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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: T-ROY on December 18, 2021, 07:35:29 PM

Title: Otters
Post by: T-ROY on December 18, 2021, 07:35:29 PM: How much will a big otter weigh and length?
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Post by: Norman89 on December 18, 2021, 08:08:58 PM: I didn't weigh him but my biggest buck otter is about to come off a five foot board and tip of the tail is about 3" from the end of the board
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Post by: greenhead_killer on December 18, 2021, 08:29:47 PM: i caught one last year that was 31# and i measured at 62". giant old boy. should have mounted it. that is not the norm i think though. a big otter, according to all my trapping books is 'up to' 25# and 'up to' 48". i had to stack two boards together to stretch him. ill see if i can find a pic
Title: Re: Otters
Post by: greenhead_killer on December 18, 2021, 08:33:36 PM: One on the left was a 48” otter

I’m 6’3” for reference
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Post by: Humptulips on December 19, 2021, 12:12:30 AM: I caught two otter side by side one time that weighed 38# and 39#. I would not swear to the accuracy of the scales but not too far off. Out of the ordinary though. Like said 25# is a big otter.
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Post by: dracb on March 04, 2022, 11:15:47 PM: I caught one last year at a salmon hatchery in BC that was weighed by one of the BCTA directors. It was reported to weigh 23.8 kg or 52.47 pounds. It was NOT a svelte otter
Title: Re: Otters
Post by: Humptulips on March 05, 2022, 10:12:25 AM: Quote from: dracb on March 04, 2022, 11:15:47 PM
I caught one last year at a salmon hatchery in BC that was weighed by one of the BCTA directors. It was reported to weigh 23.8 kg or 52.47 pounds. It was NOT a svelte otter
Wow, that guy was eating well. Glad to see a trapper from north of the border on here.
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Post by: UrbanTrapper on October 17, 2022, 08:29:15 PM: My biggest otters were only just over 30 lbs. Good idea getting one mounted. Does anyone know of a good taxidermist who can and has done otters right? I had my first Marten mounted by a fairly new taxidermist and it hurts a little to look at it.
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Post by: wags on October 17, 2022, 10:29:12 PM: ^^^^
Probably the hardest animals for most taxidermists to get right are bobcats, otter, and marten. If the taxidermist doesn't have pictures of previous work he has done, that should be a clue to look for someone else.

I think many new taxidermists think that the forms they buy are anatomically correct. That might be the case for deer, but most anything else is just an approximation; particularly on the smaller animals. A taxidermist talent will really show when they can take a form and rework it to make it correct.
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Post by: Cylvertip on November 15, 2022, 06:16:53 PM: This is Otto The Attack Otter. 32#'s There is a good shot he is the Alpha that attacked the kid and grandma on the Pilchuck in 2014 . He had a 31# and a 29# with him. Caught a 28# and 25# the next day. All 5 were incidentals on WCO job here in Granite Falls. Caught right before Christmas in 2017.