Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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03/31/20 03:23 PM
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18 inch here minimum.If your cutting more ice than that even in the dead of winter the house is not worth trapping-not much beaver activity and likely only a pair of beaver.You should be targeting full colonys with at least 2 age classes of beaver if trapping thru the ice for numbers.
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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I used a 20 inch bar as it was used for clearing trails, firewood and ice. As "Boco" stated if your cutting more than 18 inches your probably wasting time. You should be able to find thinner ice around any well populated active lodge or feed pile.
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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Lots of guys use chainsaws to cut holes for sturgeon spearing. The last few years, my buddy and I have used our ice augers to drill side by side holes. My ice auger is powered by my battery power drill and weighs in at around 13 pounds. It can't cut trees, but it could easily cut 20+ holes for traps that measure 16"x16", plenty big to drop a 330 and pull up a big beaver. I don't trap beaver under ice, but if I did, that's what I'd use.
It can't cut trees, but if you already have an auger, it's something to consider. In order to cut overlapping holes so you dont have to chop them open, the auger needs to have a center point.
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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Sawing through 18" of ice to catch a $10.00 beaver. LOL
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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I tried a chainsaw for muskrats but got really wet. Abandoned the leaning board idea and went to pushups and feeding piles. Much more enjoyable.
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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II used a power auger once or twice when doing spring beaver runs.Auger is fine until you hit feed,then you'll wish you used the saw.Not to mention if your dropping snare poles you will have a lot of slush removal using an auger. Beav,you can sell the hides too not just the castors.
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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03/31/20 05:48 PM
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Sawing through 18" of ice to catch a $10.00 beaver. LOL Well I’d rather be outside trapping than self isolating in my house watching tv or doing something else that’s mind numbing.
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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Sawing through 18" of ice to catch a $10.00 beaver. LOL Well I’d rather be outside trapping than self isolating in my house watching tv or doing something else that’s mind numbing. Like reading and posting on here all day!!!
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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II used a power auger once or twice when doing spring beaver runs.Auger is fine until you hit feed,then you'll wish you used the saw.Not to mention if your dropping snare poles you will have a lot of slush removal using an auger. Beav,you can sell the hides too not just the castors. It is a pain hitting sticks, but I just set over and start another hole. Definitely more slush...I need an oversized ice scoop! Still can cut a hole much quicker with the auger....less than half the amount of time in thick ice
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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03/31/20 07:38 PM
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An auger may be nice for cutting holes but when your running a snowmobile line it's a clumsy single use tool to pack around whereas the power saw is an easily packed tool useful for many jobs encountered on the line.
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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Good point tomcat,another is when setting wide entrance runs you need a fairly big hole to get 3 or 4 traps in.Cutting big holes is faster with the chainsaw than a power auger.Also plunging the bar to find the run is much faster with the saw.
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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I used no oil, water is a lubricant and coolant itself. If you think you should use an oil, use vegetable oil.
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Re: Best Chainsaw Bar Length For Under Ice Beavers
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I have a saw with a manual oiler.Dont need to thumb it when cutting ice.
Last edited by Boco; 03/31/20 09:31 PM.
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