Anybody seen this before?
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01/04/20 03:46 PM
01/04/20 03:46 PM
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Ohio, USA
Ave
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Hey guys, I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this. I was checking some beaver sets today, and found my trap down the slide wire. I pulled it up, and had a really big beaver. However, the trap wasn’t on his foot. We had a lot of flooding, and a bunch of logs and trash must have tangled the beaver up before he could get to the bottom. He somehow got the cable cinched tight around his foot. I’m still wondering how he managed to get caught. I think when the trap went off, it caught him by a couple of toes, but he popped it off. Any guesses as to what happened? Thanks
Ave don't go where the beaver don't flow
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Re: Anybody seen this before?
[Re: Ave]
#6716481
01/04/20 03:49 PM
01/04/20 03:49 PM
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james bay frontierOnt.
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Probably winched his toes out by winding the wire around his foot.
Drowning wires should be taut so this doesn't happen.You were lucky this time.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Anybody seen this before?
[Re: Ave]
#6716482
01/04/20 03:51 PM
01/04/20 03:51 PM
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williamsburg ks
danny clifton
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one of your competitors didnt want to skin a low price beaver so he is having some fun with you
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Anybody seen this before?
[Re: Ave]
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01/04/20 11:03 PM
01/04/20 11:03 PM
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Piney va. soon be 19
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for sure that beaver had some dirt on Hillary
John 3/16
ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough
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Re: Anybody seen this before?
[Re: cotton]
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01/05/20 03:01 AM
01/05/20 03:01 AM
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New York border
Cragar
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for sure that beaver had some dirt on Hillary
Yup , that is what it was. Make it look like an accident. #Epstein didn't commit suicide...... * voting is for free people , not oppressed people, exercise your rights *
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Re: Anybody seen this before?
[Re: Ave]
#6717114
01/05/20 03:08 AM
01/05/20 03:08 AM
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Caught one by the tail like that once. Wasn't his day guess LOL.
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Re: Anybody seen this before?
[Re: Ave]
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01/05/20 08:49 AM
01/05/20 08:49 AM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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Couple years ago I caught a beaver in what was supposed to be a mink see. I had small twin loop chain on the trap staked and fastened to a small bush. I was surprised when I got there and found a beaver with the chain wrapped around its tail tight and still swimming. It cleared every bush in the area but the stake held. It was a big one also. Wish I had taken pictures, it was odd.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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