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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: Yes sir]
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12/20/22 10:17 AM
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Donnersurvivor
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I wouldnt have killed it, thats a prime candidate for breeding 100%. No glory in wiping out a trophy with monster genetics when you can just keep breeding it out. What if its not open to your advances ? 10/10
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: PineDoggin]
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12/20/22 10:19 AM
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Iowa.
imissed
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k snow, did the trapper know it was around or did he just get lucky?
WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO TRAP!
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: PineDoggin]
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12/20/22 10:23 AM
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Alaska and Washington State
waggler
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It's large size is most likely due to age.
Beaver keep growing their entire lives. I think the record came out of Wyoming; two beaver both well over 100 pounds, out of the same pond.
"My life is better than your vacation"
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: waggler]
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12/20/22 10:31 AM
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Iowa
~ADC~
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It's large size is most likely due to age.
Beaver keep growing their entire lives. I think the record came out of Wyoming; two beaver both well over 100 pounds, out of the same pond. That'd be my guess. The biggest one I ever caught (by 15-20lbs bigger) came from a little spot I don't think anyone had ever trapped or at least not for a good many years. The one pictured above is a real monster.
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: Yes sir]
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12/20/22 10:34 AM
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Minnesota
330-Trapper
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Minnesota
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I wouldnt have killed it, thats a prime candidate for breeding 100%. No glory in wiping out a trophy with monster genetics when you can just keep breeding it out. What if its not open to your advances ? The Best 
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: MattLA]
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12/20/22 10:47 AM
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NC
garyll1959
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I wouldnt have killed it, thats a prime candidate for breeding 100%. No glory in wiping out a trophy with monster genetics when you can just keep breeding it out. ^^^ Where did this guy come from?
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: garyll1959]
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12/20/22 10:59 AM
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Marion Kansas
Yes sir
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I wouldnt have killed it, thats a prime candidate for breeding 100%. No glory in wiping out a trophy with monster genetics when you can just keep breeding it out. ^^^ Where did this guy come from? He won't say for some reason. Always bragging he's made his life fortune by age 30 but keeps it a secret then acts like he wants to help the poor.....
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: PineDoggin]
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12/20/22 11:07 AM
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Ames, IA
MikeTraps2
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The two biggest beaver I have caught 63 & 68 pounds came out of a tiny creek maybe 10 feet across at the most and generally knee deep.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure
Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: imissed]
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12/20/22 12:20 PM
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Missouri, USA
Pofarmer10
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Better question is what trap held that thing? Its head looks too big to fit in a 330! That's what I thought? 990?
“If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: PineDoggin]
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12/20/22 12:21 PM
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The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
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The Hill Country of Texas
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I remember a Wichita radio station reporting many years ago that a man had trapped what he assumed was a mating pair out of the Arkansas River. Both were over 100 pounds, and this is the first story I have heard personally of another one even close to that size so obviously it happens but not very often.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.”
Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: PineDoggin]
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12/20/22 12:27 PM
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Wisconsin
The Beav
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The biggest I ever caught was 82 Lbs.
The forum Know It All according to Muskrat
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: Leftlane]
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12/20/22 12:51 PM
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SE Kansas
K52
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I remember a Wichita radio station reporting many years ago that a man had trapped what he assumed was a mating pair out of the Arkansas River. Both were over 100 pounds, and this is the first story I have heard personally of another one even close to that size so obviously it happens but not very often. When I was a senior in high school there was a picture in a paper (probably the Wichita Eagle) of a beaver that had been caught in the Arkansas River that was over 100 Lbs. That would have been in 1969. I remember it well as I was trapping beaver and couldn't believe they got that big.
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: PineDoggin]
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12/20/22 12:56 PM
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beaverpeeler
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Oregon
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My take is that is just a regular 68 lb beaver being held by 4 ft tall leprechauns.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: imissed]
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12/20/22 12:58 PM
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elkaholic
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Better question is what trap held that thing? Its head looks too big to fit in a 330! Duke 1-1/2 on a branch drag using #2 Chinese chain.
Millions of trees die every year to print environmentalist publications
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Re: Who knows story behind this 95.5 lb Beaver
[Re: elkaholic]
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12/20/22 01:00 PM
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The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
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Better question is what trap held that thing? Its head looks too big to fit in a 330! Duke 1-1/2 on a branch drag using #2 Chinese chain.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.”
Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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