beaver hunting

Hello everyone. I'm from Siberia. I want to show you how I catch beavers. And see the experience of other hunters.

Welcome! I always pictured Siberia much different....as in all ice and snow. Thanks for sharing.

Nice first post!

Nice video, welcome

Very cool! Welcome to T-man! Are you fur trapping or trapping for damage control?

Nice beaver.Great to see trappers from Siberia.

Welcome! You’ve come to the right place!!

Noticed the chain figuration. Looks like what ive seen on old furnace dampers. Also he is using magnum body grip. Good footage of actual bvring !

Welcome Lowkiy. Nice beaver video.

Awsome video ! And half to have you in board ! Please feel free to check out an post on other parts of the forum as well !

Welcome Lowkiy.

What specific trap are you using there?

Welcome! Good job and interesting video.

Welcome... It is nice to others around the world that pursue the same interests we do. Great video... very clear and none of that noisy loud music in background so many of them in this county have. When I watch a video I watch to learn something not to come to dance.

Garry-

pretty cool

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed seeing it!

Welcome to trapperman!!!

Thank you for sharing... and welcome!

Nice! Thought for sure an Anaconda was going to sneak up on you at the 3:15 mark of the video lol.

Thank you for the good reception! I am very glad that you liked it.

So it is, but the snow melts in summer.

Beaver meat is used for food. I make skins for fur.
I cook beaver in the forest on a fire.

I put traps on the passage where the beaver swims.

Nice video ! Look forward to the next one….and welcome to the Club

Thanks. I am very pleased to communicate with people from another country.

We like the same food!

I really enjoy a beaver stew. This is how I make mine....

Beaver meat


Vegetables


Brown beaver meat for 10 - 15 minutes


Simmer beaver meat covered with water for 2.5 hours then add vegetables and beef stock


Cook for 30 minutes then thicken


Beaver stew is ready

I think he wants to know what the brand names are for the traps you're using, such as Bridger, Victor, Sleepy Creek, or perhaps a Russian made body grip?

Great photos and recipes.Thanks.

I answer with the help of an interpreter. Thanks for the clarification.
The traps are made in Russia, they cost less than a Bridger. Our hunters really praise Bridger. I myself used only Russian traps.

[i][/i]I will try to answer for the compatriot. on the video trap of Russian production. KP-250. here is their website. https://tropa43.org/

Well this is very interesting! The first trap looks like the old tree traps we used to have here in the U.S.A. I think for a time span of around 1900-1950 ? I forget their proper name . You guys in Russia also have the lengthen conibers ! We call those 660's. I will say though, your conibears seem to have a different trigger then ours ,but other then that not very different at all

I think I can also see a KP-320 in our compatriot's video (the numbers in the model names in this series correspond to jaw size in millimeters, so a KP-320 is bigger than a Bridger 330). The springs are weaker than in North American models, however. Even I can set such traps (KP-250, 320, 420, etc) without any need for setters, and I'm a small woman.

P.S. editing to clarify what I intended to say, but failed to convey properly: there are at least three companies that make bodygrip-type traps here, the most popular probably being the Kirov traps, followed by SUAS traps (the latter have bulkier and less convenient triggers, but it's a matter of personal preference). There are also TONAR bodygrip traps, made in Barnaul, but they have been a disappointment, although their smaller legholds (#0 and #1 longsprings) are a staple here.

welcome,

[i][/i]Tatyana ! on the traps of the SUAS firm, a guard of a different type. this is the Kirov trap

That twisted wire trigger sure is different from our north American triggers. Our triggers operate on the outside of the trap jaw. The Russian trigger works on the inside of the jaw. Hard to tell by just looking at images but it looks like it could be difficult to keep it adjusted.

Does the trigger wire get bent a lot after making a catch. I am sure the long arms of the trigger get bent some. Does the twisted part close to the trap jaw get bent and require constant adjustment?

no, it does not bend.

This trigger. circular action. from which side the beast would not come. the trap will shoot

the trigger mechanism is very clearly visible here http://grossoxota.ru/promysel/proxodnye-kapkany-raznovidnosti-i-ix-osobennosti/

Very interesting Kosoi. Thanks for sharing the link!
I like the Canadian Belisle body-grip traps. They close completely sometimes catching animals you would have missed.

unfortunately they are not available in Russia

One question for Kosoi and/or your compatriots, do you use trap setting devices for your big body-grip traps? Many American and Canadian trappers do. Although some of us do not. It only takes me seconds to set a 330 by hand so no reason for a setter.

Tatiana! You're not the same Tatiana that lived in Portland Oregon and was a member here?

I don't use a setter either. why carry extra weight with you.?

Da. Exactly!

Interesting trigger designs and interesting discussion. Thanks for the link Kosoi.

The trigger mechanism on our north American traps are similar to the konyberovskaya style that we refer to as two way triggers. But some have very small modifications that make the four way triggers like your twisted wire styles.

That's right, the traps of Kirov. I publish a video of the beginning of the beaver hunting season.

I have a sign, I took a setter, the beaver didn't get caught.

Ловкий. напиши в личку, или на почту

Nope, haven't left Siberia in decades

I second that, plus as I wrote (my previous message seems to have disappeared?), Russian-made bodygrips, of all three major brands that we have here, have relatively weak springs so setters are redundant (I can only compare to Bridgers, which are more or less available here... I wouldn't want to catch my thumb in one of those!).

Welcome, looks like some great country for catching beaver!

Tatiana, your english is so good I must ask: Where did you learn it?

And Lowkly, thank you for sharing your meal of beaver in the forest with us. One small piece of advice from your fellow trapper....bring your wife some flowers and she will let you eat at home again!

why are you covering stabilizing sticks with mud and at one point also where you tied off the chain you covered with mud?

To disguise the trap. Repel the smell.

I have never found that to be necessary with beaver in my 45 years trapping them.

seems like extra work and time unless those beaver are really shy...I can understand camo to protect from trap thieves..never had to do it for beaver

45 years is worthy of respect.
The main thing is to hide the trap from thieves. Traps were stolen from me. Very bad.

^^^ I can respect that thinking Lowkly. Over the years I have lost more traps to thieves than I care to remember.

Nice video.Thanks for sharing.Very interesting.

Nice! I put it on Trappers Report

Thanks for the comments and reception.

Hello hunters. We have frosts -30C, but the hunt continues.

Well done.If you rub the fur with loose snow it will dry it off.

Hello everyone. Closed this hunting season. It turned out very well.

Thanks for sharing your season with us.

Opened the season. Luck.

Nice video Lowkiy

Very interesting...thank you.

Hello everyone. Hunting on ice with traps.

Did the beaver come out of the trap when you were pulling the trap because it was frozen in the ice?
The springs look very weak on that trap,Lowkiy

The beaver has frozen its skin to the ice. The springs are good, they keep the beaver.

I'm late to viewing this thread, what a great read and watch. Thank you Lowkiy for posting.

A test of a bird trap.

https://dzen.ru/video/watch/64b7ab0bcd666a6fb197e2a2?share_to=link

That is interesting trap lowkiy.
Did you make it or buy it?

Very nice, that's the first time I've watched a bird trap work.

Good afternoon. I bought.

Opened the season. There was no good weather for a long time.


https://youtu.be/TZjE__lLuck?si=0e0IBBl_8B4r-vGR

Good Video Lowkiy

Thanks!

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