Land set beaver question

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I’ve had a large cage trap with castor in the back about 2 ft from the dam. 2 nights in a row they fixed the dam but ignored the trap. Are they trap shy? Bad brand of castor? Also covered trap as to not bring unwanted 2 legged attention. Thanks for any ideas.

[lewy]

That set can definitely work, keep after it. Maybe don’t do the dam break, just the set

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I’ll definitely give that a shot. Guess my mindset was it would get them very close to the trap but maybe they are too busy fixing the dam to care about anything else.

[greenhead_killer]

They make routine checks of their areas and will cruise by at some point. They’ll also smell the castor and investigate

[WapitiTalk1]

I’ve had a large cage trap with castor in the back about 2 ft from the dam. 2 nights in a row they fixed the dam but ignored the trap. Are they trap shy? Bad brand of castor? Also covered trap as to not bring unwanted 2 legged attention. Thanks for any ideas.

Do you have your trap on a bank slide?

[carpsniperg2]

That set can definitely work, keep after it. Maybe don’t do the dam break, just the set

  I’m no beaver expert by a long shot. If they are not as busy maybe they will take the time to investigate.

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Thanks for the responses. Trap is in the same location, not on a slide. Didn’t break the dam today so we’ll see what happens.

[bugs n bones]

Send me a pic of your set

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Send me a pic of your set

I’ll take a pic tomorrow. First year trapping. Could use some critique.

[Jonathan_S]

I've done better with these sets (castor in cage) a little later in the year

[Hannibal]

I would move the cage off the dam ( most castor mounds I see are not on the dam)
And closer to the water
Slick up a path leading into the cage and use guide logs. Lightly brush in the cage
I also never put a mound or lure in the trap, but put lure on the top of the trap and up in the air behind the set.

Dave Vinke

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Thanks for the replies. Pulled trap yesterday due to not being able to check for a couple days but will set it again this weekend using some of your guy’s suggestions. Another question I have is if anyone uses the double door z traps? This is the trap I’m using with only one door open. Thing is I can see the little channel they’ve been swimming through and it looks just deep enough to submerge the trap. Wondering if anyone uses that style trap as a swim through successfully? Definitely need to take/ post some pics.