Sonny you ever try digging under the intake on the bottom of the jet boat with a shovel and using the jet to clear a trench? We used to do that when my dad had his eagle jet boat. When it's done right you can clear a 4 foot deep trench 20-30 feet long which is usually enough to get back to deep water.

Nobody brought a shovel so we couldn't do much digging. Never thought of doin that but now it'll help when he gets stuck again.

I have plans to wake up early on Saturday and set the only 4 330s I have in town for beavers in ponds around the edge of town. I would've set more but all my 330s are hauled out to the line already so I'll probably try some snares too. Can't wait! There's caribou on the highway now so I might head up there at some point but no rush as I'm sure there is a small army of shooters out already. Should be lots of gut piles to check for wolves and wolverines next month. With big bulls in the rut I will be after 2 year old young bulls or old cows that are past reproduction age. There also ought to be some grizzlies gorging on gut piles too. No rest for the wicked my Grandpa always says.

Well 5 bells

Scouting time!!

Where are the caribou Ryan?

Beautiful ram Ryan, congratulations.

Osky

River frozen this morning fuse I am going to have to trap beaver in Pump Lake.

I found a spot with 3 beaver houses all within 60 feet of each other so I will set everything I can in this spot. Looks like there are a few beavers living there. Ice is thick enough for walking on, it took 3-4 hits with a chisel before hitting water. I seen 2 rats swimming through the clear ice but couldn't get my video camera out fast enough. Also someone offered me 2g for 2 moose so I will see what I can do. Looking like it will be a busy weekend as always.

No bridge so I cant get up and trap mountain beaver. S I might have a boring weekend.

Pull a boat on a trailer like I used to do.

we will be freezing up soon, some ice forming up the river. Probably within the next week we will have ice covering the river and most ponds. Will need to pull out some mannaq sticks and hooks. Try getting some trout and smelt. Hopefully caribou shows up soon around here.

Hey Musky,

East Branch is wide open so maybe it's easier for me to go shoot a boatload of beavers. Seems they all disappear though when the 15th rolls around.

TF- I'm looking forward to fishing too once beaver trapping and moose hunting wraps up. Cooked a char yesterday.

awesome

My old Crestliner is already up there maybe I will throw it in the creek.
The Peel likes to freeze up early and break up early, must have to do with the mountain water source. Have fun shooting beaver. Mention me in the video.

Set 3 beaver traps on Saturday morning and had 1 beaver by evening. Had a snapped trap yesterday and otter tracks near the house as well. While setting and not paying attention, a lynx walked out and sat about 20 feet from my buddy. I spotted it and it scared a year off my life. Glad it stopped when it did because I didn't want to have to shoot it with my 270. Very big lynx! Surprisingly white for this early in the year too. I also spotted 5 fox while doing some scouting near my regular trap spots so it's looking good.

Your one ahead already for the title King of Da Swamp. You never trap any muskrats?

Picked up my first beaver in a snare last night! After experimenting with beaver trapping for a couple years I think yesterday was a major breakthrough in deciding what works for me and my beaver chasing through ice adventures. I like setting 330s but I can fit a lot more snares in a backpack than I can with conibears and I think the snares are much harder to see than the traps. My new method that I will use until I find a better way will be to set 10-15 snare poles with two snares per pole. This beaver is bigger and much heavier than the first one, yeah that's right, I've only caught two so far. I'm a self proclaimed amateur when it comes to beaver trapping but give me a few years and that should improve. Lots of rabbits and rodents around so lots of fur running around this year. Can't wait to start trapping familiar animals like fox for starters, I know I can catch them.

Congrats Ryan on catching the beaver in a snare ! I've tried it quite a few times but prefer the 330's granted they take up a lot more space . How's the fur looking on them so far ?
Stay Safe out there.
Allan

Our beaver don't get really dark, they are usually reddish. I've heard this is because we are at the northern edge of their range. The fur is really thick though, rich and glossy. Hopefully pick up more this week. I'm thinking about going to set more snares later. Two adults out of the house so far. Thinking back I believe ive only seen 2-3 beavers in my life that were really dark including a black one that my friend George shot one year.

Way to go Ryan. I have not started beaver trapping yet. I have never had any luck starring beaver good on you that you figured it out.
Ing around with fish this weekend. The bridges are really crappy right now got to wait for some snow.