i use Backbreaker and old chisel tooth.

im wanting to use some type of food lure or curiosity lure what do all you beaver trappers like as a change up? ive only ever used castor based lure. will still use Backbreaker at castor mounds just wanting to try something new.

thanks everyone

Beaver buffet is probably my favorite changeup. It's a food lure now made by Dunlap Lures

thanks sniper

10 inch poplar stick with the top two inches peeled stuck in the he mud vertically in the mud behind the set.

I've found poplar bud oil to attract too many muskrats but the stick not as many.

thanks turtle i appreciate that and good to know about muskrats liking the oil as we will be targeting them as well this year. we have gone after them a little making a few sets when we see sign or actual rats in the creeks we fish for chubs. weve caught i think maybe only 6 rats total last year but that was only with a few sets out. i did catch one in a bridger #5 set for beaver it didnt even move the trap but was dead in it when we got there. made me realize pan tension needed some adjustment lol. bout took the leg completely.

I usually use blind sets and castor sets. If I really want a change up lured set I will just use a few drops of sac oil. A peeled stick like turtle mentions will also work in the right situation.

the use of egyption rose oil mixed with a sweet castor can be dynamite but hard to beat a visual with poplar sticks like Turtledale mentioned

Dobbins Beaver Plus is a good one. Works good on otters as well. It’s a curiosity lure. I don’t use many castor mounds. I just shave off some sticks and make a pile.

Lots of good ones...Bearded Man Beaver lure, Big Pile, Timber, Kattz Bros beaver lure, all of Paul's stuff is good, etc

A mentor of mine liked to use bergamot as a food lure for beaver applied to some poplar sticks. I would probably be inclined to add some sac oil as well.

Check out Billingsley Brand Lures. Dale makes a great selection of lures for beaver.

CTRAPS...I like Dale's "Chips"

Backbreaker and Sweetwater Flattail

Yep^^^^^^
Wish I could figure out what the Vyic's vapor rub smell is.

I second this

bearded man

Paul's Backbreaker, here.

Me too, that's probably my favorite. It's also tough to beat his Swamp Master.

Backbreaker, Moundmaster #1, Moundmaster #2, 10 Mile, Wind River and my own home-made lures.

Rickey

Either of Keg Creek Lures by Marty Smith. But the lure #2 just hits different... ;-)

thanks everybody i appreciate all the insight from y'all.

ended up ordering dobbins Woodchipper, Beaver Plus, and Backbreaker.

gonna give it a go.

Woodchipper/ Backbreaker/ bounty beaver when they get Leary

Along with many of the others mentioned, Night Owl makes some outstanding stuff!

Good stuff! Food, curiosity and castor

ADC, I agree I like his Ontario