Post by: TeacherMan on February 14, 2017, 11:07:23 AM
Grabbed this pic of the Alaska Trapping Association Facebook page. Looks like it came out of Saskatchewan Canada. Weighed in at 101 lbs! I've personally seen them hit low 70s but this is huge. You'd need a sheet of plywood to stretch it.
Post by: Fl0und3rz on February 14, 2017, 11:08:07 AM
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on February 14, 2017, 11:11:16 AM
Post by: Gringo31 on February 14, 2017, 11:15:18 AM
I recall being in Naknek Alaska and on this little lake I saw a bear that after quite awhile, was actually a beaver. Just couldn't believe how big he was.
Post by: Gringo31 on February 14, 2017, 11:15:50 AM
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Post by: Humptulips on February 14, 2017, 11:56:20 AM
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Post by: jdb on February 14, 2017, 12:17:51 PM
I'd stuff that beaver if I caught it!as a taxidermist I specialize in stuffing Beavers
Post by: Trapper John on February 14, 2017, 12:58:14 PM
The biggest I ever caught was about 20 years ago weighted in at 86 pounds. I catch two that day the other was 52 pounds, three days later a 77 pound-eeer.
Six months before that I had a massive heart attack. Putting that one in the truck I was thinking I was going to have another one.
There was a guy up on the Colville Indian Reservation, that was a snare-man that I knew. He became the Judge up there. Chuck VanDyke knows who I'm talking about and maybe Bruce does too. I can't remember his name. Anyway he told me here a couple years back before he died that he caught two 125 pounders. I believe him, he was that kind of guy.
JC :hello:
Post by: boneaddict on February 14, 2017, 12:59:41 PM
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Post by: Humptulips on February 14, 2017, 02:51:15 PM
Is that a super blanket? Holy cow!That will be way beyond a super blanket. I would not send that to auction because it will get thrown in with all the other Supers and you will get paid that price. Of that size there must be a better market for it.
Post by: bowhunterforever on February 14, 2017, 04:26:06 PM
Post by: Magnum_Willys on February 14, 2017, 04:33:42 PM
:yeah: I've had super blankets at 68#Is that a super blanket? Holy cow!That will be way beyond a super blanket. I would not send that to auction because it will get thrown in with all the other Supers and you will get paid that price. Of that size there must be a better market for it.
Post by: Trapper John on February 14, 2017, 04:50:30 PM
Did you take a good look at that beaver. The hide has a couple of huge rubs.
That one would sell as damage blanket I would think. :twocents:
JC :hello:
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Post by: wildmeat on February 14, 2017, 07:13:40 PM
I'd stuff that beaver if I caught it!:tup: :yeah:
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on February 14, 2017, 10:39:02 PM
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Post by: Humptulips on February 15, 2017, 11:29:24 AM
These kind of threads usually end up being a little problematic. Please use a little good taste when posting.
Post by: JJB11B on February 15, 2017, 02:43:50 PM
Post by: Cylvertip on February 17, 2017, 02:58:22 PM
In the 60's, my dad had gotten the first trapping permits for Ft Leonard Wood back in Mo. The local fur buyer back there threw in a $20 for who ever brought in the biggest beaver each year. They took fur in the round. Dad thought he had won with a 105 one year, only to be beat out by a 120lber. The next year he won it with a 110lb'er.
Post by: Duckslayer89 on February 17, 2017, 03:32:09 PM
Since I started weighing them in 2003, I have caught two in the spring time that were 60, both female with kits in them. Lots in the 55 range, and a handful between 55 and 60, but nothing bigger. The second 60 became a full body mount.
In the 60's, my dad had gotten the first trapping permits for Ft Leonard Wood back in Mo. The local fur buyer back there threw in a $20 for who ever brought in the biggest beaver each year. They took fur in the round. Dad thought he had won with a 105 one year, only to be beat out by a 120lber. The next year he won it with a 110lb'er.
Is there a certain time of year people could lay off trapping when they are birthing kits?
Post by: Magnum_Willys on February 17, 2017, 04:22:56 PM
Post by: Humptulips on February 17, 2017, 04:49:29 PM
Since I started weighing them in 2003, I have caught two in the spring time that were 60, both female with kits in them. Lots in the 55 range, and a handful between 55 and 60, but nothing bigger. The second 60 became a full body mount.
In the 60's, my dad had gotten the first trapping permits for Ft Leonard Wood back in Mo. The local fur buyer back there threw in a $20 for who ever brought in the biggest beaver each year. They took fur in the round. Dad thought he had won with a 105 one year, only to be beat out by a 120lber. The next year he won it with a 110lb'er.
Is there a certain time of year people could lay off trapping when they are birthing kits?
