Badgermans Big Adventure

Took this local coyote killer on his first beaver trapping excursion. Weekend warrior style. We both took Friday off work and set a handful of 330s and a few #5s plus a bunch of rat floats.




We found sign!


Have you ever seen a troll on a beaver lodge?









One of the muskrat feeders.


Walking away from the second to last trap of the day and we heard it go off. Pulled up a whopper!










Not bad for a guys first beaver. Pics from todays check coming soon.

I can’t find the troll. You never told me trolls live in those things.

Today's results are in.







Had a few fired but empty 330s so who knows what we almost caught. Pulling tomorrow.

Looks like you did good . I was going to set some beaver traps today but with 7 inches of rain in the forecast for next week ,I put it off for another week .I hope some people understand .

That is some beautiful country. Where's the snow?

Good to see you at it 10bands! Great pics!

Nice pics!

Looks more like sheep country then Beaver, Great trip

We're kind of in the banana belt of the Rocky Mountain states. Go a hundred miles in any direction and you might need snowshoes.

Thanks! Now if there was just someone nearby that was really good at clean skinning we could use a demo. I'm afraid my demo is going to take quite awhile so I figure it’ll take you just 10 hours to get here. I’ll have coffee ready.

Yeah I had to go review ADCs thread on trap diagrams for beginners before we headed out. Felt good to finally set some traps this season.

Sure wish we had open water here....loks like a Great adventure!

trolls live under bridges , I believe what you have pictured there is a gnome.

Way cool! Thanks for bringing us along.

That's awesome. Nice looking country. Thanks for taking us along.

Way to go, glad you got to set some traps. I have two feet of snow in my yard and the river is froze over, I don't think any open water is in the near future.

That big beaver looks like a contender for the Trapperman Big Tail Contest.

That’s enough out of you:)

Nice job guys !

Thanks for sharing 10bands! Good to see you back on here.

Great pictures and nice catches for a weekend trip, I am quite envious. Thank you for sharing.

Way to go guys! Thanks for posting pictures. That’s a monster.

looks like fun. Thanks for posting your pics-and the video was cool too.

You RATS are making me miss Idaho MORE than normal!
Nice work guys.

Pulled the little line this morning and did pretty well. We had a great time and I finally got to handle some fur this season.

Overkill but I think I know why so many 330s were sprung yesterday.








Not a bad weekend considering Badgerman had never trapped beaver and I don't really know what I'm doing.


Showing someone how to clean skin when you aren't very good at it is kind of weird.

You could come back you know. Trappers are always welcome here.

Very nice! You need to retire and do it full time.

I’m trying to talk my wife into letting me take an early retirement now. If I could do that every day I would.

Looks like a much more productive boat ride than the Salmon or Dworshak trips! You guys should think about a new guide!

Glad to see you made it out TB! Hope you were a good friend and tested the mud depth for Badger.

So was there talk of a new beaver dog breed? Looks like target rich country for one!

See you guys at the sale!

looks fun guys, congrats!

Jumper,

I will say that you put a tremendous amount of effort to run one of the most unconventional raccoon lines I’ve ever seen

Nice work fellas!
I hope the ice goes out here in time to catch some beaver before they are bit up. Had a taxidermist call me who I have trapped for in the past. He wants some beaver for tanning. I haven't trapped a beaver in four years so their should be some pigs swimming around.

looks like a great weekend thanks for sharing