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Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525017
04/25/19 12:49 AM
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Until you have a bear want the beaver you are holding,,you haven't lived.And when that happens to you---you may want to have a spare pair of shorts with you.
That is--if you are the one that keeps the beaver.
And I have experienced this and lived to tell about it.But I made one change after this happened,I never shut the 4 wheeler off,when checking this spot.
Tom


If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping.
Tom Olson
MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: Bogmaster] #6525041
04/25/19 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Bogmaster
Until you have a bear want the beaver you are holding,,you haven't lived.And when that happens to you---you may want to have a spare pair of shorts with you.
That is--if you are the one that keeps the beaver.
And I have experienced this and lived to tell about it.But I made one change after this happened,I never shut the 4 wheeler off,when checking this spot.
Tom


Did you skin the beaver or did the bear?


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Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525188
04/25/19 10:41 AM
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And that's why every beaver needs to wind up under water after it gets caught.


"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525251
04/25/19 12:57 PM
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I did skin the beaver.Les ,I had taken the beaver out of the trap and was hauling it up out of the pond when the bear came.
Now I sing when approaching some of my sets,I want to let bears know I am coming and give them a chance to get gone.never did have a bear eat one of my beaver.
Tom


If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping.
Tom Olson
MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525258
04/25/19 01:22 PM
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Perhaps trapstickman will immortalize you,Tom, with a drawing!

Chris


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Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525263
04/25/19 01:32 PM
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Looks like you got a new camera,Les.
Good haul and great pics.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525370
04/25/19 04:00 PM
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I had a bear) or possibly a person) take one of my beaver once. 330 and all. I did not go up into the willows to look for it. The bear might have wanted to Roshambo me for the beaver.

Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525372
04/25/19 04:03 PM
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Hey trapper les can I steal your title for a Muskrat411 video?

Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525384
04/25/19 04:29 PM
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how many truck loads today??

snow comin for the weekend will make them keep better if nothing else. wink









Re: the beaver monologues [Re: Bogmaster] #6525429
04/25/19 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Bogmaster
I did skin the beaver.Les ,I had taken the beaver out of the trap and was hauling it up out of the pond when the bear came.
Now I sing when approaching some of my sets,I want to let bears know I am coming and give them a chance to get gone.never did have a bear eat one of my beaver.
Tom

Tom this is how I handled the situation;
I just bet with the Grad student if it was over 30 pounds he would haul it out on todays run. Sure glad I have a tail for Paul's challenge for next years Beaver Tail contest. He was sure glad I did not set more than one trap there.

What is? or
Why is the beavers weight always; co-related to an inverse proportion formular to square of the route back to your vehicle times pi -r2 compounded by beaver stump willow chi squared.

I should have listened to Les advise about find beaver runs in peatmoss and the short end of a fencepost with the knee cap the day before.

Re: the beaver monologues [Re: muskrat411] #6525462
04/25/19 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by muskrat411
Hey trapper les can I steal your title for a Muskrat411 video?

Go for it.


"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525469
04/25/19 06:39 PM
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I just ran my short line today and picked up 6, a one year old and 5 huge adults. [Linked Image]
Terminal end of the rebar, lol. [Linked Image]
yesterdays mess


"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: Boco] #6525541
04/25/19 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Boco
Looks like you got a new camera,Les.
Good haul and great pics.

New iPhone 8, to be exact. I had to put the pics on my computer and resize them to get them on here.


"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: muskrat411] #6525550
04/25/19 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by muskrat411
Hey trapper les can I steal your title for a Muskrat411 video?

My title was a play on words of the title for a play called "The Vagina Monologues", so...use your own judgment, lol. laugh


"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525594
04/25/19 09:58 PM
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Just searched for Minnesota weather...


Man, you’re doing this when the temps are perfect! Hit 81 here today. Would have had to run the air conditioning to be hauling and skinning a half dozen beaver down here today

Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525596
04/25/19 10:00 PM
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Thing about early spring trapping in the Northcountry is the air temps can be like 60-70 degrees and the water is around 32.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525642
04/25/19 11:38 PM
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Rain and snow tomorrow.
Tom


If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping.
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Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525648
04/25/19 11:53 PM
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Good luck Les!

Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525653
04/26/19 12:07 AM
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Yep, beaver keep good in this water.


"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Re: the beaver monologues [Re: trapper les] #6525654
04/26/19 12:07 AM
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Thanks T.


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