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#462643 - 12/14/07 06:51 PM More drought beavers.....
Paul Dobbins Paul Dobbins trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 2876 Loc: Golsboro, North Carolina	This ditch is the only place that has any water in this area. A hundred yard up from this spot and a hundred yards down from this spot is complety dry in the ditch. There is no dam, so I figure wherever these beavers came from, there place dried up and they went on the move to find a new spot. They probably came upon this mudhole and stopped.... until it would dry up. Anyway, here's what the ditch looks like. Not much sign, just a peeled stick here and there. The water is about four to six feet wide. There is about ten inches of water and three feet of mud. I again used a body grip at a choke point. I positioned the trap under a dive stick and I stabilized the trap with other sticks. I had to stand on that log beside the set to keep from sinking in the bottomless mud - made for a fun time - lol. This was set up on Wed. Yesteday, the trap was untouched. The beavers were shy to be out Wed night. Today I had this.... I reckon with these shallow water beavers, it takes more time for them to get out and move around once there's been a disturbance in their area. I had another place like that last week, but I had three other places that I had no problem with first night catches. I dunno - the more I do this, the less I'm convinced I know. _________________________
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#462653 - 12/14/07 06:57 PM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: Paul Dobbins]
Jtrapper Jtrapper trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 7362 Loc: Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y...	the more I do this, the less I'm convinced I know. Hmmm, seems ive heard that before somewhere????? lol. If you would quit stomping around like King Kong you wouldn't be skeering them poor beaver to death, lol. Need to learn how to float like a butterfly, lol. _________________________ I ALMOST survived SmackDown Tupelo '08!
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#462669 - 12/14/07 07:06 PM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: Jtrapper]
wissmiss wissmiss trapper Registered: 01/06/07 Posts: 1833 Loc: north Idaho	I thought Paul stomped around like King Kong to scare away all those nasty snakes you have in the south!! LOL _________________________ www.usedtraps.com Support Your State Trapping Association
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#462682 - 12/14/07 07:12 PM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: wissmiss]
trapper_max trapper_max trapper Registered: 10/01/07 Posts: 762 Loc: southern michigan	great job boss! _________________________ http://www.redneckshangout.proboards61.com/
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#462775 - 12/14/07 07:54 PM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: trapper_max]
NWMO NWMO trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 371 Loc: Barnard, Missouri	dang Paul your strayin away from the culverts? LMAO _________________________ http://wcctaxidermy.bravehost.com/
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#462786 - 12/14/07 07:58 PM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: NWMO]
UncleFester UncleFester trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 2244 Loc: Onslow county NC	Nice to know Paul. I have one or two mud holes around here that might connect for me....LOL Never woulda thought they were in ther!!!! _________________________ "I would rather be a nutjob conservative, than a liberal with no nuts and no job!!!"
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#463226 - 12/14/07 11:45 PM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: UncleFester]
Cannon Ball Cannon Ball trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 202 Loc: Washington , N.C.	Funny how things happen. I was talking a forester buddy of mine just this afternoon. He was telling me that he had found some fresh beaver sign earlier this week indicating that some beaver were living in a mud hole.
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#463344 - 12/15/07 04:58 AM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: Cannon Ball]
bad karma bad karma trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 568 Loc: Eastern Shore of Maryland	Boss...would be glad to send you some of this rain we are having...everyday last week and calling for 1-2 inches more this weekend...have not seen the sun since I started setting fox traps. What a muddy mess.... _________________________ Everywhere the tide ebbs and flows and lots of places it doesn't.
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#463407 - 12/15/07 07:08 AM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: bad karma]
RayA RayA trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 1138 Loc: Buckner Mo.	Yaa Pappy them lil mud holes can really suprise a guy not only as to how deep the mudd is but as to how many beaver can hold up in one lil wet spot. I took 12 out of a spot that might a been a lil bigger than your pic. they had bank dens everywhere. _________________________ Polititians are alot like dirty diapers and need to be changed for the same reason I dont suffer from Insanity i enjoy every minute of it.
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#464500 - 12/15/07 08:24 PM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: RayA]
dnew dnew trapper Registered: 12/24/06 Posts: 320 Loc: West Al	Seeing some unusal things on ditches this year. Moving up some that they have not used before. The ones still in the big water have really been coming to lure sets. Jtrapper, us big, old, boys have to stomp some. LOL
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#464506 - 12/15/07 08:27 PM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: dnew]
Jtrapper Jtrapper trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 7362 Loc: Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y...	I float like a butterfly and sting like a fire ant, lol. _________________________ I ALMOST survived SmackDown Tupelo '08!
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#464523 - 12/15/07 08:35 PM Re: More drought beavers..... [Re: Jtrapper]
dnew dnew trapper Registered: 12/24/06 Posts: 320 Loc: West Al	Might have forgot about our Van Husian, school boy, figures too.lol
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