No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409574
12/26/18 07:33 PM
12/26/18 07:33 PM
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
P
pcr2 Offline
"Twerker"
pcr2  Offline
"Twerker"
P

Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
i would like one of Weisers beaver bags someday too.









Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409606
12/26/18 08:08 PM
12/26/18 08:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,723
Maine
M
Mac Offline
trapper
Mac  Offline
trapper
M

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,723
Maine
If I can I often use a sled to haul by hand. If it is a tough walk use rope. Parachute cord cut long enough to go from a front foot to a rear foot. Of course you have to adjust depending on the size of the critter. I slide a piece of heavy duty clear plastic tubing on to the rope/cord, about as long as a suit case handle. Then you can pick just as you would a suit case. It works pretty well. I am not quite as strong as when I started in the 70s so sometimes if I have much luck it is a several trip deal.
Mac



Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409624
12/26/18 08:19 PM
12/26/18 08:19 PM
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 23,739
New Hampshire
N
Nessmuck Offline
trapper
Nessmuck  Offline
trapper
N

Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 23,739
New Hampshire
My ice fishing sled


It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409628
12/26/18 08:24 PM
12/26/18 08:24 PM
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 79
Nova Scotia
D
daury1980 Offline
trapper
daury1980  Offline
trapper
D

Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 79
Nova Scotia
I made up handles with 6" of1 1/4 wooden handle with a few inches of 5/64 cable with micro locks on them. put one cable on front leg and one on back leg and carry by wooden handle

Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409629
12/26/18 08:25 PM
12/26/18 08:25 PM
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 145
Nw Pa.
O
Outbackbob48 Offline
trapper
Outbackbob48  Offline
trapper
O

Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 145
Nw Pa.
Finister, I took a pc of short 2 inch webbing and tied heavy para cord loop on each end. Larkshead knot on a front foot and one on back foot. sling over shoulder and beaver rides on your hip. Really works good when ya have one on each hip. A few yrs back when beaver were high dollar we trapped all the hard to get at places and quite a few days carried 3. one on each hip and one across shoulder with a front foot in one hand and back foot in other. Had 45 beaver that yr and ran a $40 average, Beaver will never shine like that again in my lifetime. Bob

Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409636
12/26/18 08:32 PM
12/26/18 08:32 PM
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 392
Pillager, MN
J
Josh Weizenegger Offline
trapper
Josh Weizenegger  Offline
trapper
J

Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 392
Pillager, MN
Take Two back legs in each hand and carry out 4 at a time dad used to do that when we were knee high than my brother and I would carry traps out I use a sled but in areas where I catch 4 or more I skin right on the ice I try to skin them right away to make it lighter but 500 beaver through the ice makes it tough to do that everyday of the season theres really no good way around it its hard work

Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409638
12/26/18 08:34 PM
12/26/18 08:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 4,500
PA
P
PAskinner Offline
trapper
PAskinner  Offline
trapper
P

Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 4,500
PA
Piece of rope if it's a ways. Slip knot onto a back leg and front leg and loop rope over your shoulder and carry like some guys carry their purse, lol. I have used a sled but it depends. If you're fighting through thick brush, a sled isn't going to help much. Across open fields on wet snow, a sled its a cakewalk. But I like the webbing idea. I been meaning to make some kind of shoulder saving strap.
I have also used a stout beaver cutting for a handle and wired a front and hind leg to it.

Last edited by PAskinner; 12/26/18 08:36 PM.

Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409654
12/26/18 08:52 PM
12/26/18 08:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 6,683
PA
G
gryhkl Offline
trapper
gryhkl  Offline
trapper
G

Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 6,683
PA
I Haven't trapped beaver in a couple years but I use a strap from and old backpack with a short piece of paracord with a loop tied on each end. Put a front foot in one loop, a back foot in the other, and sling it over your shoulder like a newspaper boy carries his papers

Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: kytrapper] #6409658
12/26/18 08:53 PM
12/26/18 08:53 PM
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 28
Lawtons,NY
watt Offline
trapper
watt  Offline
trapper

Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 28
Lawtons,NY
No tail?


If I can make it myself, I will!

Grab now, grade later.


Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409669
12/26/18 09:07 PM
12/26/18 09:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,872
meadowview, Virginia
E
EdP Offline
trapper
EdP  Offline
trapper
E

Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,872
meadowview, Virginia
Plastic sled like the Otter sled. Got the small size from Cabelas years ago and it has been terrific. Put on a good rope and you can pull it over about anything but gravel easier than carrying the load.

Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409672
12/26/18 09:13 PM
12/26/18 09:13 PM
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 145
Nw Pa.
O
Outbackbob48 Offline
trapper
Outbackbob48  Offline
trapper
O

Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 145
Nw Pa.
Sled doesn't work to good in waist deep swamp grin

Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409683
12/26/18 09:26 PM
12/26/18 09:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,895
SE Kentucky
K
kytrapper Offline
trapper
kytrapper  Offline
trapper
K

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,895
SE Kentucky
Yes. I think a turtle may have bit it off when little.

Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409692
12/26/18 09:33 PM
12/26/18 09:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 63,263
Minnesota
330-Trapper Offline

trapper
330-Trapper  Offline

trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 63,263
Minnesota
Pick up one hind, and one front , belly towards me lift and walk...I've used sleds, deer carts and loops off of sm. Square bales loop over front leg and back throw twine over shoulder- hands free


NRA and NTA Life Member
www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com




Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Outbackbob48] #6409707
12/26/18 09:46 PM
12/26/18 09:46 PM
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
P
pcr2 Offline
"Twerker"
pcr2  Offline
"Twerker"
P

Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
Originally Posted by Outbackbob48
Sled doesn't work to good in waist deep swamp grin

they float great.









Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409716
12/26/18 09:49 PM
12/26/18 09:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 8,248
Manitoba
N
Northof50 Offline
trapper
Northof50  Offline
trapper
N

Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 8,248
Manitoba
Wrap a kids plastic slider from the dollar store around the beaver and drag, the plastic protects the hide.

Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409742
12/26/18 10:05 PM
12/26/18 10:05 PM
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 17,491
Wheaton Ks
L
lee steinmeyer Offline
trapper
lee steinmeyer  Offline
trapper
L

Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 17,491
Wheaton Ks
Ive told on here I don't know how many times, but I guess no one is interested or tried it. Michael, one beav ain't a problem, two or more are! But I will tell again, for you buddy! I always carry lopping shears and wire when trapping beavs. Cut two poles with your shears, I usually use willow, as there is a lot around the beaver swamps. Cut a couple shorter poles, then wire together an Indian travois. I prolly didn't spell that right, but leave a space between the handles that you can fit in, and spread the other end about twice the width so it won't tip over. Wire the two poles across, then wire the beavers feet to both poles and take off. Takes longer to type this than to do it, and much easier than trying to carry them. Good luck!


YOU CAN IGNORE REALITY, BUT YOU CANNOT IGNORE THE CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING REALITY.

http://www.lptraplinesupply.com
Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409747
12/26/18 10:08 PM
12/26/18 10:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 23,885
Wisconsin
T
The Beav Offline
trapper
The Beav  Offline
trapper
T

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 23,885
Wisconsin
Skin em In the woods.
WE used a pack frame and we normally gutted em before hauling.


The forum Know It All according to Muskrat
Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: The Beav] #6409774
12/26/18 10:33 PM
12/26/18 10:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 174
North Dakota
B
BeesKnees Offline
trapper
BeesKnees  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 174
North Dakota
We had this problem this fall right after I had some neck vertebrae fused. Surgeon said not to lift more than 15 pounds but the beavers had to go because their dam was impacting a county road culvert. My wife hauled them out and she used an empty 50 pound dog food bag. The bags were that slick fiber-type material and the outside was slick enough to drag without much friction. Cut a couple small holes in the top of the bag to slide a small tow rope through, slid the beaver inside and she slid it across the grass as easy as pie. Lots of other feed sacks are strong and slick enough to work.


Chip
Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409805
12/26/18 11:07 PM
12/26/18 11:07 PM
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,577
West Tennessee
D
doublesettrigger Offline
trapper
doublesettrigger  Offline
trapper
D

Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,577
West Tennessee
duffel bag

Re: How do you carry your beaver? [Re: Finster] #6409855
12/26/18 11:59 PM
12/26/18 11:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 414
Roanoke, VA
Meathunter1978 Offline
trapper
Meathunter1978  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 414
Roanoke, VA
[Linked Image]
One of these. It's a game carrier made for carrying heavier critters. Pm me if interested I'll give you the info.


Formally known as Meathunter78. Just doing it for meat.
Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread