Looking for all types of float ideas. Foothold, conies and floats with snares..

What works well, maybe what to stay away from, how you anchor? Give up the goods....

I've anchored with a few different things but usually a railroad plate or concrete block. I've also cabled to over hanging limbs .
In the white PVC I like to put in a plug of sheepwool with castor on top. Sometimes a poplar stick instead. I also put a mudpie in the middle V

Never used beaver floats. Lots of 'rat floats though.

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Do you have any problems with beaver climbing up onto the side (avoiding the body grip at the rear)?

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Never noticed a problem. Have read other people that do on this site. I set mine in current or wedged up to a bank and maybe that is the difference

Thanks for that feedback

"I'm reposting this from the Wisconsin trapping thread " Caught this traveler yesterday in this float set on other side of bridge column in the current. Had to set a few rat traps in the vicinity to keep them off it.

That’s pretty much what I use. Styrofoam sandwiched in between the 2x4s

Avoid my mistake. First one built styrofoam in between 1x4. Made the trap too low in water. Use 2x4’s.

Has anyone tried capped pvc to provide flotation ? Attached to wood frame with straps.

Kind of like the beaver torpedo for snares that someone, maybe Aix Sponsa, posted several years back.

with the price of pvc and fittings ,it would de about 25.00 a float, without anything else!

I'd only have to buy the caps. got some scrap 1.5 & 2" available.

These things can be built in so many different ways and materials, the only thing it should cost is time.

Cut red cedar and use for the floats

fun noodles.

here are a couple that I put out Saturday

I found out last spring that if there wasn’t current, the thing would sometimes be spun right around. Will have to jam sticks in to keep it pointing in the intended direction.
Looks good Dahlgren. I’ll bet you by next weekend I might be able to try em out.

Any snare floats?

And footholds?

Live beavers would wreck your floats.

Drowners off from the float... ?

Could rig up a stand with some #9 or something in the front of the float, but I don’t think I’d fool around with it.
It is fun trying to catch stuff with ideas out of left field though….think outside the box eh?

First time making/using floats. I made them lightweight and collapsible. 32in 2x2 and pool noodles. Attach a piece of pvc with wire in the V to keep it open. I run cord clipped to a block and tie it to the float so I can have slack for water level changes. The 330 is on a long cable that I also attach to the block not the float. Attach a tube for castor and wire fresh popple for eye appeal.

I have 8 out for a test run. Scored my first this past weekend.

That is thinking outside the box by being collapsible. Great idea. What kind of paint did you use?

I just used Rustoleum brown camo paint. The 2x2s are untreated. I bought some treated ones, but they were heavier and haven't tried those yet. The untreated may be prone to rot, but for my initial test run I'll see how well they hold up.

I split a pool noodle in half to run between the 2x2s. Then the other half goes on the bottom. I then take a full noodle about 16in long. Make a slit and add that to the front under the trap for trap bouancy. They sure do look good sitting in the water. The only problem is the trap is attached to the block. So if the water is deep you have to pull the block up by the float cord to get at the trap cable. If I attached the trap cable to the float, it would probably pull it under or have so much drag the current could drag the block into a deep hole.

We will see. They will sit for a week yet, then I'll pull them all.

My 2×4's are ten years old and not pressure treated,and painted with Rust-Oleum brown also. They are left outside all year long. Haven't had to deal with any rot at all. Pressure treated will add to your weight considerably and not needed imo