Re: Picture and question for the beaver gurus....
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Re: Picture and question for the beaver gurus....
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Just cause we are buddies and all, and I have trapped with you more than a few times, plus I have seen this spot, if I were you, I would just move down the bank 50 yeads and catch the dumb ones on the cross over just east of that castor mound. I fear if you find someone that can tell you a good set for that beaver, you will loose your breeding stock. That is what I would do. I only catch the dumb ones myself.
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Re: Picture and question for the beaver gurus....
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yep, if i wanted to catch them all, which i wouldn't but if i did id go up stream maybe 20 yards or so, if the water is swift dig or make a slide into the bank at an angle to the water from down stream that way when mr beaver comes out of the swift water he is at an angle and not fighting the current setup with a castor lure on a drowner, or as mr howard states always leave some seed.
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Re: Picture and question for the beaver gurus....
[Re: Eric Cottrell]
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Take a shovel dig an inlet that is about 24inches long and 12inches wide set a 330, foothold, or snare in the length of the inlet. You could then bait it or set a castor mound.
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Re: Picture and question for the beaver gurus....
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If they are crawling out (and I see cuttings) they are likely hungry and would go for green stick/ food lure. I/d use a shovel to manipulate the bank enough for a trap of choice. If foothold...a long cable drowner (or long rebar drowner) CAN be used here. Have to be careful, however. Or you could try one of those beaver floats (with bait) that has been posted recently. Eric...I'm certainly not the most accomplished beaver buster on this site but I wonder it Calvin's set wouldn't work with a snare in place of the foothold as some of the others have mentioned?
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Re: Picture and question for the beaver gurus....
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All I do is find where the beaver are coming out of the water, make yourself a castor mound, about the size of a cereal bowl, and use a castor lure. I like pauls Backbreaker. NOW heres where I do a little different then most, Or maybe not. Get yourself some Fresh bait, something nearby peel the bark off so the green and white is showing and place that on your mound or in front and to the sides. This is your Visual attractant in case the wind is not in the beavers favor at the time, but he will spot that fresh bait. Place your 330 right in front of that mound, within a foot or more, and stake and tie your trap off. Make sure you have both sides of the slide or whereever you make this set block the sides, so he doesn't go around. I'll bet you get one first night of doing this as long as it's open water!!!
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Re: Picture and question for the beaver gurus....
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Eric, Put up a Tree stand and Wait till Dusk, Pull Both Triggers on your 12ga double... the 18 pellets of Double-0 should do the trick!!! OH, did you want to Save the Hide? LOL!!! I'd do the fake chanel thing myself, but I'd use a 660, mud mound and a coupld fresh white peel-sticks is all you'd need. Make sure to Cable off that 660, they ain't cheap you know. And one more thing, don't use that Thumb too much! lol! thought you were suntanning in Mexico?
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Re: Picture and question for the beaver gurus....
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Thanks for the tips Scott. I'll send you the hide and you can do the sewing on it! lol I'm probably gona get me a couple of them 660's before next year, but I won't be using them in spots like this. I do have a few wide channels they would fit in nicely though. And it's hard to get a suntan down here in Burritoville while working nights!
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