Re: WI Trapping 2021
[Re: Green Bay]
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12/27/21 09:10 PM
12/27/21 09:10 PM
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Posts: 5,516 La Crosse, WI
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I sure hit the sweet spot with this one trap Beaver #4 today. This one scaled at 48lbs making third largest of the 4. I've caught 4 or 5 beavers in the same set in the past. But I know I've never had 4 that were all 40 or heavier. Learned another lesson today about foot wear. Haven't worn my waders just knee boots last couple checks. Snow last night and the river came up again. So I could walk up see beaver in the trap. But couldn't kneel down in 4-5 inches over flow with just jeans on. To remove the beaver and reset the trap without getting soaked. Had run home grab my waders come back. Good thing it's only about ten minute round trip. There were also coyote tracks in the snow looked like went right up looked in the hole where beaver was. Mac
"Never Forget Which Way Is Up"
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Re: WI Trapping 2021
[Re: Green Bay]
#7443705
12/28/21 02:54 PM
12/28/21 02:54 PM
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Third day in a row this trap scores beaver number 5. Little one today only 15lbs maybe getting to end of them? Way this spot hitting going to leave them until goes several days no takers. Snowing here right now so probably have more over flow to deal with tomorrow. Everything was pretty well frozen this morning except right by the hole traps in. Mac
"Never Forget Which Way Is Up"
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Re: WI Trapping 2021
[Re: Green Bay]
#7445518
12/30/21 09:48 AM
12/30/21 09:48 AM
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Deerfly I wish I still had the drive to go chase rats like you do.. I'm really only messing with these beavers because I want to make sausage and baloney. They are also cutting trees on people I know property. So access is very easy for me at their locations. The one we trapped earlier I could drive the truck to with in few yards of the creek. Fairly flat ground and not to big creek bank to climb. Plus I let my son do most. Heavy lifting. The place I have the traps now and have caught the 5 beavers. It's maybe a mile as crow flies from home. The guy who ask me to come there trap the beaver. His next door neighbor has a full size wheel chair lift goes up and down the hill to his boat dock. He said I will leave the key in it use it as you please. So I can walk 10 yards up his drive to patio. Load myself and gear in it and haul my crippled butt down the hill to the river. Otherwise I'm not sure I'd even agreed to try trap that spot. I could get down their hill if had sit on my butt and slide. But coming back up their stairs carrying anything much. It would been struggle I'm not so sure I would have done. Even it meant beavers for baloney lol. So anyways no beaver yesterday. Has to be an end to them at some point. Going to skip checking today let them soak two night check tomorrow. I really think the land ower is getting a big kick out of checking traps with me each day. He gets more excited than I do and is really watching how I do thinks. He used to trap few rats years ago and still has his traps. But he has never trapped beaver. It's all just been the go doing it for me. The scratch the itch. Following this post watch everyone here has help me stay motivated.
Mac
"Never Forget Which Way Is Up"
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Re: WI Trapping 2021
[Re: Green Bay]
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12/31/21 08:18 PM
12/31/21 08:18 PM
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Skipping a day 48 hour check did the trick. Day 10 beaver number 6 in the same trap as last 5. This one scaled out at 55lbs so is now second largest of the 6. I never thought for a minute there would be this many big beaver in this spot. I don't know what kind of travel path I found for that 330. But I may well leave it there for whole winter. For sure until it goes several day empty. Sure glad I don't have to carry them critters up the hill. Took picture up hill from where the trap is. But T-man prompt says files to big? Not sure how that happens when took the beaver picture then one up hill? But anyway here is todays beaver. River dropped again so pulled two traps that were frozen in. This one traps been doing all work anyway. So I only have the two traps there now. Was lot tracks in the over night dusting of snow. Was coyote fox and mink tracks all came right up to the ice over the beaver. Guess should took picture of that. Mac
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Re: WI Trapping 2021
[Re: Green Bay]
#7448768
01/02/22 12:22 PM
01/02/22 12:22 PM
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No beaver this morning in my now 1 trap trap line. Cold snap made some serious ice since Friday check. Was about 3 inches new Ice over my hot spot set. All the over flow on top from snow the other day is frozen solid. The other trap I still had there was so frozen in couldn't have fired if a beaver even manage to squeeze in it. So I'm now down to that one 330 in the sweet spot. Not going to look at it tomorrow will check Tuesday. Weather girl saying maybe balmy 30 on Tuesday. Be warm enough guy could check wearing Moosetrot's Packer Speedo.. LMAO.
Mac
"Never Forget Which Way Is Up"
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Re: WI Trapping 2021
[Re: Moosetrot]
#7448789
01/02/22 12:40 PM
01/02/22 12:40 PM
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If you can get it off of me you can wear it, Mac! Moosetrot Moosetrot I'm not coordinated enough to pry that off you with long sticks I'd want to use to touch it. Lol So feel free to carry on 😉...Cold today should keep Rogers covid toe from swelling up.. So Goooo Packers ... I'm not really a football guy. But now that I'm an old whose and it's cold outside. I'll probably watch the game.. I don't feel like cleaning a closet.. Mac
"Never Forget Which Way Is Up"
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