That happens more them we like to admit.

I had the last beaver blocked Into It's hut with 330s. It final chewed out through the top of the hut after 7 checks and never to be seen again.

I always found those small pond beavers to be the hardest to catch. I spent a few nights sitting up with the shot gun to take the last one.

A old time beaver trapper told me that when he made a castor set he just used a stick with castor on It. He tied a piece of string to that stick and then tied that string to the trap. When he made a catch the beaver left with the scent stick. And that set was just as good as new when re setting.

I'm working on one of those right now, started with all blind sets and then to snares. 7 dead but saw sign today at the culvert with sticks and mud against my 330 Sat in the truck and thunk on it a spell. Now 2 gaps in the brush are guarded with snares leading to a small castor mound next to an excisting mound, no lure. I'm thinking its the old girl. Normally those are the tough ones. May have to spend an evening with #4buckshot..

This is a county job so they want em all gone. If I was fur trapping I'd be gone. I always go in and access the situation before I set up a control job, and ask one question, has any one tried to trap these yet?? If not I'll set every blind set with a 330, then to snares and footholds. Sac oil has been the end to a few and I always have my own castor lure and 2 from others. I never get close to the house until most are dead and when I do its like I'm stalking a Booner.