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#3165054 - 05/19/12 04:59 PM Spring Beaver??
joemac Offline
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Registered: 08/31/10
Loc: Southern MD
I am removing a couple ADC beavers for a home owners association. Is it too late to pelt it out? Honestly I can't tell the difference in the underfur but I don't want to pelt it if it has not value.

What about the castor? Is there a difference between summer and winter castor?
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#3165089 - 05/19/12 05:45 PM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: joemac]
Boco Online   content
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Registered: 08/08/11
Loc: james bay frontierOnt.
Keep the castor.

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#3165105 - 05/19/12 06:03 PM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: joemac]
Kirk Online   content
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Registered: 05/19/08
Loc: louisiana
It probly want grade good but if its legal where your at i would go ahead and put the hides up Like Boco stated keep the castor


Edited by Kirk (05/19/12 06:04 PM)
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#3165131 - 05/19/12 06:43 PM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: joemac]
joemac Offline
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Registered: 08/31/10
Loc: Southern MD
I can't remember anything on the ADC test about not keeping pelts, but I will definitely check the regs over.
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#3165134 - 05/19/12 06:47 PM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: joemac]
wormbobskey Offline
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Registered: 12/26/06
Loc: Chauncey, Ohio
Just roll it up and throw it in the freezer till next season.
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#3165484 - 05/20/12 04:56 AM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: joemac]
Pinebear Offline
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Registered: 08/20/10
Loc: Pike County, Pa.
Skin one and see if it's blue skin or white. Worth skinning to save the meat for preadator bait anyway.

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#3165522 - 05/20/12 06:40 AM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: joemac]
traprjohn Offline
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Registered: 12/23/06
Loc: Central NC
Check your laws

It's agin the law here to keep anything from ADC beavers outside trapping season.

And that was not on the test either---but knowing what a Bassarisk is, was......
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#3165533 - 05/20/12 06:54 AM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: joemac]
joemac Offline
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Registered: 08/31/10
Loc: Southern MD
After checking the regs I cannot keep the pelt unless caught during our open trapping season.
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#3167834 - 05/21/12 08:46 PM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: Pinebear]
G-Trapper Offline
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Registered: 11/17/11
Loc: north west missouri
Originally Posted By: Pinebear
Skin one and see if it's blue skin or white. Worth skinning to save the meat for preadator bait anyway.
exlpain blue or white please thanks .
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#3168017 - 05/21/12 11:06 PM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: joemac]
wormbobskey Offline
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Registered: 12/26/06
Loc: Chauncey, Ohio
When a pelt is blue it means the you can still see the the roots of the hairs, which look blue. When a pelt is prime the leather will have a white, creamy look to it.
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#3169059 - 05/22/12 07:37 PM Re: Spring Beaver?? [Re: joemac]
G-Trapper Offline
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Registered: 11/17/11
Loc: north west missouri
ok thanks did not know that.
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