Re: let's talk "beaver"...
[Re: white marlin]
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06/16/21 08:34 PM
06/16/21 08:34 PM
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If you were to set it up in mid day when the beaver are not active you might avoid spooking them.
I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!
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Re: let's talk "beaver"...
[Re: white marlin]
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06/16/21 08:40 PM
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I break the dam , then go look around set a couple castor mounds or pocket set's with lure. Than when the flow has let up a little at dam I put 660 in the break. Them them traps are awesome.
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Re: let's talk "beaver"...
[Re: white marlin]
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06/16/21 11:00 PM
06/16/21 11:00 PM
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Law Dog
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Problem is you might be the second guy to disturb those beavers that’s never good because you don’t know what the first guy did wrong.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: let's talk "beaver"...
[Re: white marlin]
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06/16/21 11:15 PM
06/16/21 11:15 PM
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I set crossovers with 330s,then put in 330s at castor mound sets off to each side of the dam.At times I also make castor mound sets right on the dam, I try not to set den entrances unless my other dam sets aren't producing. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: let's talk "beaver"...
[Re: white marlin]
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06/17/21 01:39 AM
06/17/21 01:39 AM
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Not every state allows a person to break open a dam. It is illegal in Minnesota to damage the dam in any way,so causing a break in the dam is not allowed. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: let's talk "beaver"...
[Re: white marlin]
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06/17/21 02:57 AM
06/17/21 02:57 AM
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Find where they're feeding and forget about the dam. If you spooked them at the dam they may be on high alert there and not so much where they're feeding
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Re: let's talk "beaver"...
[Re: Law Dog]
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06/17/21 05:10 AM
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Problem is you might be the second guy to disturb those beavers that’s never good because you don’t know what the first guy did wrong. Ya sure of those turn downright paranoid after some beginners been messing with them If you think you spooked them find where their already coming out to cut trees and set there pullouts without any lure or bait, if you think you have a colony that’s already been messed with avoid 330s and use a good foothold and blind set as many spots as you have traps for If you have tried 330s and haven’t caught any there probably been messed with and are trap shy, in such a case I would pull out and give them some time to settle down again then slip in midday and quietly set up with blind sets using only footholds, I would also avoid chucking in the drowning weights and making that splash with them as I have seen it alert them all over again, also avoid making as much noise as possible and try to get in and out as quickly and quiet as you can, ya some are really that spooky
�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.� ― Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: let's talk "beaver"...
[Re: white marlin]
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06/17/21 05:48 AM
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USMC, I'm not "set" on setting the dam. they were only there for less than a year. I don't believe anyone trapped THERE, but could've been messed with elsewhere.
there was plenty of sign, a bank den and a small dam when I got there.
after I set it up, all activity (new chewings, etc.) stopped.
I think I spooked them with all of my activity. (I wasn't especially stealthy).
Last edited by white marlin; 06/17/21 06:27 AM.
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