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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: fatslinger on December 16, 2012, 08:34:01 AM

Title: Chasing beaver
Post by: fatslinger on December 16, 2012, 08:34:01 AM: Caught a 53# beaver on the Mighty Skookumchuck yesterday. The water level keeps going up and down, so I placed the trap on the high bank instead of the shelf near the water. The old castor cage set worked. Thanks Trapperguy22 for the tip on using the higher bank.
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Post by: turkeyfeather on December 16, 2012, 08:39:46 AM: Nice Beaver!!! :chuckle:
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Post by: Smokepole on December 16, 2012, 08:42:08 AM: Cool. All we caught were possums. They don't skin up nice like your beaver. Nice one! :tup:
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Post by: Machias on December 16, 2012, 09:11:49 AM: Great job!!!!!!
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Post by: piled-up on December 16, 2012, 09:15:13 AM: Umm.. Is beaver good eating? :tup:? :bdid:?
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Post by: onetrapper on December 16, 2012, 10:37:27 AM: nice one Karen..Darryl
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Post by: pnwmtnmn on December 16, 2012, 12:47:51 PM: Good catch Karen!
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Post by: shedcrazy on December 16, 2012, 12:50:36 PM: Dam, not the thread I was expecting :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: onetrapper on December 16, 2012, 02:33:31 PM: I got it!!
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Post by: TheNoob on December 16, 2012, 02:38:05 PM: Very nice Karen, What size traps are you using
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Post by: Forrestrover.02 on December 16, 2012, 02:58:45 PM: Very cool!
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Post by: fatslinger on December 16, 2012, 04:33:46 PM: This was a Hav a Hart 1081 (reinforced w/ cage clips and hog rings). 15"x15"x36". I used a handful of mud and leaves in the back of the cage and a gob of castor on a stick.
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Post by: trophyhunt on December 16, 2012, 04:38:22 PM: So what do you do with it?
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Post by: jackmaster on December 16, 2012, 04:47:16 PM: Skin it flesh it and put in the round on a hoop or a round piece of plywood that fits it
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Post by: TheHunt on December 16, 2012, 06:24:56 PM: That is very cool... Congrats on a huge beaver.
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Post by: Machias on December 16, 2012, 06:27:45 PM: Quote from: trophyhunt on December 16, 2012, 04:38:22 PM
So what do you do with it?

Tan it. Make a garment out of it. Meat is outstanding bobcat bait. Sell the fur.
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Post by: SemperFidelis97 on December 16, 2012, 06:35:52 PM: Quote from: shedcrazy on December 16, 2012, 12:50:36 PM
Dam, not the thread I was expecting :chuckle: :chuckle:

You arent the only one :chuckle: On another note nice job with the beaver they are destructive little buggers, its always nice to see a couple turned into hats.
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Post by: PlateauNDN on December 17, 2012, 10:35:31 AM: Quote from: SemperFidelis97 on December 16, 2012, 06:35:52 PM
Quote from: shedcrazy on December 16, 2012, 12:50:36 PM
Dam, not the thread I was expecting :chuckle: :chuckle:

You arent the only one :chuckle: On another note nice job with the beaver they are destructive little buggers, its always nice to see a couple turned into hats.

Nice to see I wasn't the only one with a dirty ole mind! :chuckle: Who doesn't like chasing beaver?!?!? :chuckle:

Nice beaver by the way and :sry: to get off topic. :tup:
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Post by: SunnySlopes on December 18, 2012, 02:45:30 PM: All these years I've been luggin them up the high banks when I coulda had them waddle up for me. Thanks Fatslinger
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Post by: one more on December 30, 2012, 05:47:33 PM: That's a nice one, Karen.
Diane
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 30, 2012, 05:57:45 PM: That's a dandy :tup:
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Post by: KenPCPilot on December 30, 2012, 06:07:22 PM: Very nice. How do you keep catching these big boys? Hopefully you did not have to drag it to far. (that would make a nice skull) I have a small beaver skull, unique bone structure. I think it the Zygoma that is oversized.
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Post by: Blue on January 03, 2013, 08:58:24 PM: The biggest hoops I have wont stretch a real big beaver. 40" hoops are the biggest I've been able to find. Most all beaver over 50 lbs wont fit on a 40" hoop. I'm thinking about making some that will stretch out to 48".
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Post by: Turner89 on January 03, 2013, 09:12:24 PM: Awesome :tup: I'm beginning to get a strong urge to start trapping again. I havn't done it since high school, and really had no desire to do it without leg hold traps.
Got my trapper card when I was 14-15 yrs old back in 84-85. Wdf should still have record of that shouldn't they?
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Post by: Humptulips on January 03, 2013, 11:43:06 PM: Quote from: Turner89 on January 03, 2013, 09:12:24 PM
Awesome :tup: I'm beginning to get a strong urge to start trapping again. I havn't done it since high school, and really had no desire to do it without leg hold traps.
Got my trapper card when I was 14-15 yrs old back in 84-85. Wdf should still have record of that shouldn't they?
Yes they should. If you ever had a trapping license for sure they will have a record of that.