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Beaver - River trapping : What works for you? #71684
02/03/07 09:08 PM
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Just curious. All you guys that trap beaver on the river what sets make up the majority of your line?? I was talking to a buddy of mine that beaver traps on rivers and his equipment and techniques were a lot different than my own. I know the obvious reason being terrain but Im curious, what works for you on the river??


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Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for you? [Re: ] #71720
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depends on the river.

for the most part, i just use snares on several of the rivers here. at least on the lower stretches, do to it being tide water. with the water going up and down 2-3 ft. minimum every 6 hours it's hard to judge where to set a foothold or body gripper at a castor mound or even a crawl out/slide.

on the smaller creeks and farther up the bigger rivers where there isn't a tidal influence, you can use all the normal sets and traps most places.

Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for you? [Re: ] #71723
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Find them and set as many traps as I can right then and there. The river beaver here won't stay put long. So I get them asap.
On the big river anyway. Smaller rivers I trap about the same but don't have to chase them all over.

As far as sets, mostly blind sets with CDR's until late Dec. then castor mounds come into play. DBL.log sets with snares or 330's are good too. (Have never figured out why they won't work in lakes or ponds)

I try to get them back in the slack water as much as possible. Sloughs and such, but they won't always play fair.

Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for you? [Re: il.trapper] #71731
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I also deal with tide water (close to a 6 foot variation) and like to use conibears. I look for steep banks and cut a trail with a hazel hoe just the width of the conibear. I will try and set so the trap will be at waters edge at high tide. I slosh a bit of real watery castor (no mound) up the trail above the trap. Normally works like a charm. I have used footholds with 20 foot cables and had beaver waiting for me on dry ground!


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Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for you? [Re: il.trapper] #71736
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snares and conibear next year I am going to use leg holds a bit more . built a 330 that is 28 wide to set in a spring that I saw them coming to. trapping mink and weasels. so I made it bigger to go across the opening seems that they are comming into it in a wide area looks like it will fit good put it in tonight . was kind of cold out my mustache stuck to my gotie? kind of chilly was going to pull some traps and did but reset more than I pulled critters not moving much about like two weeks ago.


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Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for you? [Re: wcollinge2000] #71863
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On rivers you can put in bottom edge sets even with ice and expect to catch local or traveling bvr , also otter. This system also works for muskrat and mink.... Go get em!


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Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for you? [Re: RdFx] #72005
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I trap all creeks for the most part. That will change next year. My buddy uses mostly 330's on the river and mostly slide sets. He just slicks up a slide, slaps a little lure in it and on to the next one. He does set "en mass though. If theres a slide it probably has a trap in it,LOL. Works well for him to. Me Im a castor mound, crossover kind of guy. When I trap a colony I set all the crossovers and then slap in three or four castor mounds. That will usually wipe them out in one or two nights.

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Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for you? [Re: KYBOY] #72091
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this time of the season til the end (march 15th) i will set mound sets at the mouths of creeks dumpin into the rivers for those travelin beavs .... good luck


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Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for y [Re: Gary] #72180
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Bait sets with corn on the cob at the mouth of the creek that dumps into the river. This works in "grain" country.....lot of the time the beavers feed on corn and grass up the smaller cricks/ ditches....Works around here best early when all the beaver are still coming in from everywere to feed in the fields and the field are picked....Later in the year it slows down....but there ALWAYS looking for an easy meal..... takes more eye appeal...and some Dobbins products
Sometime if I am scouting a river during the season, and if I don't see much sign...... I will build mound here and there and everywere that looks good along the river.. ....without setting trap.......I will come back later and set traps at all the mounds that were found by the river beavers..

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Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for y [Re: Vinke] #72317
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Good post, lots of good info, Thanks fellas.

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I tried 330s on fake slides with castor before freeze-up and caught a few. Once the ice breaks up and beavers start cruising Im going to hit 'em again. Simple set, looks amaturish but works!

Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for y [Re: ] #72476
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castor sets with leg hold on a drowner......water snares and 330s


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Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for y [Re: curley-1] #72516
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I set on fresh sign using the standard methods and traps. My favorite is the castor mound in combination with a snare, 330, or foothold as the situation calls for.

Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for y [Re: ] #73469
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All those are good methods I use but what about the Baited Y stick? Or the baited pocket? Those work well, I especially like the baited pocket in conjunction with some Castor.


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Re: Beaver trapping on the river: What works for y [Re: alexsalmon] #73617
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Could you explain those sets alex?


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