Post by: jlahoe on March 30, 2018, 06:34:50 PM
Post by: Humptulips on March 30, 2018, 08:45:04 PM
Post by: jlahoe on March 30, 2018, 09:16:57 PM
Post by: paultanninen on June 11, 2018, 07:56:13 AM
Post by: flyfishWA on June 12, 2018, 04:09:58 PM
we use 2 inch by 4 inch hog fencing to make beaver and otter traps. they are easy to make. i have a design that i am interested in trying. it is a colony beaver and otter trap made out of this stuff, it is 1 foot tall by 1 foot wide by 4 feet long. Is this a good idea. The hog fencing holds the furthe same fencing probably wouldn't work so good on an animal that wasn't under the water.
Post by: Humptulips on June 12, 2018, 06:31:36 PM
we use 2 inch by 4 inch hog fencing to make beaver and otter traps. they are easy to make. i have a design that i am interested in trying. it is a colony beaver and otter trap made out of this stuff, it is 1 foot tall by 1 foot wide by 4 feet long. Is this a good idea. The hog fencing holds the furSo are you talking about the hog panels? Would you know what gauge it is? I've seen some posts where guys made traps like you describe. Apparently guys catch beaver in them. Not so sure about otter. If they could break the welds on the wire and open it up to 4x4 an otter would get out. Plus you'll lose every rat and mink goes in it.
I'm cheap as can be. I tried using left over junk I had with the first cages I built. I have decided my time is valuable enough to use it working on good material. Nothing wrong with experimenting but you can do a lot of work and not end up with much in the end.
Post by: paultanninen on June 13, 2018, 07:49:15 AM
Post by: Jonathan_S on June 13, 2018, 07:57:08 AM
Beavers have enough time to really put the hurt on a trap smaller than 18" square when underwater.
I made a few cat traps out of 2"x4" but it was the galvanized sheep fence made of like 3/16" steel.
Post by: paultanninen on June 13, 2018, 08:07:32 AM
Post by: Jonathan_S on June 13, 2018, 08:22:09 AM
we use 2 inch by 4 inch hog fencing to make beaver and otter traps. they are easy to make. i have a design that i am interested in trying. it is a colony beaver and otter trap made out of this stuff, it is 1 foot tall by 1 foot wide by 4 feet long. Is this a good idea. The hog fencing holds the fur
A swimthrough? Pretty proven design. :tup: I personally prefer 14x14 but I think that's only because I trap with them in deeper spots.
Probably could go down to 10x10 as long as blocking and dive sticks were well done. I've got one 18x18 that I have a hard time keeping beaver out of :chuckle: but when in shallow water, a trench must be dug
Post by: paultanninen on June 13, 2018, 08:24:03 AM
Post by: Humptulips on June 13, 2018, 10:34:00 AM
I have often set my 11x17s tall way up as swimthroughs on deep channels. I've also stacked them but I believe two side by side to be better if that is want it takes to fill a large ditch.
Another thing I noticed on the east side some places the blocking sticks are hard to come by. The odd scraps of wire left over from building traps can be pretty handy to funnel stuff into your trap, especially so used on top of your trap. Good dive sticks are very important over the top but if you don't have them a couple small sticks with a scrap of cage wire over the top will keep stuff from climbing over your traps.
Post by: Jonathan_S on June 13, 2018, 10:50:29 AM
All this has me excited for winter
Post by: paultanninen on June 14, 2018, 07:55:21 AM
Post by: Norman89 on June 16, 2018, 09:07:00 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on June 18, 2018, 01:56:06 PM
To the hog panel colony trap idea it has been done. Works well Clint Locklear of predator control group and wolfernation has a YouTube video where he caught a beaver and otter with it. But his trap was 6 feet long super heavy and combersome to pack. He also built another one with clear doors and caught otter with it. I also remember someone on trapperman using hog panels and triggered non spring assisted doors as beaver traps and he swore by them
Yes it would seem for those people not named Kirk Dekalb, there aren’t many original ideas :chuckle: no offense meant to other inventors
Post by: Norman89 on June 22, 2018, 07:51:51 PM
Or Jim Comstock but hey never hurts to try something new! I've designed a few muskrat colony traps that worked pretty good so farTo the hog panel colony trap idea it has been done. Works well Clint Locklear of predator control group and wolfernation has a YouTube video where he caught a beaver and otter with it. But his trap was 6 feet long super heavy and combersome to pack. He also built another one with clear doors and caught otter with it. I also remember someone on trapperman using hog panels and triggered non spring assisted doors as beaver traps and he swore by them
Yes it would seem for those people not named Kirk Dekalb, there aren’t many original ideas :chuckle: no offense meant to other inventors