -5
Mix ground beaver castor and alcohol (100 proof vodka) until it is the consistancy of mustard. I like to use a 50:50 mix of vodka and glycerine.
To 4 oz of this mixture, add 30 grains crushed spiceberries. A reloading scale can be used to weight the correct amount.
Spiceberries grow on the spicebush plant...very common in bottomland areas.
Not a magic lure or anything, but it is neat to catch a beaver on a lure the mountain men used and you can make yourself from ingredients easily obtained from nature.
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Post by bballou on Jul 12, 2009 7:46:26 GMT -5
coonduke you ever see the lure make-up Lewis and Clark used on there walk arount the western U.S. ? It was a beaver lure. Alot of spice's were used. |
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Post by coonduke on Jul 12, 2009 9:18:25 GMT -5
Yes, I have the recipe if you are interested.
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Post by coonduke on Jul 12, 2009 9:34:42 GMT -5
dug through some stuff and found it...
In a 4oz jar mix beaver castor and vodka (the mountian men probably used rum) until it is the conisitancy of mustard. Then add one nutmeg (ground), 12-15 ground cloves, and 30 grains ground cinnamon and mix well.
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Post by bballou on Jul 12, 2009 15:41:56 GMT -5
Thank you ----I have used that lure for more than 30 years---- doing research ---on the original formuls I found that rum was not the drink of choice on that party. (Lewis and Clark) P.M. to follow.
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Post by dwilson on Feb 28, 2012 4:59:45 GMT -5
I use castors and empty the cpontents of the stomach and large intestine. It has a woody fermented smell. Mix together with some glycerin and it is killer lure. It is a combo lure...gland and food all in one.
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Post by jdpaint on Feb 21, 2020 20:55:26 GMT -5
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Post by jdpaint on Feb 21, 2020 21:06:26 GMT -5
I think the Lewis and Clark formula is missing glycerine .
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