Like Johnny Thorpes book, he says he’ll never guess how many beaver are in a pond again. His bud says he found beaver central, bring in all your gear. Johnny looks and says there’s 2 in there tops. Guy pulls out 9….lol.

Once a colony has established always seems the flood-gates are open for migrators to move into the void afterwards.

oh the public park and the dragging them out, was it one or two bottles of wine to loosen your muscles last night ?

Thanks for the set up style

Thanks

Paul, just wondering what scent you used? My choice for that type of set would be Woodchipper rather than a castor based. I've had good luck with Woodchipper when beaver were castor-shy.

The set that caught the young one was Backbreaker, and the other one was Beaver Plus. I'm reserving Woodchipper just in case.

Nice job! That is a nice looking beaver!

Awesome thread Paul

I love snaring beaver that way

Today I got the adult male in the same snare that held the female yesterday. The other snare was hanging just like I left it. It's supposed to start raining early tomorrow and drop around 4 inches by Tuesday. So I didn't reset the snare and I pulled the other one down. I'll go back Thursday or Friday and see if there's any more sign.

I got a little worried when I pulled this one up on the bank. The castor area looked a bit flat and I thought about what Jtrapper said about there being multiple adult females in a colony. I had run into that many times but was hopeful that this wasn't one of those times. Upon opening it up, I found a penis and a very small set of castors. Yippee!!!

Man I love that Back Breaker. That stuff really works for me.

Good thread. I like it when you share advice Paul, thanks. Last night this thread was locked. I am.glad to see it active again.

Thanks for shareing ! Bob

great post paul, thanks for sharing, you got some good eating there,

Good Deal !

Paul, I am curious how you would dispatch in this setting. 22 in the city, potential sensitive onlookers, etc.

I was curious about that too but was afraid to ask.

They make suppressor's, paul probably use's sub sonic bullets or a pellet rifle.

Can't use a gun in the city. This site is not where folks travel. It's basically a swamp with thick vegetation.

Looks like you've got some nasty weather coming to contend with. Good luck.

Beaver skulls ain't that thick, just saying.