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If you need a hand fleshing that otter.....don't call me!

Just kidding. I would be more than happy to help but you get to do the tail.

 

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You have a stretcher for otter?

 

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I would've waited to try this area but it's being sold 1-7-23 so get em while I can

 

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Toilet, I've caught 3 or 4 here before.

 

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What's with the beaver's tail? Is there a chunk missing or an illusion?

Beavers bite eachother all the time, tails, legs, back pretty much everywhere. Nice greenish puss pockets when you're skinning and fleshing

 

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Yes, spring is when they get the most bites.
That 58 lber I got yesterday had been bit up all over it's back at one time. No infection as it had healed but it will be a damaged and a pain to flesh

 

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Haven't caught a ton of beaver, I think 6 or so, and have found a little infection but never a huge chunk missing! Nasty bite

You'll notice when you see the bright green goo. 🤢

 

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Ah Ha she cried as she threw her leg on the kitchen table, one-legged girls can have fun too!

It seems like it was Freepop who mentioned running into educated beaver. Well, today I verified a suspision that one of my floodings I just sethas educated beaver. I've been suspicious with the two other checks observing the oddities of trails in the thin ice but today with the slush & thin ice exposed the puzzle of not catching any beaver in a swamp where there is a ton of fresh & old sign. I saw it the last check and today it was clear, the beaver are really screwing me over. Sign shows they are swimming over my 330s, in a couple spots they are going around, and in other locations they are stopping short & turning around. They sure as the world recognize a 330!!

I pulled the traps this morning and I'll wait for walkable ice and see if they avoid snares or not. With snares I can quickly make the runs into obstacle courses.

Educated beaver will keep you on your toes and adds some challenge, much like coyote trapping. My money is on Seldom

 

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No doubt about it, an educated beaver will test one's will and creative skills. I've always liked the way Paul Dobbins put it - trapping beaver is easy 'til it ain't.

Very true
Another I heard:
Anyone can catch "a" beaver but it's a whole different game catching the last one.

 

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