Smossy's 2014-2015 Trapping Season.

[mossy8352]

Nice catch there and congratulations!

[jasnt]

[Whitpirate]

What do I do with the tail, if anything?

Eat it!  Lots of recipes

[whackmaster]

they taste so good 
way to go 

[Cultusman]

 The tail is used to attach the beaver carcass to a tree to pre bait a Bobcat.

[3nails]

they taste so good 
way to go 

What do I do with the tail, if anything?

Eat it!  Lots of recipes

[3nails]

 Nice job on the beav! Gotta be some muskrats around too.

 I wonder if there's anything in your trap right now? Try not to think about it. 

[Boss .300 winmag]

Congrats on your first beaver! 

[Smossy]

Nice job on the beav! Gotta be some muskrats around too.

 I wonder if there's anything in your trap right now? Try not to think about it. 

Yeah def not eating the tail lol, Im even iffy on deciding if Im going to eat the beaver or use it as bait, Becks definetly not interested haha but I hear its great. No idea how to butcher or prepare it. I didnt have my stretching boards ready, slackin.... Really wasnt expecting to get one. So now I needa break out the spray paint and my stencil and make a few boards. Hes in 3 garbage bags and in the freezer for the night.


I honestly have not seen any muskrats or anything out there, Not sure what kind of trap setups I need to be using either, I have a few colony traps and havent had a hit in any of them yet all year. Im trying to find a good design on a larger style colony trap so if you or anyone else has any photos to help out that would be great. Im just using 6x6x24 right now.

[Smossy]

Oh yah, Beaver came in at 17lbs

[csaaphill]

What do I do with the tail, if anything?

make a hat 

[ouchfoss]

There's a few places online that talked about making a wallet out of the beaver tail, at least on bigger ones. I have a few big ones in the freezer that I plan to use for a wallet at some point.
I believe I remember reading that George Brady buys tails. Not positive though.

[ouchfoss]

And beaver meat is very good as long as its prepared right. You need to soak the meat in cold water for a day first to get all blood out of it and then flour and fry it in hot grease and you will love it! You have to fully cook it though, no pink meat at all. Also, carefully remove the castor glands without puncturing them otherwise it will taint the whole carcass and then its no good to eat. I know from experience.

[csaaphill]

Oh yah, Beaver came in at 17lbs

hey grats anyhows man nice.
Come this way and get some of these skunks.
I ever get a place where I can. I want to get into Falconry.

[Smossy]

And beaver meat is very good as long as its prepared right. You need to soak the meat in cold water for a day first to get all blood out of it and then flour and fry it in hot grease and you will love it! You have to fully cook it though, no pink meat at all. Also, carefully remove the castor glands without puncturing them otherwise it will taint the whole carcass and then its no good to eat. I know from experience.

Thanks for the how to. The only thing that's got me wondering if its safe to eat is it coulda been in the cage for anytime between 1-3 days and with the water being so cold would it of been enough to keep it consumable.