Beaver Population.

[Da stump]

it could be false but was given to me by an old time trapper that has long since gone on to the happy hunting grounds.  I would rather error to the side of caution than to ever hurt a population of furbearers that could provide me with future trapping

[TeacherMan]

a single set of ponds probably hold at the most two adults and two kits.

Not sure were you got this info but i believe it is false..........

I only like to take one beav out of a system with about five connected ponds

You are the adc GUYS BEST FRIEND.....................

I do know the Dastump has taken 1,000's of beaver when you could really trap and was a Rep of the Washington State Trapping Associating for a long time along with being an ADC guy in the state for over a decade. You never really know who's on here I guess do you 

[bob maier]

The times have changed, use to be you would farm the beaver and maintain the populations. Now with so few trappers and an ever exploding population the rules have changed some. Any waters that are connected to a river system I'd catch as may as I wanted. You have a steady supply of replacement animals to fill in the trapped animals. That being said each trapper knows there trapping area and what they can do to manage it. Down here I could catch 100 beaver if I was crazy enough to do it and had the time and I would have no fear of hurting the population.

[TheNoob]

Im still trying to find some goog trapping areas. Not much luck yet, I have found a few but not to many.

[Hannibal]

Look in the creek that is behind greenbriar rail

[Jonathan_S]

a single set of ponds probably hold at the most two adults and two kits.

Not sure were you got this info but i believe it is false..........

I only like to take one beav out of a system with about five connected ponds

You are the adc GUYS BEST FRIEND.....................

 

I am not a dynamite trapper by any standards and I've caught eight or more beavers out of the same small pond systems.

Last year on a job I caught five adults and three younger beavers out of one house.

That's funny.

[Kowsrule30]

I know a place where you could trap beaver all day long... Multiples a day and never put a dent in the population.... They have 3 huts on the pond and down 18" or larger trees often.... I use to fish under some till they didn't finish their job...     Too bad the pond is in a state park....

[3nails]

 Last year was our first year of trapping beaver so I know very little compared to most of you. Lots of things surprised me. One being how many beavers were in a given "area". We trapped seven between 54 and 25 lbs in one small pond. As we were picking up our traps the last evening of the season there were several beavers slapping their tails in the water at us. We may just ignore this area for the year but the thought of the 3 otters we also trapped there is tempting me. There is a little channel that connects to the river and might be too good to pass up.

[Humptulips]

You probably should look at it from a perspective of the entire drainage. Take a large river system. If you are trapping a pond off the river and you think you have wiped them out, probably not. There will be migration in from a population on the river and nearby. A smaller isolated pond up in the hills is going to be easier to hurt. There will be migration into that too just not as much.
So you take a few beaver out of a pond but the real question is how much refuge area are you not touching. Makes a big difference.