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Norman89
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Location: Eatonville Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2020 Posts: 621
Real Name: Marcus
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Mallard soup tonight and beaver back straps for lunch tomorrow! Always good to have the scatter gun along to run the trapline.
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Sat Nov 20, 2021 12:47 pm |
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52032
Real Name: Steve
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Score!
Looks like it was a good day!
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Sat Nov 20, 2021 1:39 pm |
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Gunnerboy
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Location: Cathlamet Joined: Wed Apr 13, 2016 Posts: 317
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What sort of trap you running for beaver? I'm new to this hippie non gripping stuff.
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Sun Nov 21, 2021 6:27 pm |
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Norman89
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Location: Eatonville Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2020 Posts: 621
Real Name: Marcus
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I make all my own swim through double powered door cages, they are based on the design from Bruce vandervort the president of the Washington state trappers association. His newest models are foldable and I'm working on incorporating that into my latest builds. They are easy to make, very little welding. Takes me about 2 hours to make one if I take my time and they hold 50+ pound beaver just fine. Otters will give them a hard run though, I have had them break out of the cage once before
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Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:22 am |
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Caveman Jim
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Location: In my Cave near the Cloquallum Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 Posts: 7789
Real Name: Jim Sr.
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Nice work!!! Good eats…
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Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:23 am |
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Norman89
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Location: Eatonville Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2020 Posts: 621
Real Name: Marcus
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Gunner boy told you I would do a vid o for you hope this helps you get going with some ideas https://youtu.be/xTuNU6nTEeshttps://youtu.be/ydMl8TiUW4EAnd as a bonus here is my newest design muskrat cages https://youtu.be/RHQebE9_rn8
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Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:24 am |
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52032
Real Name: Steve
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Wow . . . very nice videos.
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Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:14 pm |
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Norman89
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Location: Eatonville Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2020 Posts: 621
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Thanks Steve, working a gassifier video for you and Jeff right now
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Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:15 pm |
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Gunnerboy
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Location: Cathlamet Joined: Wed Apr 13, 2016 Posts: 317
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Perfect! I got lots of land to go roam with beaver ponds i have watched for years. Thank you very much!
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Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:02 pm |
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Norman89
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Location: Eatonville Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2020 Posts: 621
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No problem at all, those cages set in pinch points will put a hurting on a good population quickly. If you have great bottle neck spots check your trap every day for the first week, I have cleared out whole colony's this way. I go to a three day check after the first week when things slow down but you don't want a live beaver to see a caught beaver they get smart quickly and will get shy to the square shape of the cage. If the water is murky the cages will get a brown coating and start to camouflage themselves in a week of being in the water. If the water is clear paint them brown or black and they blend in pretty good
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Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:26 pm |
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