Beaver in WA do not give birth until after trapping season. They will have developing embryos in them in February and March, possibly in January. I've never seen anything big enough to identify in a January beaver in WA. I have in OR.
Post by: Trapper John on February 18, 2017, 06:42:27 PM
Since I started weighing them in 2003, I have caught two in the spring time that were 60, both female with kits in them. Lots in the 55 range, and a handful between 55 and 60, but nothing bigger. The second 60 became a full body mount.
In the 60's, my dad had gotten the first trapping permits for Ft Leonard Wood back in Mo. The local fur buyer back there threw in a $20 for who ever brought in the biggest beaver each year. They took fur in the round. Dad thought he had won with a 105 one year, only to be beat out by a 120lber. The next year he won it with a 110lb'er.
Is there a certain time of year people could lay off trapping when they are birthing kits?
I had the first ADC Business in Washington for thirty years and I sold it to a Pest Control Company a couple of years back.
I trained them to release and also euthanize wildlife including beaver humanely.
With my Business, when the trapping season was over (end of March) I would always release my beaver and river otter that I caught on complaints.
I would always release them on a big river and ever put them in any pond or lake.
I hear that most Pest Control and Wildlife Control Companies euthanize all beaver now year round.
Fur Trappers have different ethics. Just my two cents :twocents:
JC :hello:
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Post by: Cylvertip on February 21, 2017, 03:05:22 PM
Since I started weighing them in 2003, I have caught two in the spring time that were 60, both female with kits in them. Lots in the 55 range, and a handful between 55 and 60, but nothing bigger. The second 60 became a full body mount.
In the 60's, my dad had gotten the first trapping permits for Ft Leonard Wood back in Mo. The local fur buyer back there threw in a $20 for who ever brought in the biggest beaver each year. They took fur in the round. Dad thought he had won with a 105 one year, only to be beat out by a 120lber. The next year he won it with a 110lb'er.
Is there a certain time of year people could lay off trapping when they are birthing kits?
I had the first ADC Business in Washington for thirty years and I sold it to a Pest Control Company a couple of years back.
I trained them to release and also euthanize wildlife including beaver humanely.
With my Business, when the trapping season was over (end of March) I would always release my beaver and river otter that I caught on complaints.
I would always release them on a big river and ever put them in any pond or lake.
I hear that most Pest Control and Wildlife Control Companies euthanize all beaver now year round.
Fur Trappers have different ethics. Just my two cents :twocents:
JC :hello:
I believe that transport of live wildlife is not allowed at this time, The animal either has to be euthanized or released on the spot (at the capture location)
Releasing a beaver at the location where it was caught, when dooing WCO/ ADC work, would not set well with the customer. The problem still remains in other words.
Post by: Machias on February 21, 2017, 03:30:54 PM
Since I started weighing them in 2003, I have caught two in the spring time that were 60, both female with kits in them. Lots in the 55 range, and a handful between 55 and 60, but nothing bigger. The second 60 became a full body mount.
In the 60's, my dad had gotten the first trapping permits for Ft Leonard Wood back in Mo. The local fur buyer back there threw in a $20 for who ever brought in the biggest beaver each year. They took fur in the round. Dad thought he had won with a 105 one year, only to be beat out by a 120lber. The next year he won it with a 110lb'er.
Very cool information. I have been to Fort Lost in the Woods many times and trapped not too far from there.
Post by: JakeLand on February 21, 2017, 05:30:23 PM
Post by: Cylvertip on February 22, 2017, 01:52:42 PM
Since I started weighing them in 2003, I have caught two in the spring time that were 60, both female with kits in them. Lots in the 55 range, and a handful between 55 and 60, but nothing bigger. The second 60 became a full body mount.
In the 60's, my dad had gotten the first trapping permits for Ft Leonard Wood back in Mo. The local fur buyer back there threw in a $20 for who ever brought in the biggest beaver each year. They took fur in the round. Dad thought he had won with a 105 one year, only to be beat out by a 120lber. The next year he won it with a 110lb'er.
Very cool information. I have been to Fort Lost in the Woods many times and trapped not too far from there.
Totally off topic, but what the hey. Dad set traps along the river, which I am guessing was the Big Piney. His line would take him all day to run( which was done by floating the river in a jon boat) That first year, or possibly it was the second, he caught so many coons one day that he thought he was going to sink the boat. He had to stop halfway down the float and stashed his catch at a river crossing . The second half of the float provided the same results.
From what I gather, Fort Wood had not been trapped since it was opened in 1940. Dad said he got all the right folks in one spot at some after hours function and forced the discussion. Up until that point I guess the key players would point the finger at each other as to why trapping had not been allowed. Basically passing the buck. With them all in one spot, they couldn't play that game and had no good reason as to why trapping couldn't happen. I think dad had it for the first three years.