Have a nuisance job where I can set conibears in water only but the water level is much too shallow for drowner sets.

Has anyone tried to trap beaver on dry land with footholds? I have some
#3 offset DLS and figured I could try and game it like trapping dry land coon on banks.

Instead of earth anchors, I figured I’d long chain to a tree that they wouldn’t be able to chew through in a 24hr period.

I would long chain/cable from the bank and let it swim around after its caught. Swivels are important and with front foot catches i would check them first thing in the morning.

can you snare?

I tried the long chain method and it worked for me. Be careful using an offset jaw trap unless you can be sure of a back foot catch. I use the Bridger #5 coil regular jaws with a few swivels in the chain. This trap doesn't break bone like some others I have used. But agree that trap still needs to be checked as early as you can.

If you do foothold them, I would not recommend the DLS. shortlegged critters and double longs isnt a good combination on land. Especially a front foot catch because the swiveling gets hampered by the springs.

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Good advice!

Look on youtube at billingsley brand lures. He targets the front foot with a bridger number 3 or duke number 4 mainly on 10ft of chain/cable

I think Johnny Thorpe used to catch them on short chained #2 Bridgers or Northwoods.

Although it wasn't a dry land sets I used Dale's method and have caught them front and back foot using #3 bridger&10ft of cable.i dont see why you couldn't use the same method for dry land.