Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: nate]
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02/12/24 11:02 PM
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clintp1971
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Not a book but there is one vide called “The annihilation of trap shy beaver” . It’s got a totally different tactic that I bet very few people use. I have a copy but have never had to use his method. Not that I’m a great trapper , I just don’t have many smart beaver. I can usually get them with footholds or snares.
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: nate]
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02/13/24 12:38 AM
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bearcat2
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Beaver are really easy to trap... until you get a trap shy one. They can make you pull your hair out, but I always liked the challenge. Usually they are only trap shy to footholds or conibears, not both. If they are shy to both they can be a real pain. Blind set footholds on the dam spillways are my favorite set and will pick up a lot of smart beaver, or if they are wise to that, if you can find where they are diving under something, stick a conibear there where they are diving and traveling fast and don't have time to stop. I've had beavers before where I had to pull everything and wait a couple weeks, then slip back in quiet and make a set without any disturbance, no pounding of stakes or anything, in order to catch.
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: nate]
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02/13/24 01:14 AM
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The Beav
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There nor trap shy they are SET SHY.
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: The Beav]
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02/13/24 02:12 AM
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Paul Dobbins
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There nor trap shy they are SET SHY. More than that. I've dealt with beavers that will avoid anything new I introduced in their environment that wasn't there before. This could be a single guide stick or snare support, a new castor mound, a hole in a dam, etc. As was eluded to before, beavers are dumber than a sack of hammers until they're not.
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: nate]
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02/13/24 02:51 PM
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bctomcat
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For trap shy problem beaver go to discretely placed snares in tight travel routes or find a natural object they are used diving under on a regular basis, then place a BG trap under it leaving no sign of you or trap being there.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: nate]
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02/13/24 03:39 PM
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patrapperbuster
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The book "OPEN WATER BEAVER TRAPPING MADE SIMPLE" by Kyle Kaatz is a good read
Till that day.....
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: nate]
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02/14/24 12:55 PM
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Boco
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I dont run into too many trapshy beaver nowadays,but when I do I dont mess around playing with them I give them a load of buckshot right off the bat.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: nate]
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02/14/24 01:37 PM
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The Beav
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Sac oil seems to work better for those set shy beaver.
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: nate]
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02/15/24 07:32 PM
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beartooth trapr
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Snares are your friend , don't go light on them . Set by tree's they are cutting down. Set some off set and low for tail.
Had to bed and blend in a #5 once to get on once. On dry ground by tree they where working on.
Let me sugar coat this
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
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02/15/24 08:31 PM
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Swamp Wolf
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There nor trap shy they are SET SHY. More than that. I've dealt with beavers that will avoid anything new I introduced in their environment that wasn't there before. This could be a single guide stick or snare support, a new castor mound, a hole in a dam, etc. As was eluded to before, beavers are dumber than a sack of hammers until they're not. I see that a lot too. They stay away from ANY CHANGES in their environment. I sometimes tear a moderate breach in dam(s) when I first visit a site....then return a few days later and see what I'm up against. If the breach(es) are plugged....let's roll! If not, then it's one of 2 things....they care not about a particular dam OR they are extremely spooky. More thorough recon needed.....go easy....use foottraps only in backfoot water depth. Don't use guide sticks or lure...other than a drop or 2 of sac oil from a single beaver. Forget castor lures. Leave BGs and snares in the truck. Seems over the top.....but they are sometimes just this spooky.
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Re: Trap shy Beaver
[Re: nate]
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02/15/24 11:36 PM
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patrapperbuster
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Yep. Sometimes it takes a submerged 330 in channel or tight spot to get spooky beaver.
No POUNDING of stakes or support sticks. Just pushing them in
Till that day.....
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