Re: How many beaver to expect
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Clint,
That is really hard to say without seeing how much sign there is in and around the ponds. Leave your traps set for a while. If you don't have any body grippers set in that ditch, make sure and set 2 or 3 280's or 330's. Not only will they take any traveling beaver but that ditch should be a great place to catch some otters.
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Re: How many beaver to expect
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02/14/22 08:02 PM
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Congratulations!!! Very nice otter.
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Re: How many beaver to expect
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02/15/22 11:56 AM
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If there are any left, it would be 2 year olds. They may have been pushed out of the colony already. That’s a good point. If they are male they would be sent packing.
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Re: How many beaver to expect
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No beaver today, I’m guessing that’s all of em. Could be, but I say you won’t know until you “know”, and it’s too early to know for sure in my opinion. If you think you’re done, pull your traps, but don’t call it clear until you’ve given it a little time and then done a final inspection if getting them all is your goal. Any given location has an unknown number beavers in my experience between natural predators, dispersal, and other trappers (known or unknown). “No one else has tried trapping them” pretty much doesn’t get accepted by my ears anymore
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Re: How many beaver to expect
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No beaver today, I’m guessing that’s all of em. Could be, but I say you won’t know until you “know”, and it’s too early to know for sure in my opinion. If you think you’re done, pull your traps, but don’t call it clear until you’ve given it a little time and then done a final inspection if getting them all is your goal. Any given location has an unknown number beavers in my experience between natural predators, dispersal, and other trappers (known or unknown). “No one else has tried trapping them” pretty much doesn’t get accepted by my ears anymore Ah, you been followin a guy like me. Lol, sorry still tryin to refine my craft!
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Re: How many beaver to expect
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Yukon John, it’s not that. It’s just that you just can’t know until you know. In the remote wilderness, sure, one could presume beavers haven’t been trapped by others. Here, who knows. Beaver get killed on the road, beavers get shot by people, beavers get trapped by neighbors tired of having beaver damage, you just never know. “Pairs” can actually be singles, pair locations can actually be 3 catches if a dispersal was passing through, and then there are times where little sign is left, especially during hot weather or drought.
Beaver control isn’t really that different from other professions in that there’s what usually happens and then there’s what could possibly happen, and when dealing with decisions made by free animals, the answers aren’t always clear at first in my experience
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Re: How many beaver to expect
[Re: clintp1971]
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Oh I know Aix, was just just bustin your tail a little...I was joking, no offense taken or intended.
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