« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: color of beaver sac oil  (Read 425 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Spade

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 6
color of beaver sac oil
« on: February 19, 2007, 06:09:22 PM »
Does location have an effect on the color of sac oil? I've trapped beaver that has sac oil from yellow, to the last batch that was almost a dark brown.

Does it also effect the size of castors.  I trapped some that were real close to the same weight, same time of year, but yet the castors, were huge in some and small in others.
Logged

Offline Bogmaster

  • Moderator
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2743
Re: color of beaver sac oil
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2007, 07:03:23 PM »
 OIl does vary in color,I have no idea why.Castor size depends on how much they are using them.Big full castors,means they aren't spreading it around--smaller and flatter--spreading it all around town.
 Spade hope thats what you meant on castor size.
 Tom
Logged
If you need trapping supplies---call ,E-mail , or PM me . Home of Tom Olson's Mound Master Beaver Lures  ,Blackies Blend--lures and baits.Snare supplies,Dye ,dip,wax,Large assortment of gloves and Choppers-at very good prices.Hardware,snares,cable restraints and more!Give me a call(651) 436-2539
  I now also carry --- The WIEBE line of Knives and their new 8 and 12 inch fleshing Knives.

Offline Bogmaster

  • Moderator
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2743
Re: color of beaver sac oil
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2007, 07:10:51 PM »
 Spade,the castors vary in odor from loaction to location,I imagine sac oil coloration may also vary for the same reason--probably what they are eating.
 Biggest ,plumpest,fullest castors,come from those beaver that spend the entire winter ice bound.They can be truly awesome in size--matter of fact,I wish I had a few hundred of them now.
 Tom
Logged
If you need trapping supplies---call ,E-mail , or PM me . Home of Tom Olson's Mound Master Beaver Lures  ,Blackies Blend--lures and baits.Snare supplies,Dye ,dip,wax,Large assortment of gloves and Choppers-at very good prices.Hardware,snares,cable restraints and more!Give me a call(651) 436-2539
  I now also carry --- The WIEBE line of Knives and their new 8 and 12 inch fleshing Knives.

Offline Spade

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 6
Re: color of beaver sac oil
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2007, 07:19:53 PM »
Thank you Tom, couldn't find the answer on the oil sack color.  I was surprised by the size of the castors from this last group, each side was about the size of baseballs, and your right they were ice bound.  The other 2 came from open water and were less than half the size, I just couldn't make the connection.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »