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wingnuts:
I agree with hannibal.....Get in the water!! I don't, but my boots leak.....but I don't spend alot of time skinning!

Feanix:
Found an area yesterday with a bunch of beaver sign in around a small creek.  Any suggestions when it gets warmer and they are more active?  Swim-thoughs near slides and such?

Humptulips:
Try to find some channels long enough to fit your traps in and set now. They'll be out even in cold weather. If you can't find a channel long enough maybe you can do a little construction yourself to lengthen or deepen a spot out. You might need to let something like that rest a few days before the beaver get used to it. I'd still set the trap unless I needed it for somewhere else. It won't catch anything in the back of your truck.

Feanix:
Good point, thanks.

fatslinger:
I try to figure out where they are entering and leaving the water. My traps are about 15"x15"x36" and I set so the opening is just in the edge of the water. Trap must be bedded solid so it won't wiggle when stepped in. I toss a couple handfulls of mud/sticks/leaves  into the back of the trap to simulate a castor mound and  drop a gob of castor onto the mud. I also put a small amount of my castor mixture in the water near the opening of the trap. Then I get in the water and make a 'trail' in and out of the trap w/ my boot so it looks like other beavers are coming and going. Add a couple of branches or sticks near the front of the trap to keep them from going around it. Good luck and keep us posted!

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