Re: Simple Beaver Lure...
[Re: albrahal]
#7059825
11/23/20 03:06 PM
11/23/20 03:06 PM
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Posts: 8,879 Central MN, sort of old
MnMan
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I have used popple bud oil, oil of anise, cinnamon, sac oil, and glycerin in with my castor in different amounts and it seems that they all effective. Sure smells good.
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Re: Simple Beaver Lure...
[Re: albrahal]
#7059833
11/23/20 03:14 PM
11/23/20 03:14 PM
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 2,963 Central Ontario, Canada
Crit-R-Dun
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Shove a stick in a raw green castor and give it a twist. Never found a difference between that and any magic commercial lure. NO perfumes for me, most of my beaver work is nuisance and the last thing I want to find is a muskrat or coon instead of a $140 beaver plugging up a set. I'll switch it up to an all food based lure when they seem to be (or I made them) lure shy. Cinnamon and poplar oil.
Last edited by Crit-R-Dun; 11/23/20 03:36 PM.
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Re: Simple Beaver Lure...
[Re: albrahal]
#7059841
11/23/20 03:20 PM
11/23/20 03:20 PM
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Posts: 15,577 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
Trapper7
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I've never used anything other than castor in castor based sets. I used all the other scents in food based lures like poplar, anise, cinnamon, mint, etc. All this based on the idea that I got when I read Mr. Dobbins book Open Water Beaver and Otter Trapping. He seemed to say that food scents aren't natural with castor scent.
As seemed to be recommended in the book, a castor-shy beaver can be caught using sac oil on it's own, which I found to be true.
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Re: Simple Beaver Lure...
[Re: albrahal]
#7059883
11/23/20 04:04 PM
11/23/20 04:04 PM
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bctomcat
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Like "Crit-R-Dun" and "Trapper 7", I have never used anything other than castor as a beaver lure. Generally it will be castor from a different pond or a mix of various beavers.
Last edited by bctomcat; 11/24/20 01:46 PM.
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Re: Simple Beaver Lure...
[Re: albrahal]
#7060257
11/23/20 08:48 PM
11/23/20 08:48 PM
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Posts: 1,511 Kanabec Cty, MN
Drakej
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Poplar oil does attract beaver but also muskrats as well, which I don't like. For me 50/50 castor to sac oil. But I only trap beaver spring season when territorially activity is high.
Last edited by Drakej; 11/23/20 08:51 PM.
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