Trapping Nuisance Beaver

Yep the pelts get boarded in a roundish /oval shape and dried.Then sent to a fur auction house where the pelt is graded lotted and sold in an auction.I pay for that service plus royalty to the government,and then the rest is mine.Which lately is hardly worth the effort.But hey money is money
Dan'l
 
Never trapped Beaver. I used to trap muskrats and raccoon along streams and so forth. Occasionally we'd catch a mink which is a real prize. I did this when I was in grade school and when I went to college my traps went to my younger brothers for their use. Trapping is a great character and woodscraft building activity. You definitely learn to appreciate the outdoors and to be successful you must learn the habits of the animals you are trapping. Good stuff.

How much did the beaver sell for? I don't pay much attention to the fur market any more since I live in the south now.
 
Boy Dan That is pretty quick catching those two. I Have trapped beavers once and the second day caught one, the one I trapped were bank beavers as well. The knife is the Camper with some of that sweet Cherry burl you sent. Great catches and I hope they taste good as well. Take care. Doug
 
I found out something interesting about beavers the other day...

I guess the dam building "reflex" is triggered by the sound of the water rushing. The beavers hear the sound, then follow it to plug the hole in their dam. Somebody did a study (can't remember who), but they found you could put a pipe in under/through a dam and keep the upstream part from flooding too much, as long as the intake and outfall were underwater. The beavers wouldn't plug the pipe, b/c they didn't hear the outflow.

I never knew that before. Might be some useful info if you have a drainage that you don't want to have to keep going back to clear out the beavers.


By the way, my boss uses small connibear traps to get the rabbits in his yard.
 
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