Savell is now a beaver trapper

Ole Savell has graduated to beaver damage control work these days. Jackie and Paul, he is a hard worker and full of bs so all in all he would make a good hand for either one of ya.

betting he just slap tames em

I thought Les was getting all the Beaver.....

Well I'll be, I always figured he would find enough ambition sooner or later.

Zim

Lone Star and Beaver trapping go well together...

Not quite so sure if Lone Star pairs well with anything Nessy.

Zim

I haven't got me a Texas beaver yet, but I heard everything was bigger in Texas, lol.

^ Bigger and Better! Lol

Texas isn't any different than any other state I have visited. lots of land, varying types of land, hot, cold.......

He always hated it when we were trapping together and I was wading in cold water. But he laughed his rear off when I would bust my butt in the water.

He ain't big enough to be a beaver trapper.

He'll get his cowboy boots wet if he's not careful.

I think he has wised up. His foot was in one of the pictures he sent me. He was wearing rubber boots or waders.

Neither are you....it's a brain size determination to begin with. Has nothing to do with physical stature .

The smaller the brain the better the beaver trapper.

Wait.


Wut?

Savell should be a great beaver trapper.

I think he's using his brain to gig frogs, although I'm not totally sure.

I believe it was Paul Dobbin's dad who once said all it takes to be a beaver trapper is a size 44 coat and a size 4 hat.

Zim

He sure did.

Just so you guys know...size 44 coat aint all that big. I wear a 50 long myself.

Hat size?

Zim

7 1/2 here, lol.

Cranium thickness is a factor one shouldn't ignore.

Whats a 10 gallon hat?

I don't know, but they come in every size, lol.

True enough, it does take a bit of hard head to live in northern Minnysota.

Zim

All hat, no cows

Yeah. All hat no cattle!

Zim,you still wear that Ed Gein Hat?

I stand corrected, lol.

Have a seat Les, I usually ain’t right

...y’all yanks (and Canadians) can make a ruckus over nothin better than a sounder of overfed Pentecostal gals in their mating season lol

....bottom line is I’d have never knelt so low as to set a beaver trap had it not have been for money...now I know how the women of ill repute feel ...

I’ve trapped barn rats that were more of a challenge lol

I'm sure barn rats taxed your ability. I'm happy to hear beavers are so much less complicated for you to figure out.

....from what I can tell , it’s hard to not catch a beaver..

...kidding of course

....y’all can have it lol ...

They're a piece of cake to catch, until you get one that isn't.

You tried eating them yet?

...is baiting legal in here ?

...serious note ... I’ve ate beaver chili and it was good stuff

Depends on your target. If it's me - no.

Figured beaver would go well with frog legs. It would be kinda like surf and turf, if'n ya know what I mean.

....be just fine I imagine ...if weren’t for shallow water and highs of 90 lol

And those cottonmouths are just a challenge factor to overcome. Just pay attention and you'll do fine.

I fight cottonmouths just for sport... and eat beaver with no seasoning

....found a sheep killin coyote with his hind legs on the levers of a #2 bridger in my shed last night ...he said he might as well go on and get it over with lol

....I’m kidding (in case some are taking it seriously)

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They are like catching big muskrats, More exercise. I feel bad about killin' them myself, 'cause they're so easy.

That is one thing I do NOT miss about beaver jobs after the first of April. Darn Charlie no shoulders sliding off them steep banks and hitting on your back or just missing you. Any normal human will find they can do things never thought possible, until one is draped around your neck.

Savell,
There are coyotes out there right now reading this getting plumb upset and jealous.
Since you're spending more time in the water now, some of these canines have gotten together and decided by straw vote that select members of their dog clan will commit hari kari and stick their neck in your 330's.
The dog line misses you bad and can't live without ya.
You'll see them dead in your drainage funnel points very soon.

Sheepdog you better fess up and tell Savell that the beaver thinks he caught was a roadkill you planted in his trap....lol

He would have figured it out when he went to make stew Mike !

Best summary on beaver trapping I've ever heard.

Mike

Just think what you could be ifin you drunk real beer!!!

Yep, and I still make it look good.
Does not hold near as much water as that white chapeau as Savell wears though.

Zim

Savell....here’s a Yankee beaver Hut....

Paul. you said a LOT in very few words on those educated beaver. I would have to rank an educated beaver even with or slightly above an educated coyote.

Here's a southern beavah hut in December.....

here's one from up north,date on pic is wrong it was end Oct.

Here's a texas hut, the one time it snowed.

Anyone can catch a beaver, but when you are doing ADC work, catching the last one can be the tricky part.
Young, stupid ones which don't know how to build a dam yet, but figure it out 3 weeks after you pull out, and smart ones which you have provided a masters degree in avoidance are what makes beaver trapping what it is. (You fill in the blank, I have some right now giving me fits.)

A fresh piece of poplar.....stuck in the mud at the waters edge....with a foothold in 4 inches of water in front of it.....I guarantee it !!

I've been using them red and white striped candy canes you get at Christmas. No other trapper does it, or has ever in history tried it. I got the patent on that idea.

Yehaaaw!


Castor goes behind the candycane.

you do the candy cane trick down here and a hog or coon will get it before a beaver hits the water. More likely ants will tote it off shortly after you place it at the set.

Ahhhummm, just joking about that candycane.

I got to quit being so serious.

Problem with that is, I'd have to drive most of the way to New Hampshire to find even a 4" piece of poplar.

I’ll send yah some.....