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Re: Under-Ice Beaver Snaring Method...W-Pics & How [Re: Trapper55] #21454
01/05/07 12:33 PM
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Don't forget, the ice can be pretty thin around feed beds.

Nothing like an unexpected midwinter bath.




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Re: Under-Ice Beaver Snaring Method...W-Pics & How [Re: wolfskinner] #21457
01/05/07 12:36 PM
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lets get this put in archives

Last edited by k-9hunter; 01/05/07 12:36 PM.

$20.00 trap, a $1.00 stake, probably $1.00 in pan cover, bait, urine, and lure, Not to mention gas etc. All for a $10.00 coyote.Priceless!!!!!
Re: Under-Ice Beaver Snaring Method...W-Pics & How [Re: k-9hunter] #21505
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Would this setup take more than one beaver per check? Or in other words once a beaver gets caught will it disable the other snares?


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Re: Under-Ice Beaver Snaring Method...W-Pics & How [Re: k-9hunter] #21528
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When scouting out potentially thin ice for the first time, I only go maybe a few feet to a few yards at a time, before doing about 3 solid whacks with my chisel. If water fills in, I check closer. I also carry a long pole with me to assist in getting out if I do go through. I also dress to be prepared to go through. I generally feel acceptably safe with 2 good inches of ice. If I know it's shallow, I might take my chances. Once I establish safe areas, and then set locations on a swamp, I stay where I've already been and get to it.

I think being dressed appropriately and prepared to go through, if it happens is important. You wouldn't want to panic about it. Just get out and go to the truck...which I try to keep at close hand during the early season. I also would think twice about going on thin ice when it is really cold...10 degrees and windy and 30 degrees and not windy are too very different things. I figure the pole I carry will get me out. Beaver swamps are not usually so deep that a long pole wouldn't reach bottom and the water usually isn't moving. If it is moving stay away. I've heard of some with a pair of screw drivers and other things to assist yourself in getting out. Keep a complete change of clothes in the truck at all times. I've done a lot of white water canoeing, which happens to be best early in the spring. I've dumped as early as the first week end in March. I would recommend wearing duofold long johns, two pairs of wool socks, a pair of regular pants, flannel shirt, wool sweater, and then wool pants, a wool jacket, wool gloves, and a wool hat. Basically wool. That fancy new age crap isn't the same. Really cold water will take your breath away. The most important thing is to not panic.

Re: Under-Ice Beaver Snaring Method...W-Pics & How [Re: 3Bridger] #22049
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Yes you can get more that one beaver. Some people have got as many as their are snares.
You could make loops out of cable that go around your pole and then attach your snares to these and the safety wire going up the pole incase they chew through your pole. This way the beaver will not knock all your other snares off.

Re: Under-Ice Beaver Snaring Method...W-Pics & How [Re: Trapper55] #22311
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Re: Under-Ice Beaver Snaring Method...W-Pics & How [Re: Trapper55] #22756
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Re: Under-Ice Beaver Snaring Method...W-Pics & How [Re: Trapper55] #24180
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