Re: Beaver Trapping Question
[Re: Urodawg]
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12/27/21 12:52 PM
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And that varies with the length of the chain from the lock to the trap. Shorter chain can get by with less water.
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Re: Beaver Trapping Question
[Re: Urodawg]
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12/27/21 05:34 PM
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I've drowned them in 16" with front foot catch, but you want more. I like 2 feet min. if you are setting for a front foot only and 3 1/2- 4 foot for back feet. I've drowned quite a lot in 18-20 inches with front foot catches, because that was as deep as there was in some of these mountain streams. But Especially for a newby I would want 3 1/2-4 feet, without the experience you might manage a back foot catch even when trying for a front foot, and better safe than sorry. Short chains from trap to drowner are a must, I usually run just a couple links, enough to give you room to bed your trap. I run drowning wire, not rods, so you can cut to whatever length is necessary, and much easier to pack, but rods will work fine. If you are using center swiveled traps, remember you will need a little more chain so you don't have the rod under your trap, and consequently a little deeper water to drown them in.
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Re: Beaver Trapping Question
[Re: Boco]
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12/27/21 07:45 PM
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I've drowned beaver in a foot of water-under the ice. Probably aint gonna do this ^^^^ in South Carolina...
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Re: Beaver Trapping Question
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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12/27/21 09:27 PM
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If the water is shallow use a 4' to 6' chain. Stake it in the water away from solid entanglements. Try to target a hind foot catch, 15" or more. Fiberglass rods can cause you trouble go for steel. The Haz bracket is the best. On a 1/2" rod they wont give an inch. Pauls Backbreaker, in the South anyway, can't be beat.
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Re: Beaver Trapping Question
[Re: varmintshooter]
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12/27/21 11:34 PM
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If the water is shallow use a 4' to 6' chain. Stake it in the water away from solid entanglements. Try to target a hind foot catch, 15" or more. Fiberglass rods can cause you trouble go for steel. The Haz bracket is the best. On a 1/2" rod they wont give an inch. Pauls backbreaker, in the South anyway, can't be beat. Why would fiberglass rods cause trouble?
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Re: Beaver Trapping Question
[Re: USMC47 🦫]
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12/28/21 12:39 AM
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Paul Dobbins
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Urodawg, varmint may have had a bad experience with fiberglass rods but they are excellent for drowning beavers. I’m not the best beaver trapper out there but I’ve killed hundreds of beavers in single seasons on them and the only problem I’ve ever had was where the ground was too rocky to drive the rod into it. I'll bet he probably did. He makes his living trapping beavers, like I have, and has had years of full time beaver work. I can't comment on using rods, because I've never used one. Varmintshooter will be the one taking over my big contract starting on Monday. My 30 years of full time beaver'n is up this Friday. Then it's full time Dobbins' Products.
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