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Beaver #7390151
10/27/21 09:29 PM
10/27/21 09:29 PM
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NWT
Ryan McLeod Offline OP
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Pretty big house. How many beavers would you say are here?

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Pretty big feedpile. It’s about 10-12 feet deep around the pile.

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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 Offline OP
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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 [Linked Image]
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
Re: Beaver [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7390190
10/27/21 10:03 PM
10/27/21 10:03 PM
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fayette,al.
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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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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
Re: Beaver [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7390273
10/27/21 11:32 PM
10/27/21 11:32 PM
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Ryan McLeod Offline OP
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Got one of the small ones from this snare pole. The ice was still thin when we set this one

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Got the other 3 from this side. All 3 were caught leaving the house

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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.


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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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Interior Alaska
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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!


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Re: Beaver [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7390346
10/28/21 04:48 AM
10/28/21 04:48 AM
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they can hold up in there house for days ,normally they have two entrance , and there can be lots in one house , I'm guessing 10

Re: Beaver [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7390663
10/28/21 01:27 PM
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Hey that lets go Brandon is for the Spy Point thread or if you start a grizzly hunting thread

Re: Beaver [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7390741
10/28/21 03:41 PM
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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.


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Re: Beaver [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7390905
10/28/21 07:58 PM
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Ontario
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Those are great pictures . The NWT is my favourite part of this country

Re: Beaver [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7395451
11/03/21 12:58 AM
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Northwest Territories
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Really not as much activity on this post as it deserves. I think American beaver trappers are not commenting because they are hidding Trump votes in beaver houses. I beleive the scientific name for beaver is Castor canadiansis. Now you can't get any more anti American than that.

Re: Beaver [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7395460
11/03/21 01:37 AM
11/03/21 01:37 AM
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Well I beaver trap in texas, so ice trapping is foreign to me. Plus I'm still a rookie, so I don't know enough to comment much. I have crawled into a beaver bank den, but I didn't find any trump votes.

Re: Beaver [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7395462
11/03/21 01:50 AM
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The Trump votes are the ones muskrat sells his pelts to,..oh no,..the conundrum!

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