Congrats on a great season, Anita! Reminds me of when I first started beaver trapping and posting pics of the catches. Good times. Youve obviously learned they arent hard to catch. Dave Duncan once told me theyre just overgrown mice and youre only limited by your energy and available time. I say, the best beaver trapper is strong like bull, smart like fence post. LOL
I was still walking across my beaver ponds one week ago, deep snow in the woods almost required a snowmobile, but I clawed my way through with a quad. Theres still some ice on the ponds, as of yesterday, when I pulled gear in the blizzard.
These days I only ADC trap when asked and make sets to avoid otter. Think I have 4-5 pounds of castor to sell this Spring, which is worth more than the fur. I gave 9 fresh (one-night check) beaver away to people who wanted to eat them, but I grabbed the fat castors first.
Solo spring beaver trapping, I stopped at 40 with a few days to spare. This was back when the otter limit was only one....
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