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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Ave]
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02/24/24 02:42 PM
02/24/24 02:42 PM
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South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
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South Ga - Almost Florida
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Use a tray for the footholds. Use a tray that will hold 2 traps. Tray should be at least 6" under water...8" is better. Place directly in front off dam breach that is only as wide as the tray. Beaver swims up...bump tray edge...climbs up on tray...steps down onto traps...fully committed. Each trap should be on it's own drowner. Doubles very common.
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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Ave]
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02/24/24 03:15 PM
02/24/24 03:15 PM
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New Hampshire
Nessmuck
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New Hampshire
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Like Lee said....they can not pass up a fresh piece of poplar.
Stick that piece of poplar at the waters edge....and slide a foothold ..off to the right of center of the stick...about 4 inches .
Have that trap only 3-4 inches undah the water
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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Birddogs64]
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02/24/24 04:04 PM
02/24/24 04:04 PM
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J Staton
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Ok , I need some serious suggestions please . We have tried "everything " . Blind sets , Food / Curiosity Sets , Castor sets worked for a " short " period . Now ? NOT A THING ! There are " at least " 4 lodges ... several main channels in water not wadable and to clogged by shrubbery for a boat . 3 dams , but my son doesn't want to use break dam sets to further EDUCATE THEM . Camera's show nothing but us checking traps . And yet we keep finding fresh feed sticks everyday . There are places to deep in muck that you can sink out of sight also . So .... what would you suggest to put a dent in this population ? 3 will not cut it and our season ends here March 14th. And we are on our 2nd year of beaver trapping, which we enjoy.
It's been freezing or above during the day ... and cold enough to freeze or for skim ice at night . Rhode Island
" DOES NOT ALLOW FOOT HOLDS OR SNARES ," SO THOSE ARE OUT . So " my guess?" They are sticking to the lodge till it warms again?
There " were a couple" of neighbors who got together last year to snare a few beavers , not knowing what they were truely doing . So I think this also helped to smarted the beaver up . Thanks for any suggestions you have or can offer If it's only kill traps, I would search out a log they have been diving under since they've been there. Least amount of disturbance on your part when setting, no blocking necessary.
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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Trap Setter]
#8085319
02/24/24 06:19 PM
02/24/24 06:19 PM
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Rhode Island
Birddogs64
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Rhode Island
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Have to check traps every 24 hours in Rhode Island and snares are also not
allowed in Rhode Island , along with foot holds . A conibear type trap is " only "
Trap allowed .
Already commited to finishing this out . Flooding of basements by beavers is a huge problem.
They tried the " beaver baffle tubes ," but the devil's are so smart ? They pushed mud all up under
the tubes to lift one end out of the water ! Baffles disabled ... beavers 1.
So looking for ideas besides vertical pole sets next to the feed pile ? But channel maybe to deep to access.
Last edited by Birddogs64; 02/24/24 06:21 PM.
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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Ave]
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02/24/24 06:28 PM
02/24/24 06:28 PM
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MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
Trapper7
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If there are channels where they are coming ashore set a submerged bodygrip in them with a small log over the trap so they have to dive under it. If the water is clear, set a little light brush in front of the trap to hide the outline of the trap. If the water is murky, you don't need the brush.
The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.
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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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02/24/24 07:39 PM
02/24/24 07:39 PM
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Rhode Island
Birddogs64
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What kind of tray ? It's a great Idea that I never thought of . I can turn the conibear into a foothold " and " use as a drowner with a cable and a bag of rocks . Can a tray be made with sticks and cross bars of sticks ? My son is already thinking things up . Lolol
An older indian who traps with one
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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Trapper7]
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02/24/24 07:49 PM
02/24/24 07:49 PM
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Rhode Island
Birddogs64
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Trapper7, water is pretty clear once the muck settles . There are areas where its like a thick dead layer of grass just beneath the surface "off of " the main channel they are using. I thought I had pics of the channels .
But I'll get more pics tomorrow .
My son even bought a " double wide " 1022 rbg ? To set under a log they were using . And I'll get pics of that also.
An older indian who traps with one
of her son's . And believe's in passing this
knowledge on to the young .
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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Ave]
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02/24/24 07:56 PM
02/24/24 07:56 PM
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Williamsport, Pa.
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Whoa, we have two different beaver here. The first beaver-conibears only-I would take a batch of hemlock branches and stick them stongly in the trail, no trap yet. After you see signs of him going through, maybe only once in a while but going through put you 33 behind one of those branches. The second beaver, the "tried everything beaver" you are going to have to wait them out. Set a trap at the newest, biggest pile of stick. Add nothing but the trap, long chain off to the deep water away from the area so he can't not see the anchor and W A I T. Check with binos Good luck......jk
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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Ave]
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02/25/24 08:10 AM
02/25/24 08:10 AM
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Eau Claire Wi
Trap Setter
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Eau Claire Wi
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Yeah ok I see what's going on here we've got Ave as the original poster and birddog67 hopping in asking questions about RI. Ave can use and will use footholds albeit smaller than ideal. Birddog can't use anything but bodygrips and can't access the whole place he is trapping.
Life sure is tough when you don't learn from the mistakes of others.
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Re: Trap smart beaver
[Re: Ave]
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02/25/24 09:14 AM
02/25/24 09:14 AM
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Lake Mille Lacs , MN
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A Beaver has no defense against a well placed MB750 and a drowning rod , none !
It’s a lazy man who can’t find his wife a second job !
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