OK, So this is the first time I've had some one really want to pay me to come and trap the beavers at their place. I am really good at trapping beavers and I guess word got out. lol smile They live about 20 miles out of my way. Anyways, what would be a fair price?
Thanks!
It is summer. Where you are The nights will be close to the seventy's and the days in the 90's. Tell them beaver don,t move well in extreme heat. When they do, they can spook easy and are more aware of human scent and presence. Tell them you would rather wait until fall but if "you want me to come" I will make sets for one week or until I quit catching beaver. Tell them you will catch 2 or three out of each colony and they usually spook(under these conditions). Tell them it will probably take a heavy rain, cool weather, or fall to make them active again. When they are active, have them call you and you will come back and set up again.
Explain also that in the summer you are more limited on types of sets used because of turtles and other non targets setting off traps, or moving snares before the beaver come.
Charge a set up fee, and a mileage charge (basically what BigBob said), and a small fee per beaver.
If you do well, you do well. If you don,t, you have your bases covered and you are telling the truth while getting more experience. The exception, is if the location, is cool moving water. Then you may do much better.