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Beaver
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10/27/21 09:29 PM
10/27/21 09:29 PM
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Posts: 3,276 NWT
Ryan McLeod
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Pretty big house. How many beavers would you say are here? Pretty big feedpile. It’s about 10-12 feet deep around the pile. .
If you take care of the land the land will take care of you
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Re: Beaver
[Re: Ryan McLeod]
#7390158
10/27/21 09:33 PM
10/27/21 09:33 PM
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Ryan McLeod
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So far I caught two beavers the size of the one in the picture and two YOY. How many more beavers do you think are here? I’ve trapped this house for a few years and this is the biggest it’s ever been The bigger two were the same size. Both female
Last edited by Ryan McLeod; 10/27/21 09:38 PM.
If you take care of the land the land will take care of you
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Re: Beaver
[Re: Ryan McLeod]
#7390230
10/27/21 10:43 PM
10/27/21 10:43 PM
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Posts: 6,341 se South Dakota
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That's a serious beaver!! I wonder how large the above water inside the hut is in sq feet?
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: Beaver
[Re: Ryan McLeod]
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10/27/21 11:32 PM
10/27/21 11:32 PM
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Ryan McLeod
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Got one of the small ones from this snare pole. The ice was still thin when we set this one Got the other 3 from this side. All 3 were caught leaving the house Once the ice got thick enough to walk on I put a couple snare poles further out and put 2 330s where the original snare pole was. No catches for 6 days now but there’s fresh bubbles every day. Maybe one big male left? Do they leave the house everyday? Pretty decent at trapping land animals but I enjoy this beaver trapping because I’ve still got a lot to learn. Harder to get replies on a trapping thread so let’s go Brandon. Lol.
If you take care of the land the land will take care of you
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Re: Beaver
[Re: Ryan McLeod]
#7390313
10/28/21 12:53 AM
10/28/21 12:53 AM
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Ryan If you have any of aspen(green bark) use it for bait. We call it beaver candy here. I would cut it miles away from where I trapped. I like small diameter and would hang 4 snares around it. In the river I would trap both sides of the house even in medium current. They would usually have a toilet downstream. Anyway that’s how I trapped through the ice. Good luck!
I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
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Re: Beaver
[Re: Ryan McLeod]
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10/28/21 03:41 PM
10/28/21 03:41 PM
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Posts: 45,505 james bay frontierOnt.
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Lots of activity at that house(can tell by the open water-that is where your main entrace channels are). Beaver house can have 3,4 or even 5 entrances,but there is no need to set them all.All the beaver use all the entrances,so if you set the main entrance with multiple traps you can take 4 or 5 in a couple checks,then pull. That house has likely minimum of 6 beaver and maybe 10.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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