Only one beaver ?
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Ok. You beaver guys. I left the beaver site alone for a week. Pulled SD card from camera tonight. And there is only one beaver at a time working on the dam. I caught the one 2 weeks ago. So do you think it is just the one left. Would the kits be coming to dam with it if there were any?
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Re: Only one beaver ?
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08/21/15 09:05 AM
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I am finishing a job this weekend on a water retention pond for a major corporation in the area. I went into the job expecting a mated paur and kits. Instead, I've caught 3 females, 46#, 39#, and 47# plus one kit probably 6# or so. The damage has stopped and the pond is draining back to its normal level. I was really surprised not to find the male and at least one more kit.
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Re: Only one beaver ?
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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08/21/15 11:05 AM
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Jason, this is a clear-cut case of cheating. The 47 pounder caught dad with the 39 pounder because she was younger and had a better
figure. The judge awarded the dam, the lodge, the pond, and one child to mom. Dad got the rest of the kids but had to move out.
Dad felt that he got the short end of the deal, but I bet he feels different now. If you get the kids you get the better end of the deal, jmo
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Re: Only one beaver ?
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08/21/15 02:04 PM
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Going to reset this job tonight, after careful review of the videos, I have decided I should be able to set up footholds that will get the front foot and drowning rigs. No dam break. Just try to be suttle
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Re: Only one beaver ?
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08/23/15 07:00 PM
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Update: No beaver movement at dam since I set, camera shows nothing but deer so far
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Re: Only one beaver ?
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08/24/15 01:44 PM
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Well I caught this 9 lbs beaver in a blind set 330 in a channel in middle of the stream, so now I am assuming this is a one year old in addition to the two adults at this site. It was near the dam on what I am assuming if the lodge side of the dams Was hoping to catch two adults and be done. But now think I may have to go find the lodge
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Re: Only one beaver ?
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08/24/15 06:37 PM
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It has a spillway now. But no, the beavers have dammed up a seasonal wetland, that is why the ADC job as it is flooding a hay field
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Re: Only one beaver ?
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08/24/15 09:53 PM
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Well I wasn't so sure on the age as I checked my records for a ADC job I did this spring and in 4/23/15 I caught an 11 lb beaver. Just the week before I had caught beavers in the upper teens.
What is a good way to age beavers, is it by weight only. Or weight and habitat. (Ie lily pad pond / swamp / forest. And weight)
Thx
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Re: Only one beaver ?
[Re: Jim Comstock]
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08/26/15 03:58 PM
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Jim- Congratulations on getting some mentions in the September 2015 issue of Fur-Fish- Game magazine. Tracy Gilsvik stated "New York based Jim Comstock, told of his out-of-state adventures. I believe one of his traplines was in Alabama. I think mud and rain played an oppressive role on that line."
I hadn't heard that before; care to elaborate? I am always interested in reading about out of state trappers experiences here.
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Re: Only one beaver ?
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08/26/15 09:38 PM
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Jim, I didn't open them up, I looked at the buttons on their chest and saved their oil-straight up females. Wonder if he ran off?
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Re: Only one beaver ?
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08/27/15 11:35 PM
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Just to clarify, I only opened enough to get the oil but didn't check- saw the buttons so I assumed. I'll check better next time!
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