tripped traps

[watershedman25]

Set up a new beaver pond on a watershed, good spotw/lots sign. First night 4 thrown traps (330 in cross over and at lodge). I said well there is a lot of rat sign (no traps w/me) so I'll bring back some rat traps. Second day 3 thrown traps, reset and put in several rat sets. Third day 44# beav, 4 rats and 3 thrown traps. Today 2 toes from a rat and 3 more thrown sets. Looks like the beav are carrying sticks and throwing the trap. Even tried using diving sticks. I think they are getting shy, got 2" sticking out of the water on one of the 330's and today it had a stick laying across the top as if to say "we are on to you". Moved 2 sets to new crossovers and same thing, tried setting on the high side of dam and low side. Runs are really deep. Didn't really want to educate any more but don't want to walk away from a hole either.

[Bogmaster]

 I set up my 330s at castor mounds I make.Get way lessprung traps that way, and bring the beaver to where I want to catch them.
 Trapped beaver a couple days last week and my buddy and I took six with just a few traps out--all castor mounds ,no cross overs. 2 rat sprung traps, largest beavetr was around 60 pounds.
 Tom

[trappnman]

sounds like a lot of snapped traps, to just be sticks, etc.

i'd look into the tension of your trigger setup- perhaps its too "hair trigger" and any little thing sets them off?

[watershedman25]

They are already shy to the crossovers so I moved them all to the runs today. Came a good snow yesterday and no slides on the hut today, moved them also. We will see,Thanks

[trappnman]

another good set for shy beaver, is a BE set along the dam with a 330. many times there is a cutout, is so use that, if not doesn't matter. I usually use a stick outside the far spring, angled back out of the water onto the dam.

another thing- is the more you are in the water moving things around, disturbing the area- the more/longer they will stay inactive. sounds like are in the water moving things every day?

if you got the time- you might pull everything, wait a week or two, come back and study the area- then set 2-3 traps at the new activity.

if you can't or don't want to wait- then do your best to check in and out and if you have multiple check days on water/conibears- use it.

and often those shy of 330s can be taken with a unlured blind set w/foothold. If you have some beaver sized traps, its another option. 

good luck...trappnman