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Post by: Trapper John on March 15, 2019, 05:38:22 PM
I have heard them called "boomers." Anyone know why? I have asked before and never gotten an answer.
I have heard them being called that for years. The only ones that use that name are trappers down in Oregon. Up here in Washington I have always heard and called them Mt. Beaver.
JC :hello:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)[Note 1] is a North American rodent. It is the only living member of its genus, Aplodontia, and family, Aplodontiidae.[2] It should not be confused with true North American and Eurasian beavers, to which it is not closely related.
Other names include mountain boomer, ground bear, giant mole, gehalis, sewellel, suwellel, showhurll, showtl, and showte, as well as a number of Chinookan and other Native American terms; "mountain boomer" is a misnomer, and the animal does not make the characteristic tail slapping sound of the true beaver species. See Carraway and Verts, 1993.
Post by: Humptulips on March 15, 2019, 08:16:44 PM
I have heard them called "boomers." Anyone know why? I have asked before and never gotten an answer.In the early 20th century there were quite a few people that moved from Appalachia to Oregon. In certain parts of Appalachia there is a type of squirrel that apparently makes a booming sound at times and so is called a boomer. When these people settled in Oregon, Mountain Beavers reminded them of these squirrels. Apparently just in their looks as the Oregon boomer doesn't make the booming sound. Anyway the name stuck. North of The Columbia never saw immigration from those areas to any extent so we went with Mountain Beaver.
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Anyway, the old guy told me it was a mountain boomer. I thought it was part of his slang but still had no idea what it was. He offered to take it to the taxidermist and I let him. The taxidermist said it would cost $68 to have it mounted. I didn't have that kind of money and had no interest in a mount anyway. I just let him have it to do what he wanted with it.
For years after that, I would tell people I caught a mountain boomer. They would ask what it was. My reply - 'I haven't the foggiest idea'.
Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on March 16, 2019, 01:17:26 PM
The Graders would put them into a bundle and sell them as "Flats" as the Guard Hairs were pretty short and there wasn't much in the way of underfur. They still brought in around $2.00 each when bought by the European Fur Buyers, (this was when XL Muskrat were bringing around $6.00 a piece.)
I trapped a few Mountain Beaver back when I as in High School and they were pretty easy to catch in their tunnels using a leg hold trap. I remember they had a strong odor to them (similar to a Ferret). :chuckle: Doug
Post by: wags on March 16, 2019, 01:27:22 PM
Back in the 70's I was trapping beaver on a friends place in Lewis County out near lake creek.
Above the beaver pond was a hillside covered with alders and sword ferns. I would hear a very low "booming" sound coming off that hillside on occasion; sort of like a combination of a grouse drumming and a chuckling sound. I started looking around for the source of the sound and found the entire hillside was a mass of mountain beaver tunnels. I'm sure the booming sound was being made by mountain beavers.
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From the title I thought this would be an X-Rated post.
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#TimeWasted
From the title I thought this would be an X-Rated post.
Took longer than I thought for someone to go here. :tung:
Post by: Trapper John on March 16, 2019, 06:00:30 PM
I have heard them called "boomers." Anyone know why? I have asked before and never gotten an answer.In the early 20th century there were quite a few people that moved from Appalachia to Oregon. In certain parts of Appalachia there is a type of squirrel that apparently makes a booming sound at times and so is called a boomer. When these people settled in Oregon, Mountain Beavers reminded them of these squirrels. Apparently just in their looks as the Oregon boomer doesn't make the booming sound. Anyway the name stuck. North of The Columbia never saw immigration from those areas to any extent so we went with Mountain Beaver.
Bruce, you are a book of knowledge. I am always impressed with what you know.
Bruce,
Back in the 70's I was trapping beaver on a friends place in Lewis County out near lake creek.
Above the beaver pond was a hillside covered with alders and sword ferns. I would hear a very low "booming" sound coming off that hillside on occasion; sort of like a combination of a grouse drumming and a chuckling sound. I started looking around for the source of the sound and found the entire hillside was a mass of mountain beaver tunnels. I'm sure the booming sound was being made by mountain beavers.
Wags, I trapped a lot of mountain Beaver in my Business and to tell you, now I remember hearing that sound.
The hillsides would have tunnels everywhere and that sound .......... I would hear it but :dunno: never payed any attention to it.
JC :hello:
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Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on March 20, 2019, 10:19:54 AM
If this one is a "BOOMER' it sounds to me like it's a "BABY BOOMER"! :IBCOOL:
Doug
Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on March 20, 2019, 10:36:48 AM
He's lucky to come away with all his fingers. :yike:
Doug
Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on March 20, 2019, 10:44:35 AM
Speaking of Muskrat, here's something that attracts Rats better than Lenon's " Muskrat All Call."
;)
Doug
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Post by: Humptulips on March 22, 2019, 10:04:58 AM
They are practically blind in my experience. I would set a trap in one of their runs and I am sure they would blunder in without any bait.
Post by: JakeLand on March 22, 2019, 09:50:48 PM
I’d set the cage in about a inch of water using half a apple and carrots with a little dab of sweet rat lure and completely cover the cage with grass . The key is to spread carrots and apples out weeks ahead of time that way they know what they smell is what they are going to get
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