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Re: late spring beaver [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6519143 04/15/19 08:52 PM 04/15/19 08:52 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 3,276 NWT Ryan McLeod trapper
Ryan McLeod trapper Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 3,276 NWT	Beavers are just starting to come out through the the ice for fresh grub here. Could’ve shot a big one the other day in one of the back channels close to the mackenzie river but all I had was my 270. If you take care of the land the land will take care of you

Re: late spring beaver [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6519149 04/15/19 08:58 PM 04/15/19 08:58 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,524 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,524 james bay frontierOnt.	Still froze in here.Creeks should open up around the first week of May this year by the look of it.Might get 10 days trapping open water before end of season May 15. The geese are just starting to show up.Hunters will be heading out to the goose camps now to get ready. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: late spring beaver [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6519307 04/16/19 05:20 AM 04/16/19 05:20 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper
Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan	boco is right on beaver being good for about two weeks after ice out but the ice isn't out yet for the most part ,yes some creeks are open but most ponds are frozen an back woods road are snow cover ,no one is going to trap beaver when there bad unless your getting paid , an if your getting paid you cant keep anything off of beaver !!!!

Re: late spring beaver [Re: Boco] #6520796 04/18/19 02:00 PM 04/18/19 02:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,239 Co.-Wy. part time AK. W wy.wolfer trapper
wy.wolfer trapper W Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,239 Co.-Wy. part time AK.	Originally Posted by Boco First week after ice out here the fur is still good on about 80% of the catch.After 3 weeks if your still trapping about 80% will be shedders or dmg.Fur/pelt quality of the resource goes downhill pretty fast after ice out. If you are any good at grading and have an alternative market for finished product,you can trap hard for a couple weeks after ice out and ship the repairables to the tanner for self manufacture,and ship the good big hvy's to the auction to pay the tanning bill. Ice out here in the Rockies can be 1st week of June, sometimes even later up high. Here they are all bad the first hour after ice-out. April 18th and still not a hint of open water, looks to be at least another month, maybe more. June 1st beaver don't look very good, and in my experience by ice-out at that time only a few smaller ones appear to be anything other than hatters. I'm not disagreeing about most ice out skins being pretty good immediately after its gone, but when it's this late they are ugly. Last edited by wy.wolfer; 04/18/19 02:07 PM.

Re: late spring beaver [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6520814 04/18/19 03:07 PM 04/18/19 03:07 PM
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 4,966 rogers city mi. J jeff karsten trapper
jeff karsten trapper J Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 4,966 rogers city mi.	Originally Posted by Trapper Dahlgren boco is right on beaver being good for about two weeks after ice out but the ice isn't out yet for the most part ,yes some creeks are open but most ponds are frozen an back woods road are snow cover ,no one is going to trap beaver when there bad unless your getting paid , an if your getting paid you cant keep anything off of beaver !!!! Does anyone check Just asking?? olden tyred

Re: late spring beaver [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6520928 04/18/19 07:29 PM 04/18/19 07:29 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,524 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,524 james bay frontierOnt.	Not even the castors? You need to get that dumb law changed. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: late spring beaver [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6520946 04/18/19 08:05 PM 04/18/19 08:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,653 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,653 New Hampshire	You have a special “Castor Police “ force up there ? Fish & Game must have a lot of extra money up there. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: late spring beaver [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6520984 04/18/19 08:47 PM 04/18/19 08:47 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3,897 Wisconsin E Eagleye trapper
Eagleye trapper E Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3,897 Wisconsin	Just got back from Northern Wisconsin- I worked way too hard for a dozen beavers. First week, I hit a 12" thick piece of submerged ice on the flowage- I had a life preserver on but it jacked the 6 hsp pretty good and scared the &$%# out of me at dawn.

Re: late spring beaver [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6521148 04/19/19 07:14 AM 04/19/19 07:14 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper
Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan	we are trying to get the law change ,we got if your not license nuisance ,[ paid trapper ] you can keep them ,but the state wont move yet on guys that get paid , don't know why but we will keep fighting

Re: late spring beaver [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6521225 04/19/19 09:16 AM 04/19/19 09:16 AM
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 4,966 rogers city mi. J jeff karsten trapper
jeff karsten trapper J Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 4,966 rogers city mi.	They wont let me trap them for free either Folks will be checking out their hunting property soon and calling to bad I,m not chopping ice anymore olden tyred

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