luke
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Post by luke on Nov 18, 2013 20:12:55 GMT -7
So I had never gotten into trapping as a kid, Dad being a Taxidermist, well his busy time of the year was hunting and trapping time, so He taught me to hunt squirrels and grouse, animals that had a season that wasn't Deer Season. Last winter the loose association of folks called The Red Leg Mess that I am in had a winter camp at one of the members place. We built a big shelter, and Jesse Mains set out to trap some of the beavers that were infesting the pond. Helping Jesse set them traps, and the ensuing success we had, it set the hook in me. So Beaver trapping season came in last Saturday, and I set my first two traps Saturday afternoon. Checked Sunday and had nothing, but this evening I had my first solo beaver. A 40lb'er   I had the stake too close to the bank and the beaver had not went and drowned itself, but was up on the bank and angry, had to drop the hammer on this one, the next ones hopefully I will not have to, as I have already learned a whole bunch on how to make better sets. |
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Post by flattail on Nov 18, 2013 20:24:51 GMT -7
WAUGH!!!
Great start to a trapping career.
Ed
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isaac
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Post by isaac on Nov 19, 2013 7:01:54 GMT -7
It is sort of addicting isn't it?
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Post by Leifer on Nov 19, 2013 7:38:27 GMT -7
Wonderful way to start things off! Glad you're enjoying yourself. I agree with Isaac. It is addicting. Still waiting for my first beaver of the season. Best of luck!
Leifer
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Jon
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Post by Jon on Nov 19, 2013 7:40:36 GMT -7
Sounds like great fun Luke. Keep it up!
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Pare
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Post by Pare on Nov 19, 2013 9:27:42 GMT -7
Good job and good luck in the future!
Pare-
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Post by teakmtn on Nov 19, 2013 11:21:13 GMT -7
Well done. Keep up this western trapper thing and we'll find you moving the family out west. Lot's of room out here.
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Duane
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Post by Duane on Nov 19, 2013 14:56:15 GMT -7
I don't think you will be a greenhorn trapper for long,you're getting out there and doing it,good luck to you..
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Post by gregorio on Nov 19, 2013 15:21:48 GMT -7
Use to do it too, back in the day. Beaver ain't easy as it looks. good front foot in shallow water works. I used a slide on a wire mostly tho. Learning by doing, it don't get better n that.
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Post by Rod on Nov 19, 2013 22:07:55 GMT -7
Good job! You're making me jealous, the beaver have been staying away from my place, so I haven't had the chance to lay any traps lately. They probably know what they're in for if they come near.
Rod
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luke
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Post by luke on Nov 27, 2013 17:04:40 GMT -7
This is all I got today......  |
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Post by gregorio on Nov 27, 2013 22:08:55 GMT -7
Hind toe fer sure, saw it right off, uh huh.
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luke
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Post by luke on Dec 29, 2013 19:11:34 GMT -7
So I had hit a bit of a slump after that first beaver, and then a pair of toes.
Luck finally changed this weekend.
Yesterday I caught a young one that donated one of the toes to my necklace. It was full of beaver beetles, something I had never seen nor heard of before.
Then today I spent most of the day shooting flintlocks with a guy I grew up with that I only get to see at Christmas time each year, then I head out to check the traps and as I come up on one of my sets I see this huge beav coming down a path from a feed yard. I had a trap set in the water where they were entering. I pull out my little 22 pistol and try for a head shot on him from 25-30 yards away. I missed, wind kicked up ya know, but he ran right down the path and got caught in the trap that was in the water in front of him. I couldn't make this stuff up!
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Post by Rod on Jan 1, 2014 17:53:00 GMT -7
Hey, ya got him one way or another!
Rod
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luke
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Post by luke on Jan 1, 2014 18:53:49 GMT -7
 This is that little one that I caught twice  Just after getting caught in my trap  With a buckle shoe for comparison |
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