Author Topic: Who will be trapping Beaver this spring? (Read 780 times)

Bogmaster · « **on:** March 14, 2003, 07:28:37 AM »

We are finally getting a spring day,here in Minnesota.While it will be several weeks before our ice is gone,and I begin beavering in ernest.
I was wondering,how many of you will be chasing the big rodents?Also what state will you be trapping in? Tom

Dan Mich Trapper · « **Reply #1 on:** March 14, 2003, 08:26:12 AM »

Well Bog , if they were worth trapping I would be doing it in Mi. But was advised not to . There not worth trapping . I may try to get two or three to eat and tan but that will be all .

TrapperRay · « **Reply #2 on:** March 14, 2003, 09:15:56 AM »

Hello fellow trappers!!! Yes my first post on graybeard and hopfully not my last! It's 55 and windy in NE Iowa today, the ice on the rivers is going fast, yep spring beaver trapping time. The problem we have is that the water was so low and little snow has the beavers spread around! Well a little exersise never hurts. Later guys

Mallard · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2003, 10:38:01 AM »

I'm with Dan.....I may have to go try my luck on my 1 otter a year (Limit in Mi), and hope for no incidental beaver. Prices are down, and they are over trapped in my area even with the dismal prices. I for one don't want to participate in adding to the surplus of under valued goods, but to each his own. :-)

Welcome aboard Ray!

RdFx · « **Reply #4 on:** March 14, 2003, 10:44:15 AM »

:wink: yep ill be after dem flat tail rats here in Wis. Heck what else is there to do that you wont get WET , MUDDY, with LOL, After i empty sap pails its off to squishing, slippen, cussen, whoa we got another one LOL.

Asa Lenon · « **Reply #5 on:** March 14, 2003, 02:04:00 PM »

Hey bog, i'll keep my feet on dry land!!! Anyway, season will be over before all the snow and ice we have here will allow anyone to trap beaver easily. Ace

Tim B · « **Reply #6 on:** March 14, 2003, 05:30:45 PM »

Hey Bog,
Iv already been after them chizzel tooth critters. Im in southeast MO and aside from a few others I have them all to myself. Not many others chase them down here. Only have till the end of march.

I will add that your suggestion of letting beavers lay for a day or two before skinning works great. Like you said, most of the blood has coagulated.

Also enjoyed your article in the T&PC.
Tim B

Newt · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2003, 03:14:24 AM »

Trapping season ends today in New Jersey.So next week I will be going south to my place in North Carolina and trap Snapping Turtles.ALSO some ADC beaver work.SOOOOOOOOOO I aint done yet!!!!!!!

Happytrapper · « **Reply #8 on:** March 15, 2003, 05:55:05 AM »

Hey Bogmaster, I'm with you, the equipment is ready to go and I'm just waiting for our 3 feet of ice to melt here in north central Wisconsin.

bwtrapper · « **Reply #9 on:** March 15, 2003, 01:14:10 PM »

Yep, me and my son went out looking around today but there was a foot and a half of running water on two feet of ice. We're really itching to trap something though. I have a question for Wisconsin trappers. If I'm reading the Wisconsin regulations right are rats legal now if we catch them in a beaver trap? Earlier in the year we caught some in 220's and 330's set for beaver.

Bogmaster · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2003, 02:46:11 PM »

Been in the 60s here the last 3 days.Almost all the snow is gone.But I know it will still be quite a while before the ice is gone here.It will be another couple of weeks after ice out here,before it goes in the north country. I may have to follow the ice out line this year.
Traps sitting in the back of my truck are not doing me any good.
Spring beaver time can be some of the most enjoyable of all.
Heres wishing everyone a happy spring beaver season,enjoy your time in the woods and waters. Tom