Posted By: loosegoose
Question about back footing beaver - 06/19/20 01:07 AM
I'm a very small time beaver trapper, I caught 7 last year and that was my best year. I've always targeted the front foot, just because it seems easier. But I've been reading Hal Sullivan's Beaver 2000 and decided I'd like to try and catch one by the back door, just to say I can. But what I'm not sure of is how you get the beaver lined up. When I target a front foot and put a trap in front of a castor mound, no matter which way the beaver comes from his front feet end up in the right spot. But what prevents a beaver from coming from the left or the right and missing the trap when targeting the back foot? Guiding? An indentation in the bank? Do they always just come head on? I drew a picture to help explain.