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Wishing I had traps and knowledge.
« on: November 09, 2009, 10:43:11 AM »
Found what I think is real nice trapping area.  About a mile of this same kind of marsh with trails and slides running all through it.  Didn't see any fresh beaver cutting though.  It is also on Weyerhauser land so I wont have access this winter.  







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Re: Wishing I had traps and knowledge.
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2009, 10:57:24 AM »
might be trapped out already,looks good..See any bob sign

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Re: Wishing I had traps and knowledge.
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2009, 11:00:33 AM »
someone probably beat you to it would be my guess, with no fresh cutting around
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Re: Wishing I had traps and knowledge.
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2009, 11:00:57 AM »
might be trapped out already,looks good..See any bob sign

Didnt see any cat sign.  The elk and deer really like the areas though.  I was looking for bears and didnt see any of those either.   :dunno:

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Re: Wishing I had traps and knowledge.
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2009, 11:10:44 AM »
this time of yr I see the bears in the heavy timber areasand the edges ..Im stuck till the 18th then I can set some traps...PS dont ask the wife to smell the cat lure :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: can you say hurl :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Re: Wishing I had traps and knowledge.
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2009, 11:19:47 AM »
 :chuckle: :chuckle: Thats is exactly like something I would do.  Probably still will.  :chuckle:  What lure did you end up getting?

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Re: Wishing I had traps and knowledge.
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2009, 03:17:01 PM »
Looks like there's beaver in that system but just passing through the area.  The dam has bean worked on, but just kind of pieced together by the looks of it.  That is usually the sign of a "loaner", a beaver that's lost it's mate.  They tend to kind of wander around and don't get real serious about cutting a bunch of trees down of maintaining a dam.  There has been good activity there in the past, looks like last year or the year before though. :twocents:  They either moved on or where moved on....

Good sets there for coon, mink, otter, possibly rats - if you could use legholds :bash: :bash: :bash:  
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Re: Wishing I had traps and knowledge.
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2009, 04:13:44 PM »
There is something in there.  There is a lot of trails and channels through the grass and the mud slides in and out of the water are freshly used.  The beaver cutting I saw were over a year old though.  Ambitious little buggers, some of the trees they were cutting were pretty large.  No poo or freshly strip sticks.  I think you guys are right, either got trapped out, moved on, or were eaten but no beaver there now.  I didnt spend a lot of time there and wont have access to trap it anyways.  I just thought it looked good and got me dreaming about my fantasy life as a mountain man.  :chuckle: Just born in the wrong era.   :dunno:  :chuckle:

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Re: Wishing I had traps and knowledge.
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2009, 03:57:03 AM »
I have a swim through I want to put to use also,for them beaver

 


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