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ouchfoss

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #60 on: January 10, 2017, 07:47:36 PM »

Wow. Those are big beavers. I've only two this year that are in that ballpark.

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #61 on: January 10, 2017, 10:04:02 PM »

Way to go James your bagging alot of fur and duck.

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Triplej

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #62 on: January 10, 2017, 10:32:17 PM »

good catch!

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #63 on: January 11, 2017, 12:01:16 AM »

Nice job James. Congrats

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #64 on: January 12, 2017, 06:40:02 AM »

Quote from: redi on January 11, 2017, 12:01:16 AM

Nice job James. Congrats

@Redi Thank you for showing me the ropes and taking my out on your line last year. I think I learned a lot from you that day.

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #65 on: January 12, 2017, 09:29:55 PM »

You are welcome. We had a great day. You are doing well. Keep it up.

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Kit Carson

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #66 on: January 12, 2017, 11:18:06 PM »

Nice!

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #67 on: January 18, 2017, 03:12:06 PM »

Due to rising waters, I pulled the line yesterday. Glad I did. The river has jumped from 640 ft/second to 3,540 ft/second. I had two comstocks at risk and I got them out along with my smallest beaver to date.
Here he is weighing in at a trim 40 lbs 6 ozs.

I threw an extra loop around the tail to keep him from shifting around on the trail out.
I believe I'm leaving some heavies behind. Will be watching the river and the USGS river flow reports so I'll have a better feel next year.

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Norman89

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #68 on: January 18, 2017, 03:39:38 PM »

I'm sure crossing the creek at my beaver sets tonight will be lots of fun been raining hard here all day long!

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #69 on: January 18, 2017, 03:45:13 PM »

@Norman89 Be safe out there. A hundred dollar trap is not worth drowning over.

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #70 on: January 18, 2017, 03:52:58 PM »

Mostly worried about the lake. It has been falling out fast and yesterday there was sand bars and that I could see that you normally can't so the lake was about 2 feet low yesterday I'm sure it will be significantly more full today but I will be safe we always use the buddy system

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Re: New to this, swing and a miss…

« Reply #71 on: January 21, 2017, 09:31:39 PM »

Very pleased to connect on a forty pound (38 lbs 14 oz) flattail with the modified Bailey trap. This Bailey was set next to the lodge with one guide stick dipped in Backbreaker.

I had a trail camera set up at another location. I noticed that a guide stick placed a couple inches high and parallel to the water surface worked well for guiding over the trigger area. When the trap springs, the guide stick is pushed out of the way.