Korr's trapping season.

[hardkorrhunter]

It's about thirty minutes walk in to the first trap with a very steep hill climb on the way out. And then you get to walk across a couple pretty big beaver dams that have pretty swift water running over them. So as I said before I only have two traps out there and I plan on pulling them after a week whether they produce or not.

[hardkorrhunter]

Well today makes beaver #5 and the biggest yet at 47lbs.

[hardkorrhunter]

Here's another pic.

[pnwmtnmn]

Korr, I would take a knife and rough skin those beaver out at the ponds then I only have to carry the hide and castors out. I have packed out 3 40lb beaver out over a mile in my pack basket so I know of what I speak.

[hardkorrhunter]

I would but I use the carcasses for bait .

[Huntlots]

I would like to get into trapping I think it would be fun.


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[hardkorrhunter]

It's a blast. But I gotta warn ya, once you start you won't be able to stop if I had to choose one sport it would be trapping hands down.

[Turner89]

Nice beaver Kor   Did you get that in the place that's a pretty good hike?

[hardkorrhunter]

Sure did. Made the push all worth it. I only had two sets out there this guy came from one and the other was tripped with nothing in it. So needless to say I just reset them both where they were and will start building a couple more traps tomorrow and get them out there as well.

[Turner89]

Cool!  I was wandering if you would actually pull them whether successful or not. I would and will do the same. This weekend were heading out to a spot, 2 miles out on our Mtn bikes.

[hardkorrhunter]

Right on well good luck to ya turner looks like you've done well in such short notice can't to see what your final pull is. Have you got your hands on Any beaver traps yet?

[Turner89]

No not yet. I'm hoping to get just one before to long, so I can get the hang of it a little before season ends. This summer when we have more daylight, I'll try to get a bunch built. I haven't had this much fun in awhile. Kicking myself for not doing this sooner.

[hardkorrhunter]

I know what ya mean after they band body grippers I thought it was done until I came across this site and found out guys were still very productive using cage traps. I kinda enjoy the challenge of cage traps anybody could go out and set body grippers and be successful but it takes some serious work and ingenuity to make cage traps work. I know most folks say coyotes are a thing of the past but I've got a few Ideas up my sleeve that im  gonna give a try next year.

[Smossy]

Hey Korr, Next time time you build another beaver set, Care to take some photos and give us a rough how to on how to build them? Looked like they were gravity doors?
I just built 8 colony traps for muskrat 6x6x24 and Havent had a chance to set any out yet but Im gonna soon, Just gotta find some good spots.

[hardkorrhunter]

Sure smossy I will will try to set up a few pics on how to. In my first year yes I built gravity single door guiliteen style doors but now  I'm only building swim throughs with spring powered doors and those are all I've caught  everything in this year is the sw throughs.