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End of the season #8364717 03/14/25 06:51 PM 03/14/25 06:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler OP trapper
beaverpeeler OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	River rising fast so I had to pull one day before our season ends. Not really a great season for me overall, river was often rising or falling too fast, then a prolonged two week cold snap, some boat motor issues...in fact, wasn't even sure I was going to make it back to the landing today. Got water in the crankcase and the compression was diminishing a lot a little sheen of oil every time I needed to start it. Last day pics: 8 beaver today I ended up with 156 beaver for the season. Twenty trap nights with an average of 14 traps set per night and a 57% catch rate. Also caught 13 otters and a scad of nutrias. With the beaver carcasses on my land line part of things I also caught 10 bobcats and 12 civets. Not as good as last year when I caught 300 beaver. Now... to skin the last beavers for K. Falls and harvest some of the meat to grind into burger. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364720 03/14/25 06:53 PM 03/14/25 06:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Maine	Congrats.Way to go. NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364722 03/14/25 06:55 PM 03/14/25 06:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2023 Pennsylvania elsmasho82 trapper
elsmasho82 trapper Joined: Jan 2023 Pennsylvania	300 beaver! No wonder how you got your handle! Make sure to post the end of the line photos with fur all put up. Those are my favorite

Re: End of the season [Re: elsmasho82] #8364727 03/14/25 07:04 PM 03/14/25 07:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler OP trapper
beaverpeeler OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	Originally Posted by elsmasho82 300 beaver! No wonder how you got your handle! Make sure to post the end of the line photos with fur all put up. Those are my favorite Sorry to disappoint but I sell 'em as fast as I have 'em dried and ready. I've already been to two fur auctions this season. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364752 03/14/25 07:28 PM 03/14/25 07:28 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Maine M Mac trapper
Mac trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Maine	Thanks for sharing. Can I ask the size of the boat and size of the motor? Thanks Mac

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364768 03/14/25 07:40 PM 03/14/25 07:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas	Nice haul What"s good for me may not be good for the weak minded. Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364791 03/14/25 07:58 PM 03/14/25 07:58 PM
Joined: Mar 2017 Wy G Giant Sage trapper
Giant Sage trapper G Joined: Mar 2017 Wy	Well done considering the challenges. Christ is King

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364800 03/14/25 08:05 PM 03/14/25 08:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2024 Alaska A AK Timber Tramp trapper
AK Timber Tramp trapper A Joined: Nov 2024 Alaska	Nice season

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364814 03/14/25 08:12 PM 03/14/25 08:12 PM
Joined: May 2010 idaho W wallfur trapper
wallfur trapper W Joined: May 2010 idaho	nice... thats an impressive catch ratio. i average about 3 to 4 beaver per 10 traps set on a 2 day check. 35 to 40% average..nice catch for the season by any standards!

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364837 03/14/25 08:41 PM 03/14/25 08:41 PM
Joined: Aug 2023 Texas T TrapShack43 trapper
TrapShack43 trapper T Joined: Aug 2023 Texas	Good haul way to go.

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364843 03/14/25 08:48 PM 03/14/25 08:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2021 NM R RFrame trapper
RFrame trapper R Joined: Jan 2021 NM	Nice last day catch!

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364850 03/14/25 08:54 PM 03/14/25 08:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 north Idaho W wissmiss trapper
wissmiss trapper W Joined: Jan 2007 north Idaho	If I remember correctly, quite a few years back, 17% of the beaver trapped in the State of Oregon were trapped by peeler. Carl - correct me if I’m wrong. www.usedtraps.com Please check out my updated inventory of Native American books.

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364855 03/14/25 09:01 PM 03/14/25 09:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y... Jtrapper trapper
Jtrapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y...	Lot of hard work trapping a river, always enjoy your post. Not my circus, not my clowns.

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364857 03/14/25 09:03 PM 03/14/25 09:03 PM
Joined: Apr 2009 South Ga - Almost Florida Swamp Wolf trapper
Swamp Wolf trapper Joined: Apr 2009 South Ga - Almost Florida	BP is the real deal! Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything! Resource Protection Service

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364892 03/14/25 09:37 PM 03/14/25 09:37 PM
Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio.	Those are very respectable numbers Carl. Thanks for sharing your catches with us. Keith

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364901 03/14/25 09:50 PM 03/14/25 09:50 PM
Joined: May 2009 Maryland's Eastern Shore M mud trapper
mud trapper M Joined: May 2009 Maryland's Eastern Shore	Well done BP. April is autism awareness month. Nearly 1 in every 100 children are born with an autism spectrum disorder.. 1 in 100. Stop and think about it...please

Re: End of the season [Re: Mac] #8364929 03/14/25 10:41 PM 03/14/25 10:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler OP trapper
beaverpeeler OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	Originally Posted by Mac Thanks for sharing. Can I ask the size of the boat and size of the motor? Thanks Mac 14' jon boat with a 15hp Suzuki short shaft. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: End of the season [Re: wissmiss] #8364930 03/14/25 10:43 PM 03/14/25 10:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler OP trapper
beaverpeeler OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	Originally Posted by wissmiss If I remember correctly, quite a few years back, 17% of the beaver trapped in the State of Oregon were trapped by peeler. Carl - correct me if I’m wrong. One year it was 19%. Quite a few years have been around 17% give or take. Oregon's beaver harvest has been dropping for years now. Last year there was record for (I think 2022-23) it was just over 1000 beaver. Earlier in my career I had three seasons of over 500 beaver! Now if I lived in Minnesota......I would have to be a lot more ambitious, something that is waning the older I get. LOL Last edited by beaverpeeler; 03/14/25 10:47 PM. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: End of the season [Re: beaverpeeler] #8364941 03/14/25 11:24 PM 03/14/25 11:24 PM
Joined: Mar 2016 lewis county,new york N newfox1 trapper
newfox1 trapper N Joined: Mar 2016 lewis county,new york	BP, nice season. I haven't even caught one season ends April 7 here. Still a lot of snow and ice

Re: End of the season [Re: newfox1] #8364946 03/14/25 11:45 PM 03/14/25 11:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler OP trapper
beaverpeeler OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	Originally Posted by newfox1 BP, nice season. I haven't even caught one season ends April 7 here. Still a lot of snow and ice Slacker! My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

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