The motor is older than that. But I did run this exact motor as a kid in Canada. The ol boy that use to take me up there gave it to me years later. I put new coils and points in her a few years ago. 3 pulls with choke on when cold. 1/2 pull when warmed up. 1952 Johnson 3hp weedless, JW model.

I trapped beaver with my Dad in the early 70's. Limit of ten per license. Ten metal tags then tagged by C.O. We sold ten for 200 dollars to a fur buyer from Master Furriers from Duluth. I am 68 and miss trapping with my Dad every year.

Same age as you, I remember when we had to tag our beaver too. Metal tag thru the eyehole, 100 tag maximum per year. Had to tag it in the field just like deer.

I'm too young to have had to do that, but my dad was just talking about it the other day, at one time they had to buy those tags in Washington state at $2/tag and were supposed to tag them as soon as they got them in the field. Of course a small or bit up beaver wasn't worth $2 at the time. He said you learned to target large beaver and if you got into an area with a lot of bit up beaver you pulled your traps quickly and moved on. I think they also had a limit, but don't know what it was. Maybe 50, that was always my dads goal when I was a kid, he would take off a week of work when beaver season opened and trap until he had 50 beaver, and then start cat hunting. Always said that 50 was all he wanted to put up, but I wonder if it wasn't a hold over from when they were limited?

Our tags cost $1 each and you bought how many ever you wanted at the same time you bought your license up to 100 max. No refund on un-used tags. And yep, you didn't want any kits! I think one of the reasons I catch bigger beaver now was learning to recognize and avoid all those little trails up in the pucker brush that kits were using, and/or denning areas.

Oregon did away with the tags in 1978 as there were just too many beaver complaints.