Have you ever tried mixing it? Half southern and half northern or does that ruin it for southern beaver?

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If I trap with Boco, are the beavs I catch graded northern or southern?

It may be hard to get much northern castor at $80 a pound, but the cost of lure is tied to the cost of ingredients. To pay more, I'd have to raise the price of my lure. Its only been a few years since my last price increase, and I would hate to do that again. So, I may not be able to do much with this idea at this time.



No I haven't tried that, but I believe the stronger northern castor odor would overpower the southern castor odor.

Depends with end of the boat you put them in when going back to camp

might be hard even at 80$/# to get some shipped to you Paul from the northern guys

I use Northern castor out here In willow county it works great I think your on to something .

Could we be seeing a strange conundrum in the trapping world. As societal norms change the demand for fur wanes so less wildlife caught, less wildlife caught equals less wildlife byproduct such as glands entering the market. HOWEVER, with less wildlife caught increases wildlife conflict, hence increased nuisance/adc trapping much of which prohibits sale of wildlife parts yet also requires those same parts in the form of lures.

That’s perfect!!!

You could double your shelf space in stores.

this southern thing has me wondering what is southern the smell what they eat the state you live in every thing south of canada what tests do you run to decide what southern caster is just like to know what you consider southern

Northern Aspen Candy brown sweet smell, willow caster orange sour smelling, Southern gum tree smell never dealt with it.

Yep, Forget the civil war, bring on the castor war.....I like it, Lol.

Must not be any beaver trappers In the south.

I think if you paid $90/lb for Northern you would get all you wanted. I averaged $100/lb at FHA but after commission it’s about $90.

It's not that there aren't any, its that my demand has outstripped the amount that's available from my suppliers. Last year I purchased 328 pounds of castor, and all of it went into lure, mostly Backbreaker. This year, I will have to purchase more than the previous year if I'm to meet the demand for the lure.

I think too many trappers found out that this lure attracts more than beavers.

I may be able to offer $100 a pound in trade for lure. I'd have to run the numbers to be sure though.

I posted a thread on using your Skunky Backbreaker as a bear lure. It absolutely worked. Took me two days and several scrubbings to get that odor off my fingers.

Is there a synthetic version of Castor , that could be used to substitute for Northern Beaver Castor

You could do like they are doing in stores , keep the same price and make a smaller size.

Can't speak for him, but, not sure he wants to go that route. There's nothing like "authentic".