Author Topic: beaver? (Read 1130 times)

fishdaddy · « **on:** December 17, 2010, 05:21:49 AM »

i went and checked out a place where the beaver were cutting..there were fresh cuts but not since the snow fell there is shelf ice but its broke up i can push it out away from the bank..while i was there i seen a beaver come out from under the ice.im not sure but i think there is a bank den under bout three feet of water..i was thinking about trying some baited 330s.and a castor mound guarded by a mb 750..what do yall beaver trappers think.i cant get to the den.and hows the best way to make a baited 330 set.it was a big beaver and had nice fur and ill get a lot of meat for fox bait.

Bogmaster · « **Reply #1 on:** December 17, 2010, 05:50:13 AM »

Fish,I don't do baited sets except for under ice beaver.I did years ago,but a bottle of beaver lure is so much easier to carry than a bunch of popple.
Break that shelf ice away in several spots,throw some mud up,slap on some beaver lure and throw a blocked off 330 in front of the mound.
I quit with the footholds for beaver about 12 years ago.Now its--gang set 330s and make some castor mounds.
Tom

fishdaddy · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2010, 05:57:51 AM »

ok thanks

fishdaddy · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2010, 06:12:23 AM »

how far out should i break the ice?

Bogmaster · « **Reply #4 on:** December 17, 2010, 06:19:29 AM »

Is there open water out a ways from shore? Or is this the place that is frozen all the way across?
Tom

fishdaddy · « **Reply #5 on:** December 17, 2010, 06:32:02 AM »

theirs open water bout ten feet out but its over my head bout 4 feet out..i got my chest waders on ive gained a few pounds since i last used them lol

Bogmaster · « **Reply #6 on:** December 17, 2010, 06:56:30 AM »

Break out channels as far ouy as you can go,as you get closer to the open water,it should get thinner.If it is thin enough,find a long pole and break your channels right out to the open water.If this isn't possible, just break out as far as you can go.
Tom

fishdaddy · « **Reply #7 on:** December 17, 2010, 09:01:49 AM »

i got them broke out all the way did it with a long stick like you said i made castor mound sets with 330s and one with a mb 750.hopefully ill have him tomorow i have a buddy that wants a hyde to tan and i want the meat for bait.

Bogmaster · « **Reply #8 on:** December 17, 2010, 09:27:19 AM »

Very seldom is there--only 1 beaver.I have run into it a couple times, but most times there are several.
Good luck.
Tom

fishdaddy · « **Reply #9 on:** December 17, 2010, 09:41:48 AM »

if i get any it will be a job carrying them back up the hill

TRAPnHUNT · « **Reply #10 on:** December 18, 2010, 02:53:49 AM »

Fishdaddy,
Just think.... When you get to the top of the hill, you can look downhill and say "Thank God for gravity"! We're not getting old. We're just getting worn out!

fishdaddy · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2010, 04:50:57 AM »

all the ice melted now their under 2 feet of water but i could see that i didnt have anything..yep i caught a 55 pounder last year by the time i got it up the hill it was 70 lol

fishdaddy · « **Reply #12 on:** December 19, 2010, 07:18:41 AM »

the water is back down to normal..still no beaver

fishdaddy · « **Reply #13 on:** December 20, 2010, 04:27:50 AM »

missed a fox by an inch..went to check my beaver sets and the beaver chewed down the poles i had it stabilized with.it was very dissapointing..im gonna stabilize it with some dead sticks.the problem is the bottom real rocky.

fishdaddy · « **Reply #14 on:** December 20, 2010, 05:32:21 AM »

if it wants to cut my sticks im gonna wire some to the triggers

fishdaddy · « **Reply #15 on:** December 21, 2010, 06:10:54 AM »

got him today..but a coyote ate half of him i might get a half pound of meat off of it got it in a mb 750

wormbobskey · « **Reply #16 on:** December 22, 2010, 01:10:51 PM »

Had a coyote tear up a really nice prime red fox. Sorta makes you work a little harder to catch them coyotes. Our beaver season opens day after christmas, can't wait.

fishdaddy · « **Reply #17 on:** December 22, 2010, 01:42:51 PM »

made 2 sets for the coyote he was back but didnt work my sets..had a coyote tear up a nice gray fox this year too but had it in the next set 30 feet away

wormbobskey · « **Reply #18 on:** December 23, 2010, 03:39:14 AM »

Good deal on catching the coyote. I think there are a few coyotes that know they can find free meals from following the tracks of hunters and trappers. Those are the kinds that we need to catch. Of course I could just be paranoid. Coyotes are pretty much hunting machines and take whatever meal comes their way.

fishdaddy · « **Reply #19 on:** December 23, 2010, 06:08:08 AM »

theres another beaver there i saw fresh tracks and cuttings today and had a empty fired 330.gonna set the 750 back but this time ill put it on a drowner

fishdaddy · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2010, 03:50:45 AM »

had 2 coyotes there this morning