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Offline RdFx

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« on: March 06, 2004, 06:10:57 AM »
If you havent trapped bvr before  and you have an open water spring season the best way  and easiest way to catch  a bvr is:   use a castor mound with a 33o conibear in front of it.  If possible  use enough  chain or wire so bvr  reaches deep water to keep other bvrs fm biting it and ruining pelt.  Also when skinning bvr make sure your skinning and fleshing knives are keep very sharp as a spring bvr fleshes much harder than a fat  winter bvr.. Keep   a barrel  (55 gal type) to put your bvr board on so  when tacking and stretching bvr out  you are not bending over and you can turn yr bvr board while tacking easily.   Also you can cut the nose and lips off as  furbuyer isnt measuring that anyway and it helps yr  bvr pelt dry quickly..... the area  just above the tail on back dries the slowest so make sure  it is fleshed properly and after you have it on board squeeze fat  out with  some tool to exude all oil and wipe whole pelt with dry rag or paper to help dry pelt..... you can put   fan  in room to move air to help dry also.  Any  questions   ask as they arent  dum questions... Good luck trapping
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« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2004, 01:39:08 PM »
We don't have a spring season for beaver so I never skun' one before from that time of year.  Could you explain the difference between skinning a late winter beaver and a spring beaver?
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2004, 09:42:51 AM »
A winter bvr has usually alot of fat and skins easy like a muskrat  that has been living under ice also.... But as fat is used up and bvr   hide and skin membrane come together without fat it is hard to flesh... like trying to remove gristle... or fat  right above tail on back of bvr....  Ive seen Nafa skinners have a ball with spring bvr on demos , and they are sharpening their knives and fleshing knives  repeatedly... Hope this helps
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2004, 12:03:44 PM »
The skinning aspect,is the same regardless the time of year.I always let them lay on their backs in a cool spot for at least 24 hours before skinning.This allows the blood in the head and neck area to coaggulate.Thus doing away with all the blood,that results from skinning a fresh beaver.
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« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2004, 03:20:46 AM »
Tom:
What is the difference between laying the beaver on their back or laying them on their stomach????
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« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2004, 04:14:43 AM »
Because the belly is thinner than the back and because the internal organs are located in the stomach----laying an animal on its stomach will speed up a good case of GREEN belly.By laying beavers on their backs ,you will avoid this problem.
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« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2004, 05:20:50 AM »
I never caught a beaver before this year (never tried) but seen bog do a demo last fall in NE and caught 25 this year in two miles of river the only thing he left out in the demo was how much fun it is to carry 7 beaver in one day back a half a mile to the truck!
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2004, 08:31:34 AM »
i'm going to be doing some spring nuisence beaver trapping for the city i work for,  what is the fur worth this time of year, and is it worth all the work of putting them up.  it should be pretty fun, i shot a bunch last year, and am going to trap them this year.
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2004, 04:04:20 AM »
There are some nice set pics in the March issue of Trapper and Predator caller mag, too.
the one with the two sections of what look like "telephone poles" blocking down the opening approach to the castor mound is a great pic. The opening between the two pole ends is just large enough for the #330, and shows the stabilization sticks used, too.
This pic of course also shows that #330 with a nice beaver in it already, but also demonstrates that there wasn't much of a struggle after the catch either as the set is relatively undesturbed. The trapper also did a nice job of making that #330 set back far enough from the castor mound on the bank that the set will be a snap to remake. The critter never even got close to the mound, so no maintenance needed at the mound...only to remove the dead beaver and reset and stabilize the trap.
This same set could be modified using just about anything around nearby to fence down the approach to the castor mound as this trapper did with the two poles.
I thought for someone wanting to try #330s at castor mounds, this issue has some pics that say a 1000 words for teaching set construction and trap placement.
Jim-NE
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2004, 06:11:33 AM »
Jim,that article is in the April /May issue of the Trapper and Predator caller magazine.Glad you found it informative.When I wrote that article,I sent in about 15 differant set pictures for Paul to choose from.
 The photos just show that you don't have to get carried away when setting,just use what you have handy for blocking.
 Tom
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2004, 01:57:38 PM »
I set this #330 for a blind set, but a castor mound made
behind  the trap on the bank would've worked just as well.
In the PIC the dive pole and guide/stabilizer sticks looks like they're
cock-eyed to the trail, but thats just the way I was standing
when I took the picture. The trap is lined up with the channel approach.
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