Beaver - time of year for castor mounds
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Just wondering are Beavers intrested in castor mounds all year around. Our season starts in P.A. DEC 26 I mostly use blind sets. Just wondering if Flatails would be intested in the around that time.
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
[Re: Flatiron]
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Not a much of a beaver trapper by any stretch of the imagination, mostly cause we don't have many. 2 years ago I caught like 6 of my ten with caster mounds last year seemed to have trouble getting them to work em. Only caught 1 in a caster mound last year.
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
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Castor mounds are territorial markers. Anytime you place some unfamiliar castor in a beaver terr. they will investigate and try to place their castor on the mound. The trick is to be inside the beaver home area. Castor placed outside the home area has little chance of connecting except late season (march ro ice out) when the family units start to break down and the 1.5 year olds start to strike out on their own. In short if your on location you can catch beaver at anytime with castor mounds
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
[Re: kybeaverman]
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I use castor mounds year round with good success. shane
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
[Re: trapprcrg]
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I have never trapped beaver , but my area is LOADED with chewin, tree girdle, and you can see where they are pushin leaves and mud out of the water up on the bank. If someone would not mind post a pic of a castor mound set. I would appreciate it.
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
[Re: Bismuth Boy]
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well its is not much of a "mound" then cause it is a handfull of leaves and mud. There is no smell whatso ever. Not sayin you are wrong by no means, cuz I aint a beaver trapper. I just thought there would have been a mound , hence the name castor mound.
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
[Re: Bismuth Boy]
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12/16/07 11:02 PM
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95% of my beaver are taken on castor mounds of my making. I use them anytime I have open water--winter,spring or fall.They are as effective in the fall and winter, as they are in the spring. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
[Re: Bogmaster]
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bismuth give me an Idea as to how to make a set on one of these. I dont know how common they are but you can travel a mile of my creekline and there are tons of these.
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
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Why do beaver swim right past a castor mound? I've set on a pull out an each side of a castor mound, use good castor lures and caught a beaver at each blind set and the castor mound missed. I catch more beaver at blind sets than castor mounds.
Look for the trails into the water!
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
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You dont have to move them. Make your own. Throw a few hand fulls of mud onto bank, make a light trail to it and set trap or snare. Here is a mound that I made, you cant see the mound it was small, I also used some sticks to make it look like beaver had been feeding. I made the trail, gathered mud and sticks, I like the idel of curiosity type lure at this type set. I used Beaver Plus and took beaver. You can also make a channel the same width of 330 and throw small pile of mud into mound form at end of channel. Set the 330 in channel about half way under water or maybe a little more. Make sure this is legal in your area. Use a good lure and get knife sharp.
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
[Re: kybeaverman]
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KYB you nailed it I have ahandful of snares and I am layin some out tommorow.
Thanks ...............dirtholeman
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
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Hawkeye,I alternate my two castor based lures at every other set.At times they go by #1 and fly right in to #2.I like giving them a choice.Castor based lures but different smells. If the lure you are using doesn't do the trick, you may want to change. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
[Re: Bogmaster]
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kyb it has stopped rainin and it is 29 degrees for a low tonite.
How high off the ground and how big is the loop in the pic?
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Re: time of year for castor mounds
[Re: kybeaverman]
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12/17/07 11:53 PM
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Location any where on lakes streams creeks or rivers. These set ups will produce just about every fur bearer on water. But i set them to target beaver. But it never fails to catch beaver, coon, mink, rats, and otter. The first pic is location. The second pic shows you how it should look once you have the bank cut down to where you have a good slope into the water. Then muddy up you bank slide. Dont spare the mud. Then scratch your fake prints into the mud. The third pic shows the dive stick placed at least 2 foot from bank. This serves to purpose. If you want to build a castor mound set from this the dive stick keeps the beaver from dragging alot of mud up with him. Second this also gives you a place to use a 330 or 280 coni under the dive stick. Pic 4 shows where i have set the sleepy creek 4.5 and i am preparing to place the trap with a drowner cable set up. The weight you use is your choice. The drowner cable i use is 1/8 aircraft grade cable pic 5 shows the completed set with the sleepy creek placed to the left side of slide. You can see it if you look close. This set like i said before will atrack coon, beaver, otter, And rats. Ive taken a large portion of fur off creeks with these set ups. They work great with the castor mound above them as well. Or a piece of 4 in pvc driven in at the top of slid. It acts a a great visual attractor. I hope this has been help full. Good luck Snares can be used at this set as well!
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