Federal refuge managers have complained about beaver numbers in the past, but with current restrictions on check times and set locations, it becomes a challenge for the regular trapper to turn a profit.

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/upper-mississippi-river/visit-us/activities/trapping

I was told by them when I asked it was to protect the muskrats from over harvest. Poor excuse in my book.

Has anyone tried to meet and discuss the rules that make things challenging ?

We’ve done it in Horicon with some success.

Here in NH...you have to have traps 15 feet away from a hut

Wow! That would make things a little more difficult! I guess you have to try and change the rules of the game or adapt and keep trapping.

Thanks for those board pics SJC ....

Years ago there was an effort to make a change on the trap check for beaver under ice. I recall being in on that conversation, but after being told "no" for no particular reason I gave up on it.

Checking a beaver set under ice every two days makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Contrast that with no mandated trap check time on the other side of the tracks.