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Title: Land set beaver question
Post by: Not selected on January 16, 2023, 07:19:00 PM: I’ve had a large cage trap with castor in the back about 2 ft from the dam. 2 nights in a row they fixed the dam but ignored the trap. Are they trap shy? Bad brand of castor? Also covered trap as to not bring unwanted 2 legged attention. Thanks for any ideas.
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: lewy on January 16, 2023, 07:20:44 PM: That set can definitely work, keep after it. Maybe don’t do the dam break, just the set :twocents:
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: Not selected on January 16, 2023, 07:35:30 PM: I’ll definitely give that a shot. Guess my mindset was it would get them very close to the trap but maybe they are too busy fixing the dam to care about anything else. :dunno:
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: greenhead_killer on January 16, 2023, 09:21:48 PM: They make routine checks of their areas and will cruise by at some point. They’ll also smell the castor and investigate
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on January 16, 2023, 09:40:23 PM: Quote from: Not selected on January 16, 2023, 07:19:00 PM
I’ve had a large cage trap with castor in the back about 2 ft from the dam. 2 nights in a row they fixed the dam but ignored the trap. Are they trap shy? Bad brand of castor? Also covered trap as to not bring unwanted 2 legged attention. Thanks for any ideas.

Do you have your trap on a bank slide?
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 17, 2023, 12:28:49 AM: Quote from: lewy on January 16, 2023, 07:20:44 PM
That set can definitely work, keep after it. Maybe don’t do the dam break, just the set :twocents:

:yeah: I’m no beaver expert by a long shot. If they are not as busy maybe they will take the time to investigate.
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: Not selected on January 17, 2023, 06:04:00 PM: Thanks for the responses. Trap is in the same location, not on a slide. Didn’t break the dam today so we’ll see what happens.
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: bugs n bones on January 17, 2023, 06:39:32 PM: Send me a pic of your set
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: Not selected on January 17, 2023, 07:06:38 PM: Quote from: bugs n bones on January 17, 2023, 06:39:32 PM
Send me a pic of your set
I’ll take a pic tomorrow. First year trapping. Could use some critique.
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: Jonathan_S on January 17, 2023, 07:49:53 PM: I've done better with these sets (castor in cage) a little later in the year
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: Hannibal on January 19, 2023, 09:11:51 AM: I would move the cage off the dam ( most castor mounds I see are not on the dam)
And closer to the water
Slick up a path leading into the cage and use guide logs. Lightly brush in the cage
I also never put a mound or lure in the trap, but put lure on the top of the trap and up in the air behind the set.

Dave Vinke
Title: Re: Land set beaver question
Post by: Not selected on January 19, 2023, 06:04:45 PM: Thanks for the replies. Pulled trap yesterday due to not being able to check for a couple days but will set it again this weekend using some of your guy’s suggestions. Another question I have is if anyone uses the double door z traps? This is the trap I’m using with only one door open. Thing is I can see the little channel they’ve been swimming through and it looks just deep enough to submerge the trap. Wondering if anyone uses that style trap as a swim through successfully? Definitely need to take/ post some pics.