Re: Best beaver trapping in the lower 48?
[Re: Mark K]
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12/25/22 09:11 PM
12/25/22 09:11 PM
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beavert
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To my knowledge Maine and Minnesota offer the longest and most fruitful beaver trapping.
Yes, but if you go up north and try to trap, the locals will pull your traps and leave you a letter telling you to clear out or they will leave your body in the swamp. To my knowledge Maine and Minnesota offer the longest and most fruitful beaver trapping.
Yes, but if you go up north and try to trap, the locals will pull your traps and leave you a letter telling you to clear out or they will leave your body in the swamp. Never heard of this Plenty of beaver to go around up here, come on up. Heck the last few years hardly anyone including myself has been trapping.
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Re: Best beaver trapping in the lower 48?
[Re: Guy Johnson]
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12/28/22 12:46 AM
12/28/22 12:46 AM
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claycreech
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If the opportunity ever came that we could use conventional methods of harvest i could without a doubt catch between 500 and 1000 beaver and easily over 100 otter her in the Commonweath, it would take the entire 5 month season and a lot of work but they are here! Your state deserves lots of beaver.
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Re: Best beaver trapping in the lower 48?
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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12/28/22 08:51 AM
12/28/22 08:51 AM
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Paul Dobbins
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hey boss there a lot more beaver up here now than went you were here in the 70s , also a lot less trappers , just saying , probably still more beaver down there , I'll bet that's true. Plenty of habitat for them up there. I was there from 77-83.
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Re: Best beaver trapping in the lower 48?
[Re: Ave]
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12/28/22 12:59 PM
12/28/22 12:59 PM
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Can anyone tell me "of those states" where there are a lot of beaver, and-also where those states also border the ocean...
Are the surplus of beaver mostly near the coasts or not?
Example: ME, NC, MD, VA, MI (near the big water), etc.
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Re: Best beaver trapping in the lower 48?
[Re: Guy Johnson]
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12/28/22 01:52 PM
12/28/22 01:52 PM
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If the opportunity ever came that we could use conventional methods of harvest i could without a doubt catch between 500 and 1000 beaver and easily over 100 otter her in the Commonweath, it would take the entire 5 month season and a lot of work but they are here! That's called wishful thinking......in that State
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Re: Best beaver trapping in the lower 48?
[Re: Ave]
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12/28/22 01:54 PM
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Oregon borders the ocean and our coastal streams have a fair amount of beaver, but the Willamette river that runs through the interior western valley has probably more beaver per river mile because of superior habitat (lots of willow and cottonwood). Eastern Oregon has some beaver but desert is the dominant ecosystem. Our harvest has been dropping from around 10-12,000 30-40 years ago to barely over 1000 the last year or two.
Last edited by beaverpeeler; 12/28/22 01:56 PM.
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Re: Best beaver trapping in the lower 48?
[Re: Mike Kelly]
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12/28/22 02:13 PM
12/28/22 02:13 PM
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MnMan
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I figure I can rough skin 5.5 beaver an hour, and can double it with help. The skinning itself probably half that time, and the rest is all the other work. When doing it for time I can skin a beaver in under 4 minutes.
I have skun 80+ in a day after working or trapping all day a few times with help. But much prefer to keep it around 24 a day. Mike is being modest here since he does not tell of all the beaver he and his partner catch in a season. The year before last when we had decent conditions, he and his partner caught over 500 through the ice. This is a photo from several years ago with what I believe was taken of a one check catch. The work had just begun for them that day. Here is another picture of their mixed bag to show the work ethic that they have. It is obvious that there have to be a lot of beaver in MN in order to accomplish these sort of numbers.
Last edited by MnMan; 12/28/22 02:42 PM.
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Re: Best beaver trapping in the lower 48?
[Re: Eagleye]
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12/28/22 04:03 PM
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Hornytoad1
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Land of 10,000 lakes would hold a bus load of beaver
And Maine too Wisconsin has more lakes than Minnesota but Minnesota probably has more beaver would be my guess... Nessie- don't believe everything on a license plate- we were America's Dairyland once also NOT true. The 2 states have differing criteria for determining what a lake is. If you use Minnesota's standard then Wisconsin isn't even in the game. If you use Wisconsin's criteria, well you really can't compete. Here is a good read on this subject. https://www.politifact.com/factchec...o-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/
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