#564005 - 02/06/08 01:55 PM
Questions: Beavers Through Ice
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king368m
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Registered: 01/16/07
Posts: 162
Loc: Western New York
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First, I have never set a trap for beavers. I have 3 330's and an beaver pond full of beavers.
Problem:
There was 2-4 inches of ice covering the pond (depended where you were)not enough to walk on safely in most spots. With warm temps and rain the last few days my guess is that they ice is almost gone. I can not set till next week at the earliest and we have some cold weather forecasted.
The questions:
I know where a couple feed beds are and locations where they were collecting a lot of sapplings from, not sure where any bank holes are. If I chop the ice leading onto the bank will they come up through to feed?
Do castor mounds work this with these conditions?
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#564032 - 02/06/08 02:12 PM
Re: Questions: Beavers Through Ice
[Re: king368m]
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goldy
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Registered: 12/31/07
Posts: 1209
Loc: minnesota
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Maybe, if the beaver are traveling under the ice in the immediate area they should find a good sized hole in the ice. Castor mounds or bait sets would work if you could get them to surface near enough to the sets to smell the lure or bait. But if cold weather is forecasted your hole will freeze anyway. If you got rain, sometimes it makes it easier to see the air bubbles under the ice indicating a run.
Edited by goldy (02/06/08 02:55 PM)
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#564130 - 02/06/08 03:01 PM
Re: Questions: Beavers Through Ice
[Re: TrapperJake]
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270Jake
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Registered: 12/23/06
Posts: 496
Loc: Michigan
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Yes, with that much ice the runs might be easier to find with bubble trails, but they could also be thinner than the rest of the ice. I'd rather be safe and dry especially during the winter.
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#564200 - 02/06/08 03:36 PM
Re: Questions: Beavers Through Ice
[Re: 270Jake]
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king368m
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Registered: 01/16/07
Posts: 162
Loc: Western New York
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The ice was very cloady when I was in there last, I know approx. where the one run is but not 100%.
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#565197 - 02/06/08 10:41 PM
Re: Questions: Beavers Through Ice
[Re: anton]
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king368m
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Registered: 01/16/07
Posts: 162
Loc: Western New York
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ttt
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#565205 - 02/06/08 10:46 PM
Re: Questions: Beavers Through Ice
[Re: king368m]
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lizard
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Registered: 12/27/06
Posts: 69
Loc: central MN
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use a good ice chizel. every time you take a step check the thickness of the ice with your ice chizel. if ice chizel goes through the ice step someplace else.
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#565367 - 02/07/08 02:49 AM
Re: Questions: Beavers Through Ice
[Re: lizard]
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northernmskeg
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Registered: 02/02/08
Posts: 31
Loc: Gillam, Canada
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I don't know lizard....last time I did that all the ice around me let go....and I was along way from anything
yeah look for the bubble runs...funnel them with sticks into your set, options on 330 on top of the other if it is deep enough
they leave the house on the bottom to the feed bed and return higher normally so if you can stackem
you running a bait stick?
if the ice doesn't let you see the bubbles, cut a hole between the den and feed bed and poke around till you find the run...
then fence them in to the 330's
Merv
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#567526 - 02/08/08 10:16 AM
Re: Questions: Beavers Through Ice
[Re: Coalman]
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Bogmaster
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Registered: 12/22/06
Posts: 582
Loc: Lakeland,Minnesota
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You may also want to try baited 330's near the feed bed.
One way to do this,is wire a bait bundle to the trigger,and hang your 330s perpindicular to the feed bed,.Hang them a few inches below the bottom of the ice,Popple(aspen) works well for bait--shave the bark off a bit of the bait .Cable works well for hanging your traps.
Tom
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#569710 - 02/09/08 04:18 PM
Re: Questions: Beavers Through Ice
[Re: Mike N.]
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trapper ed
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Registered: 01/16/07
Posts: 208
Loc: south eastern michigan
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Have you ever just hung the snare's on the pvc,no bait?
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#569742 - 02/09/08 04:40 PM
Re: Questions: Beavers Through Ice
[Re: coyote snarer]
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Mike N.
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Registered: 01/07/07
Posts: 45
Loc: Nebraska
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Yeah, I tried the no bait route, thought it might work. I didn't catch anything, had it out for about a week. I tried to set it up between the den and a food pile but I think they opted for the real food. Now that it's later in the season, food piles are pretty well used up around here there maybe a better chance of connecting w/out wiring a piece of bait to it.
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