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Re: Beaver colony trap [Re: marty weatherup] #8641717 6 hours ago 6 hours ago
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	I had one like that when I trapped in SC. Put it in those small creeks and blocked off some of the creek to funnel the critters through into the trap. Never caught a beaver, but I just wore out a bunch of otter. If I remember the trap was 8' long with a 14X14 0pening. But I ran a 3" high section of fencing across the bottom of the opening. And it was placed 4" inside the trap opening. This allowed my doors to have a shorter closing distance. And that allowed me to build a shorter trap. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Beaver colony trap [Re: alaska viking] #8641807 1 hour ago 1 hour ago
Joined: Dec 2006 Rodney,Ohio SNIPERBBB trapper
SNIPERBBB trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Rodney,Ohio	Originally Posted by alaska viking Marty, I get what and why you are trying the beaver colony-type trap. My question is, are you confidant a beaver couldn't swim that trap to shallow water? Or at least to the surface? I have had a couple very large beaver dis-lodge the bottom end of 10' re-bar drowning rods before and found them slowly swimming 10' off the bank. That made for an interesting situation for me, as I hadn't brought a "dispatch tool" with me on both occasions. At least I had a 10' piece of ridged steel to work with and was ultimately able to hold them underwater. The physics works against a beaver or even an otter being able to move the trap if they are inside it

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