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Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: beaverpeeler] #7961693 09/30/23 09:42 PM 09/30/23 09:42 PM
Joined: May 2010 MN S Steven 49er trapper
Steven 49er trapper S Joined: May 2010 MN	Jim R from I falls routinely takes 3 to 500 beaver through the ice My best year through the ice was 357 in 5 weeks. If a MN trapper has time and takes advantage of the seasons he can pile up as they say. Time and motivation is the biggest factor "Gold is money, everything else is just credit" JP Morgan

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: goldy] #7962428 10/01/23 09:54 PM 10/01/23 09:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Beaver Bayou MN Mike Kelly trapper
Mike Kelly trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Beaver Bayou MN	Originally Posted by goldy Wont be from Minnesota. Not enough time to trap open water. Last spring we didnt get much time at all, we might get a week or two in the fall. You must have been in a different Minnesota! We’re you talking about the spring of 2023? Not the best spring ever, but there was plenty of time to make a good catch. www.WildRiverTraps.com - Oversized Pans for you Mink, Muskrat and Bobcat Traps!

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: Steven 49er] #7962438 10/01/23 10:02 PM 10/01/23 10:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	Originally Posted by Steven 49er Jim R from I falls routinely takes 3 to 500 beaver through the ice My best year through the ice was 357 in 5 weeks. If a MN trapper has time and takes advantage of the seasons he can pile up as they say. Time and motivation is the biggest factor Jim aint young neither. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: beaverpeeler] #7962446 10/01/23 10:07 PM 10/01/23 10:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler OP trapper
beaverpeeler OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	If I wasn't such a loafer I would give myself a good chance of making Oregon the winning state. Open water all season long and the season lasts 4 months. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: Steven 49er] #8036443 12/31/23 06:34 PM 12/31/23 06:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	Originally Posted by Steven 49er Jim R from I falls routinely takes 3 to 500 beaver through the ice My best year through the ice was 357 in 5 weeks. If a MN trapper has time and takes advantage of the seasons he can pile up as they say. Time and motivation is the biggest factor Snares or traps? or both. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: beaverpeeler] #8036496 12/31/23 07:04 PM 12/31/23 07:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Timmins Ontario G gibb trapper
gibb trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Timmins Ontario	I was talking to Jim R last week, he had over a hundred beaver, not bad for his age 82. He is my idol, I just hope I can make it to that age never mind still be trapping beaver.

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: Boco] #8036535 12/31/23 07:30 PM 12/31/23 07:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 MN 1 160user trapper
160user trapper 1 Joined: Jan 2007 MN	Originally Posted by Boco Originally Posted by Mike Kelly 500 beaver isn’t easy anywhere! It turns into work most reasonable individuals quit well before that! Traps are not light, or any of the other equipments (stakes, drowning rods, drowning weights, stabilizers…) If selling on the carcass you handle the beaver 4 times. If you skin and put it up it’s 7+ times. I usually figure 12 time for me. Thats 9+ tons of beaver from a trap, uphill to your truck, from your truck to your fur shed, to your skinning table, to your fleshing bean, then stretching, taking off the board and wipe down and store until you take it to a fur buyer! You would make a very poor railroader if you couldnt handle lifting a few tons every day.LOL. Handling beaver is a picnic in comparison to spreading ties from a rackflat or loading spike kegs,tie plates,angle bars etc on a lorry or transposing rail on the section. Here we work smarter, not harder and have embraced something called HYDRAULICS. I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: goldy] #8036549 12/31/23 07:38 PM 12/31/23 07:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 MN 1 160user trapper
160user trapper 1 Joined: Jan 2007 MN	Originally Posted by goldy Wont be from Minnesota. Not enough time to trap open water. Last spring we didnt get much time at all, we might get a week or two in the fall. I got 48 hours when season opened. I did open up again during deer season for a while. Poor ice and lack of snow are limiting where I can go right now. Hopefully in a few more days there will be enough ice to get onto some of the remote ponds that haven't been trapped in 10 years. Not enough ice for the ATV and not enough snow for the Tundra so I guess I will be doing it the old fashoined way with a Duluth pack and Camels. I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: beaverpeeler] #8036620 12/31/23 08:08 PM 12/31/23 08:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 ND M MJM trapper
MJM trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 ND	160user You should have some colder weather coming. I show a week of nights below 0 starting the sixth. It may last longer, they don't show a forecast out further. Some of that has to drift your way. "Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: Boco] #8036794 12/31/23 10:42 PM 12/31/23 10:42 PM
Joined: May 2010 MN S Steven 49er trapper
Steven 49er trapper S Joined: May 2010 MN	Originally Posted by Boco Originally Posted by Steven 49er Jim R from I falls routinely takes 3 to 500 beaver through the ice My best year through the ice was 357 in 5 weeks. If a MN trapper has time and takes advantage of the seasons he can pile up as they say. Time and motivation is the biggest factor Snares or traps? or both. Robert, if you are asking about me, it was bodygrips. I don't believe Jim snares under the ice but I wouldn't bet that my assumption is riight. Gibb, thanks for the update on Jim. That is fantastic, he is a winter beaver trapping phenom. "Gold is money, everything else is just credit" JP Morgan

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: 160user] #8036800 12/31/23 10:46 PM 12/31/23 10:46 PM
Joined: May 2010 MN S Steven 49er trapper
Steven 49er trapper S Joined: May 2010 MN	Originally Posted by 160user Originally Posted by goldy Wont be from Minnesota. Not enough time to trap open water. Last spring we didnt get much time at all, we might get a week or two in the fall. I got 48 hours when season opened. I did open up again during deer season for a while. Poor ice and lack of snow are limiting where I can go right now. Hopefully in a few more days there will be enough ice to get onto some of the remote ponds that haven't been trapped in 10 years. Not enough ice for the ATV and not enough snow for the Tundra so I guess I will be doing it the old fashoined way with a Duluth pack and Camels. The ice is good enough if you don't mind walking and falling through once in awhile. Be careful in the current areas and of course around the house. Couple more nights and it will be all good. The last week or so it's been almost like taking candy from a baby "Gold is money, everything else is just credit" JP Morgan

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: Line Jumper] #8036916 01/01/24 02:12 AM 01/01/24 02:12 AM
Joined: Dec 2020 Wisconsin Scott__aR trapper
Scott__aR trapper Joined: Dec 2020 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Line Jumper They fly the Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest up here every year and mark all the active beaver ponds. Anyone can stop and get a map and go trapping, most have no access other than walking and some with no road or trail. You ain’t going to catch big numbers when it takes all day to set up a pond, and skin in the woods. Past history, I have been a land trapper, where can anyone stop and get one of those Chequamegon - Nicolet National Forest beaver maps? Megapredator ... top of the food chain! Member of WTA Member of U.P. Trappers Member of NTA Member of FTA

Re: Which state will the top Trapperman beaver... [Re: beaverpeeler] #8036996 01/01/24 08:44 AM 01/01/24 08:44 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 MN 1 160user trapper
160user trapper 1 Joined: Jan 2007 MN	I pulled my last beaver sets Christmas Day. I was falling through daily and got tired on wet feet. I hope to start plugging in some fresh stuff in virgin ponds today. I don't like the long hike into this flowage but I am excited about (hopefully) finding a large colony. I have nothing clever to put here.

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