Beaver trapping 🦫

[lunkerslayer]

This is what the old man used for trapping beaver conibear 330 body trap
https://www.trap-anything.com/beaver-trapping-techniques.html#:~:text=
Once you locate the entrance,from swimming around the trap. The ice will be much thinner around the beaver house, use a spud bar and if the beaver dam is big say 15 to 20 feet across use a long sappling to probe under the ice. The lodges could have more then 2 openings, so when using the spud bar chip out a 8 to 10 inch hole and use the branch to probe the side of the lodge. Once you find a spot punch a whole atleast twice the size of the body trap. Back then we didn't have z ties and if you used zip ties make sure they are heavy duty, we used #1 copper wire because it didn't rust out like regular wire. Pretty much the diagram in the article will work, you will know if you caught all the beaver when the feeder holes that they use to come out of the water will be froze over. You may need to check the lodge atleast 2 times a day or more depending on how big the lodge is.

 

[guywhofishes]

Beaver gonna Beav Story

 

[guywhofishes]

 

[riverview]

220 and 330 conibear's scare the shat out of me.

 

[risingsun]

Do them there Beaver have teeth?

Not on the rez!!!

 

[svnmag]

Your grandmother has hairy nuckles, but it's a buetiful fish.

That's off Google Images--sorry.

 

[dukgnfsn]

Been waiting with the 17 but lil shits must be nocturnal.

if you want to get rid of them this way, go out mid-late afternoon and put a hole in the dam closest to where you think they are staying and wait until right at dark. If you can get the water dropping 1-2 feet they will hear, feel it, sense it and come out and repair it a lot of time right at dark and sometimes in the late afternoon. A calm afternoon evening is better than a windy afternoon. If I was closer, I would help you out but too far to check traps as should. Another option is right before you this it will freeze pretty solid and try to get the dam lowered 2-4 foot a lot of times they will freeze out and not make it to spring. Just a few things I learned over time

 

[257Bob]

Back in the 60's I thought I'd trapped one, turns out that I was the one in the trap.

 

[257Bob]

Haven't gnawed my leg off yet.

 

[risingsun]

Back in the 60's I thought I'd trapped one, turns out that I was the one in the trap.

Hang a pic of your avatar in OP's trees and them beaves be hitting the trail out of there.

 

[svnmag]

Hang a pic of your avatar in OP's trees and them beaves be hitting the trail out of there.

You've never been drunk in a dorm.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Not very often when you here a woman call her beaver bad lmao

 

[lunkerslayer]

It's an oldie but a goodie

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

Caught a couple this morning. One big sumbitch...

 

[ELLS]

if you want to get rid of them this way, go out mid-late afternoon and put a hole in the dam closest to where you think they are staying and wait until right at dark. If you can get the water dropping 1-2 feet they will hear, feel it, sense it and come out and repair it a lot of time right at dark and sometimes in the late afternoon. A calm afternoon evening is better than a windy afternoon. If I was closer, I would help you out but too far to check traps as should. Another option is right before you this it will freeze pretty solid and try to get the dam lowered 2-4 foot a lot of times they will freeze out and not make it to spring. Just a few things I learned over time

This had been the easiest and most productive way for me as well. Get water flowing. Come back an hour before sunset with a 12ga, a goose load and a lawn chair. If your hole is half assed plugged in the morning. Repeat.

 

[DareDevilDave]

Forgot to update, but the moon and midnight thunder stick scared them away for good!!! Lol

 

[riverview]

Caught a couple this morning. One big sumbitch...

ive had a couple that rounded out at just under 4 feet circle. lots of good burger right there.

 

[guywhofishes]

burger???

 

[Skeeter]

burger???

Beaver burger is the best

 

[LBrandt]

Beaver burger is the best

If you can keep the hair out of your teeth. LB