Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
[Re: deerdragger]
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04/25/21 06:04 PM
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Great pics. Once the birds ring the dinner bell,it dont take long for the fur to show up.
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Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
[Re: deerdragger]
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04/25/21 07:03 PM
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Nice pics. What a chunck of a bear
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Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
[Re: deerdragger]
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04/25/21 07:21 PM
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That bear has been eating well!
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Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
[Re: deerdragger]
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04/25/21 09:07 PM
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On my carcass lines for cats I just give up once the ravens or turkey vultures have discovered a carcass.
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Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
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04/25/21 09:32 PM
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Boco
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On my carcass lines for cats I just give up once the ravens or turkey vultures have discovered a carcass. I want the ravens ringing the dinner bell. There are a couple ways to keep them working a jackpot without them being able to clean it up completely. Keeps them around for a long time calling in fur.
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Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
[Re: deerdragger]
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04/26/21 12:51 AM
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My guess is that works up in the far north better than in the mild maritime west. A 45 lb beaver carcass is gone in a heartbeat once they get on it. I can count the amount of times a cat has worked a bird-worked carcass on one hand. Seems like they also give up.
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Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
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04/26/21 11:10 AM
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When I am using a big bait at a wolf jackpot,i cover it with substantial sized logs.The ravens can work it a bit in between the logs but cannot clean it up.They will keep trying for a long time.You know when the wolves hit it because the logs will be scattered. Some other trappers I know use a 45 gallon drum full of bait(moose bones and butcher scraps) and laid on its side and covered with a moosehide with one end open so the ravens can work it.They cannot clean it up but keep trying working it from the semi-open end. When I use a single beaver carcass at a fox/cat jackpot,i will hang one or two off the ground a couple of feet low under a thick evergreen and brush it in a bit.Ravens will work at the bottom part of these but cannot get to the upper part or the one carcass on the backside.But they keep trying so the auditory/visual call lure along with the olfactory call will work for a long time.
You dont need a whole lot of ravens working a bait to call in predators. As a matter of fact whiskeyjacks(small birds)that cache meat are one of the best visual attractors for cats fox and mustelids,since they fly back and forth all day for as long as the carcass remains available.
In frozen conditions the hanging carcass needs to be feathered with an axe.This improves its attraction for the smaller birds and cats.
Last edited by Boco; 04/26/21 11:12 AM.
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Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
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04/26/21 11:32 AM
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Great pics. I often anchor a few beaver carcasses down so I can watch them out the window. Very common to see eagles, ravens, hawks, vultures, coyotes, bobcat, fox and bear. The ravens can get impatient at times..... -NC
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Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
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04/26/21 11:44 AM
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Those all sound like fine ideas Boco. I guess I just haven't worried about it since I am running so many carcasses. Once a bobcat finds it he covers it so bird problem is eliminated.
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Re: Beaver Carcass Trail Cam
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04/26/21 02:01 PM
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Looks like a really nice bobcat that came in!
Dave
Forever in debt to my Father who introduced me to trapping. May I be half the man he was.
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