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Non-Targets messing with Beaver Sets
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02/26/24 11:37 AM
02/26/24 11:37 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,395 East, Kentucky
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Last night was an odd night.. I set a new stretch of creek along a big bottom with a decent amount of beaver sign. Though you know how open creeks are, they never hold as many beaver as colony's do..Anyway, only one beaver this morning, but two castor mounds had been dug at by coyotes(clear tracks) and the lure was licked away.. Then at least three of four baited sets, where I used small bundles of fresh scraped /peeled sticks, on mock slides, lured with a food based lure(no castor) had the lure stick either stolen or licked clean by I can only guess was rats or coons coming from behind the sets on the bank. I know one was a coon from the tracks and Im pretty sure another was a rat...Last one I dont know as it was out in the water.. Anyway I just thought that was a really odd night for all that to happen... You ever run into areas where non targets cause problems with beaver sets?
Deep in the heart of Appalachia....
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Re: Non-Targets messing with Beaver Sets
[Re: KYBOY]
#8086625
02/26/24 11:48 AM
02/26/24 11:48 AM
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I would switch up to pure beaver sac oil and see what happens. Might be some of the additives to castor lure appealing to other critters besides the castor.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Non-Targets messing with Beaver Sets
[Re: KYBOY]
#8086644
02/26/24 12:17 PM
02/26/24 12:17 PM
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Coons will get into everything here once it warms above freezing. They're hungry from their winter holing up and ravenous. Any scent, bait or lure will get them messing around. You might have to go to just bait sticks.
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Re: Non-Targets messing with Beaver Sets
[Re: KYBOY]
#8086656
02/26/24 12:37 PM
02/26/24 12:37 PM
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Posts: 4,395 East, Kentucky
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Yea the place is just eat up with coons too.... if it was not so close to the end of the season Id catch a few.. The food lure base is heavy poplar bud oil but with notes of birch too. Id guess that wintergreen smell from the birch is really drawing them in too
Deep in the heart of Appalachia....
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