Thinking about getting one or two of the suitcase type live traps and wondering which one to buy... the Hancock, the Tomahawk Bailey Beaver trap, or the KORO? Also where to buy them?

Thanks In Advance!

I use a Big custom cage that ADC Built me years ago!

Never had one of the others

Is that something you set on dry land? Or both, in the water, and on land?

Koro. WCS has them https://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.com

I think WCS sells the type traps your looking for. Personally I'd avoid traps that recommend having a football helmet to set them.

Comstock makes a swim through trap that can be set in water or land, anywhere you would use a 330 or snare side by side. Have some of kirks traps too

Both but make sure not completely under water when it snaps shut.

The beaver(s) I'm after are avoiding square traps like the plague. And don't seem to be the least bit interested in bait. Not sure who wised them up but they did a good job! Wasn't that many years ago that I laughed at the idea of there being "smart beavers". Over the past 20-30 years it seems as though the smarter ones have become the norm in my neck of the woods.

35-40 years ago I could set 2 or 3 330's and have 2 or 3 beavers the next morning. NOT these days. Either they have got smarter, I have got dumber, or BOTH!

Beaver trappers are coming out of the woodwork...I took a beaver job today and the guy I talked to said he had a half dozen other guys wanting to trap it. There's more competition for beaver now around here than there was when beaver were going for 40+ for bigger ones.

You might want to ask Paul what brand of live trap he uses for control work.

Half in the water backside in the water. Castor in the back.

Mine are Drop door

Snares would be my choice as you can't do catch and release in Illinois anyway. Using a cage trap you are adding to the load you pack in and out not to mention the added expense.

Cut a snare off of a live beaver, without administering drugs to combat infection and you likely have that beaver die !
A snare is NOT a good choice for relocating beaver !
Comstock Swim through or Hancock will be a far better choice if you can keep the beaver 'above' water.

I have and use regularly comstock swim through cages and they work great. I do give them some (camo) when they aren't fully submerged. Used on educated nuisance beaver and they work great sometimes the only option

I believe that If I tried hard enough I could probably still trap beaver for a living with only comstock cages and 1 foot hold in the arsenal.
The foothold is for the tricky ones

I don't use live traps for beavers. I use snares, body grips and footholds. We don't relocate beavers here.

Us either

I can't relocate them but i do trap in some extremely sensitive locations. That's when a cage shines

Still? Good deal.

Thats it ADC, That's my picture from the first beaver in the cage you built me way back when!

Thanks Again for all of the feedback everybody! I'm not looking to relocate any beavers except to my furshed and boards and they most certainly won't be alive when I do. lol! Just looking for another tool that I can use in a special circumstance(In addition to snares and footholds).