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Offline Maze

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Summer beaver trapping
« on: May 28, 2008, 02:33:48 PM »
Tom, I just read your article in the trapper & predator caller. It was a very entertaining and a good read!

I'm going to trap a pond for nuisance beaver. Do I need to change my sets for summer compared to winter/spring?
I'm planning on using caster mounds guarded by snares/330's. Does anyone know if I'm on the right track with caster mounds? I'm sure they would work all year round.
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Re: Summer beaver trapping
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2008, 03:29:10 PM »
 I have a lot of ADC customers that use that set all summer long. Beaver are just as territorial now as other times--If I trapped summer beaver, I would use the exact set you have mentioned. Set a bunch of traps the first night, and smack them before they know whats going on.
 Tom
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Re: Summer beaver trapping
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2008, 04:44:35 AM »
Tom when doing ADC summer beaver trapping. You have to set close to the lodge area or at least on the pond right. Do you have to sneaky about setting traps ?
Troy
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Re: Summer beaver trapping
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2008, 05:17:53 AM »
 For the most part, beaver movement ,on a big scale,will have stopped. Some 2 year olds are still looking for a home, but the original colonies are back down to the adults,yearlings and newborns.
 They will stay pretty close to home,so traps have to be set closer to the animals.
 I would make as little racket as possible, get in set up, and get out.
 Tom
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Re: Summer beaver trapping
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2008, 12:56:54 PM »
I want to here any unexpected experiences while trapping summer time beavers. (I guess trapping anytime beaver will work too.)
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Re: Summer beaver trapping
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2008, 01:06:44 PM »
Maze you should know by now, if it can happen it will, or could! Expect the unexpected! The things that you see on the line never ceases to amaze me! I guess thats why i love it!!
Troy
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