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Re: Beaver Sign [Re: 330-Trapper] #6191470 03/18/18 03:57 PM 03/18/18 03:57 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,649 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,649 New Hampshire	Originally Posted By: 330-Trapper Live and learn!! You'll Get em! Yup....we've all been there It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191483 03/18/18 04:14 PM 03/18/18 04:14 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a. P pcr2 "Twerker"
pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	learned more the hard way than the easy way myself for sure.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Nessmuck] #6191539 03/18/18 05:12 PM 03/18/18 05:12 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois R ratbrain trapper
ratbrain trapper R Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois	Originally Posted By: Nessmuck Originally Posted By: ratbrain One of the things I will look for when deciding if beaver is still in the area is fresh droppings on the bottom of the stream, pond, against and along the dams etc. LMAO...! ...I bring a diving mask and snorkel too.. What??? How deep are your creeks?? I do not trap lakes here. Those bright brown dropping show up well on the bottom when fresh!

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191544 03/18/18 05:17 PM 03/18/18 05:17 PM
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Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,649 New Hampshire	What's a creek ?... It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191547 03/18/18 05:17 PM 03/18/18 05:17 PM
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pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	noise a door makes.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: pcr2] #6191551 03/18/18 05:19 PM 03/18/18 05:19 PM
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Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,649 New Hampshire	Originally Posted By: pcr2 noise a door makes. Yup It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: pcr2] #6191554 03/18/18 05:21 PM 03/18/18 05:21 PM
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Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,649 New Hampshire	Originally Posted By: pcr2 noise a door makes. What do they call them in PA ?....I know we have our own language up here...but .... It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191556 03/18/18 05:22 PM 03/18/18 05:22 PM
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pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	little ones creeks bigger ones rivers.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: pcr2] #6191557 03/18/18 05:23 PM 03/18/18 05:23 PM
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Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,649 New Hampshire	Originally Posted By: pcr2 little ones creeks bigger ones rivers. Your no help....LOL It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191559 03/18/18 05:24 PM 03/18/18 05:24 PM
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Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191562 03/18/18 05:27 PM 03/18/18 05:27 PM
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ratbrain trapper R Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois	Aren't there any "small streams" in New Hampshire??? LMAO!!!!

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191564 03/18/18 05:28 PM 03/18/18 05:28 PM
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Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,649 New Hampshire	These guys have it right ! ......Not ....Field and Creek....... It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191565 03/18/18 05:29 PM 03/18/18 05:29 PM
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ratbrain trapper R Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois	I trapped one small creek ( narrow stream) that had so much beaver poop floating that it looked like algae! Last edited by ratbrain; 03/18/18 05:31 PM.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Nessmuck] #6191567 03/18/18 05:31 PM 03/18/18 05:31 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois R ratbrain trapper
ratbrain trapper R Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois	Originally Posted By: Nessmuck These guys have it right ! ......Not ....Field and Creek....... Ha the jokes on me. And I suppose it is a "stream chub" not a "creek chub" GEEZ!!!! Last edited by ratbrain; 03/18/18 05:33 PM.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191571 03/18/18 05:34 PM 03/18/18 05:34 PM
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ratbrain trapper R Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois	Anyhow enough with the foolishness, Good luck with the beaver Wild Idaho!! They can be fun!!

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191574 03/18/18 05:34 PM 03/18/18 05:34 PM
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Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,649 New Hampshire	Nevah have seen it floating.....have seen it when the light is just right....most of the streams,have a canopy of pine and hemlock and shady....haahd to see bottom.....if only 2 feet deep. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191578 03/18/18 05:40 PM 03/18/18 05:40 PM
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GROUSEWIT trapper Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 3,112 7mtns of CENTRAL PA	CRICK! NRALIFER,PRPA LIFER,HUNTER,FURTAKER

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191586 03/18/18 05:47 PM 03/18/18 05:47 PM
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ratbrain trapper R Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois	Nessmuck Around here we have had much of the wooded areas taken out. A farmer/landowner will say he wants to show me where the beaver are and all you have to look for is the little groves of willow along the water. That is where the beaver are.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: ratbrain] #6191632 03/18/18 07:01 PM 03/18/18 07:01 PM
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Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,649 New Hampshire	Originally Posted By: ratbrain Nessmuck Around here we have had much of the wooded areas taken out. A farmer/landowner will say he wants to show me where the beaver are and all you have to look for is the little groves of willow along the water. That is where the beaver are. Mostly Bank Den beaver ? ....or the Hut type ? It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Beaver Sign [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6191645 03/18/18 07:13 PM 03/18/18 07:13 PM
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ratbrain trapper R Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois	Mostly bank dens. I did a beaver removal for the city on one of their retention ponds. It had 3 huts on it and I was surprised to see that.

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