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Beaver trapping help ASAP #6182683
03/09/18 08:45 PM 03/09/18 08:45 PM
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valentine, NE
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Have done quite a little trapping but never gone after beavers due to the fact that I have never had a good spot . But the new ranch we are leasing a beaver problem . They have got a pretty
Big house and dam and a little creek about 10 feet across . Ice is pretty thin around it. I have some 330 and legholds and snares from other trapping ventures . Am going to set traps tomorrow so I am looking for advice on sets .

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Re: Beaver trapping help ASAP [Re: cornhuskerman] #6182695
03/09/18 08:52 PM 03/09/18 08:52 PM
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If you can still walk on the ice I would set the runs coming out of the house with the 330s.

What kind of footholds do you have?

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Re: Beaver trapping help ASAP [Re: cornhuskerman] #6182725
03/09/18 09:16 PM 03/09/18 09:16 PM
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valentine, NE
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I have got a dozen or so victor number 3s and a few coilspring 4s

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Re: Beaver trapping help ASAP [Re: cornhuskerman] #6182728
03/09/18 09:16 PM 03/09/18 09:16 PM
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You need some Beavah Lure too. See if you can find some pockets where you can set a 330 and put some lure on a stick ... 8 inches behind the trap.

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Re: Beaver trapping help ASAP [Re: cornhuskerman] #6182763
03/09/18 09:47 PM 03/09/18 09:47 PM
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valentine, NE
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I have got some dobbins back breaker

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Re: Beaver trapping help ASAP [Re: cornhuskerman] #6182825
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Re: Beaver trapping help ASAP [Re: cornhuskerman] #6182828
03/09/18 10:35 PM 03/09/18 10:35 PM
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Don't overlook one of the best sets for beavers in a small creek.... channel set. Walk upstream to the first place the creek has a natural funnel point. You'll be looking for a place where any beaver swimming upstream would be forced into a narrow channel, whether by the narrowness of the stream or maybe a small passage through or around a natural log jam. Drop a 330 in the groove, maybe place a dive log over the top (at water level). It doesn't matter how far upstream you have to go...I've caught beavers 1/4-mile upstream from their dam if that's where the first funnel point is. They'll really be traveling at this time of the year.

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Re: Beaver trapping help ASAP [Re: cornhuskerman] #6182885
03/09/18 11:21 PM 03/09/18 11:21 PM
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Re: Beaver trapping help ASAP [Re: Ron Scheller] #6182973
03/10/18 02:46 AM 03/10/18 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted By: Ron Scheller
Don't overlook one of the best sets for beavers in a small creek.... channel set. Walk upstream to the first place the creek has a natural funnel point. You'll be looking for a place where any beaver swimming upstream would be forced into a narrow channel, whether by the narrowness of the stream or maybe a small passage through or around a natural log jam. Drop a 330 in the groove, maybe place a dive log over the top (at water level). It doesn't matter how far upstream you have to go...I've caught beavers 1/4-mile upstream from their dam if that's where the first funnel point is. They'll really be traveling at this time of the year.
Excellent advice.
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