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A friend of mine is having a beaver problem around his tank. The suckers are cutting trees down left and right. He has been trying steel traps but is having no luck. What are some tricks to bait a beaver. He never sees the beavers so he cant shoot them. Thx

My uncle had the same issue. They were coming from creek at night and cutting trees by pond. It was about 40 yards from creek to pond. I just hunted them like deer. Found spot they were crossing... Set up blind... Hunted at night with full moon... It worked...killed a big one... May have just been lucky but it worked.

Only luck I've had is at night, catching them crossing from point A to B. Gun & Light.

Find their slides and put a snare in it.  Also if there is any low water there will be a channel they are traveling you can put a snare in.

Get Si and Phil to come down with there pitchforks and tear up there dam and bring some of there explosives. 

The government trapper takes care of them for us here,he sets about 20 traps ata time and wipes out a lot of them. I would have your friend contact the local trapper,its a free service.

Peachcreeck, if he gets any n dont want them, i sure would buy them. I miss beaver steaks n stew meat. I got some 30/30 body grip traps n beaver lure. I used to do some trapin in ne tx n caught a few for food

Peaccreek were are u located

www.peachcreekcatahoulas.com

Victor dog food dealer. Cleveland Texas

O. That's to far for me

Aint no place to far if you want that beaver bad enough. Just gotta figure out wether that beavers gonna be worth the hassle. Most of em ain't.
 ;D

Lol tbob that's funny

  beaver tail & beans , mighty good eatin  lol

u can sure get a few out of the way bowfishin style!! no noise from a gun, and still get the critter if u want it for somethin afterwards.  i can sure help if u want

Lol one night my dad and I were bowfishing and he thought he saw a big fish close to the bank. Well he splung  an arrow at it and the water start boiling and splashing everywhere and a beaver ran out of the water with the arrow in its but. U would of thought the drag wasn't set on the reel because it was screaming. Most exciting part of the night

As a youngster I drove many a mile to catch beaver....its kind of like hog hunting...I still like to hunt them but I don't lose any sleep over it if it don't happen...that discipline comes with maturity...  ;D

Kinda like hog hunting Mr Rueben?? So what your saying is the bigger, meaner, nastier, stinkier the beaver the better??
 :D

Call the turtleman hes always looking for live action

that gets that adrenaline a pumping...  ??? :o ;D

i like my beaver shredded and basted in BBq sauce... :P

Nothing like a good beaver thread!

Ain't ever had any yankee beaver and don't think I ever will after this comment lol

Beavers are the best dog food you could ever get, if you have a poor dog just throw him a beaver and he'll get fat at least for a little while.

I ain't never heard of no dog eatin a beaver.
Next time you see a dog chowing down on some beaver take pics!!!  :laugh:

                x 2 lol i bet a dog would get him a good ole @$$ whoopin if it messed with a beaver

Wrong beaver.  ;D

I ain't never seen a dig eating a beaver neither and I really don't want to

              man a buddy of mines dogs got whooped by some fresh water otters lol  ;D

Still wrong beaver bud

when i get some beaver throwed at me i seem to lose weight for some reason  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

have yall noticed the beavers aint as hairy as they used to be

Global warming...with the warmer weather there's more crabs and other vermin in the beavers habitat and a hairy beaver has hell with things of that nature

I've heard of these bald beavers, anyone got any tips on trappin one ?

^ special bait called dinero. Never had any but I know a guy

Fruity alcoholic beverages have laid down many a hairless beaver some consider this cheating though.

pink beavers anybody?

(http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii144/dketoys/Vinyl/Pidgeon%20Toys/JPDG0001A.jpg)

I've Always had good luck by just showing them a twig and berries... A good size twig always help...

They don't go after small crooked twigs as much.. Just ask schitemhard...  ;D

I'd have to say that I'm partial to those shaved beavers! They make for some good eat'n!!!!  ;D >:D

I caught what would be considered a common find in these parts. It was a hairless coyote beaver!!! Once I saw what it was I even opened up the trap and tried to shoo it on it's way. Like a stray dog it grew fond of me and followed me around begging for attention. Soft hearted as I am I did pet on it for a while then ran to my truck,locked the door and stepped on the gas.!! Poor thing followed me for a half mile or so.

yea trent you right they always come to me for twig and berries, have them comin back for more ;)

              Lol this is about the best one yet

you know those beavers are some tough critters the rougher you treat them the better the like it,

didnt the wild man get slapped in the face by a beaver?

I ask a simple question and get all this?? :)

I ask a simple question and get all this?? :)

Who the hell is the wild man? You must mean Turtle Man and yee yee yee yee he did

It would take some desprate ass bever to do anything with turtle man  O0

On a serious note.......spotlight + .22

They will sometimes swim right up to you with a spotlight.

does this work with women too?

  They will have a burrow somewhere in a bank. Place a body grip or snare at the entrance. I had good luck with a steel trap at the edge of the water and digging a small hole into the bank, baited with an apple. Caught other critters with same set. Never used beaver caster, but it should work better.

Snare snare or snare me and my family have been trapping for yrs don't make a big loop just about 6 in is best if there to big they will go through it or catch around there tail, you can get them in the fur fish and game magazine for about a buck. If you don't want to snare them you need to find the slide where there going up that's the only way thay will step ina steal trap  its because thay pull there legs back when they slide down,  claw marks are a good sign of where there going up put it on the side of the trail because you are trying to catch there foot not the belly. If you use a snare make a small v shape wire and pin the bottom of the snare down because some times the snare just goes over them. Hope this helps.

Beavers love good wood...good succulent wood...