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Re: End of the season
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8364951
03/15/25 12:29 AM
03/15/25 12:29 AM
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Vinke
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The dude is ugly but still a stud,,,,, keep keeping on peeler…..!
Ant Man/ Marty 2028
Quote of the week ,,,,,,, "he looks simple".
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Re: End of the season
[Re: newfox1]
#8365005
03/15/25 06:31 AM
03/15/25 06:31 AM
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Joined: Mar 2020
W NY
Turtledale
trapper
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W NY
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BP, nice season. I haven't even caught one season ends April 7 here. Still a lot of snow and ice I didnt trap beaver this year either BP. First season in quite a long time. 97 last year, this year zip
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: End of the season
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8365006
03/15/25 06:32 AM
03/15/25 06:32 AM
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Joined: Mar 2020
W NY
Turtledale
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W NY
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Carl something I keep forgetting to ask.
Do those nutes make good bait for your bobcat line also?
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: End of the season
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8365031
03/15/25 07:23 AM
03/15/25 07:23 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
SEPA
Lugnut
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SEPA
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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.  That's a really impressive average on the beaver. At least to me, I'm not very good at beaver trapping.
Eh...wot?
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Re: End of the season
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8365190
03/15/25 12:07 PM
03/15/25 12:07 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oregon
beaverpeeler
OP
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Oregon
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Yep time for a new motor. I want another Yamaha short shaft. I've had 4 stroke Hondas, Yamahas, and Suzuki but my fav was the Yamaha 15hp.
Yeah, Lug, one of my idiosyncrasies is paying attention to catch percentages. My catch % would have been more impressive if I included the non targets like coons and nutes and otters.
Turtle, nutria will work as draw bait for cats but not as good as beaver. Beaver has the advantage of having several days worth of eating for a cat with their average carcass weight being around 35-40 lbs. Nutria average carcass weight 8-12 lbs. SO I often throw out a nute carcass with a beaver. Cats will feed on both and then cover for later.
Thanks for the kind words from many!
Last edited by beaverpeeler; 03/15/25 12:08 PM.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: End of the season
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8365208
03/15/25 12:34 PM
03/15/25 12:34 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oregon
beaverpeeler
OP
trapper
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Oregon
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You would be more than welcome too. Over the years I've probably had at least 5-6 Trapperman ride alongs. One time I had "Magoo" along and caught so many beaver that day I had to leave him on the side of the river to get my catch to the landing and go back for him. LOL .... Was going upstream and couldn't make headway.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: End of the season
[Re: bfflobo]
#8365238
03/15/25 01:40 PM
03/15/25 01:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oregon
beaverpeeler
OP
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Oregon
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Magoo? Met him once, what's up with him? Got a kick out of him.  Yeah, Magoo was a kick for sure. Kind of a leather jacket motorcycle gang member type but had got interested in trapping. After many years of not hearing from him he called me a couple months back just to say hello. He's not trapping anymore and wanted to maybe sell me back some traps I sold him 11-12 years ago.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: End of the season
[Re: walleye101]
#8365239
03/15/25 01:42 PM
03/15/25 01:42 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oregon
beaverpeeler
OP
trapper
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Oregon
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Nice of you to go back for him. He kinda made me promise I would. Little bit of didn't want to suffer the "snipe hunting" story there.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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