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Post by oldyote on Mar 9, 2012 12:27:37 GMT -5
Well I got home from Rainbow lake Alberta day before yesterday and was itching to go get some snares set for beavers but another job came up and I guess I will have to wait till I get home in a week. I sure hope there is lots of ice left by then. Calling for some some douple digit highs this week. I know that this is the most productive time for snare poles and learned a trick to cut a very narrow slot to put the snare pole through the ice this prevents them from coming out the hole after being caught . I had this happen in the spring before and it is not good . Funny how some thing so simple i never thought of it and I am sure it will alieviate that problem .
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Post by robocop on Mar 10, 2012 0:41:02 GMT -5
Good luck to you when you get a chance to get at them.
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Post by oldyote on Mar 15, 2012 17:39:42 GMT -5
Well me and Seb got out today and checked out the big slough I left the rats in last fall so we had a honey hole for this spring. Pulling up to it it looked great, coukd see 8 to 10 big houses and a wack of push ups. the first three push ups were active and we set them up. But things were not so good from then on. With no snow I Guess the huts and push ups were not insulated and most were froze out! we only set 5 traps, we will check them this evening . We went to a beaver houise on the towns land also and set one conibear in a run I marked in the fall and one snare pole by the feed bed. Not much water left there either , maybe 18 inches under the ice in the run and a foot by the feed bed. I promise some pics if we conect on a rat or two tonight. Plan on setting up some more beaver houses tomorrow. My itch was skratch after chiseling ice for 20 minutes out by the feed bed! LOL
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Post by wolf1199 on Mar 15, 2012 21:54:55 GMT -5
Good luck yote. I also will be heading out tomorrow to set a few houses up and get some trout fishing in.
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Post by gth on Mar 16, 2012 8:54:29 GMT -5
I went to check on some nuisance beaver places I have to take care of today. Still way to much water flowing to set anything. If I would have set some traps last weekend like i planned they would be under 5' of water right now.
Maybe by next weekend I can set it up.
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Post by oldyote on Mar 17, 2012 8:44:26 GMT -5
WE conected on two rats. I descided itwas best to leave the rest for seed and take some in the fall .  We set up another beaver hous also with two snare poles and one conni in a run .this is the house I caught one out of last fall.  I filled the holes back up with snow and kept them on the small side so I hope no one comes out for a breath of fresh air! |
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Post by bctomcat on Mar 17, 2012 12:17:00 GMT -5
Caught 8 out of this problem beaver lodge so far and am positive there is a couple more to go.   |
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Post by oldyote on Mar 17, 2012 17:34:10 GMT -5
That looks like a HUGE lodge! Them look like some beutifuly handled hides.
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Post by wolf1199 on Mar 17, 2012 21:09:09 GMT -5
Good luck with your beaver old yote
Nice looking beaver bctomcat, well put up
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Post by oldyote on Mar 18, 2012 21:11:35 GMT -5
Got out with all three boys yesterday and set up another house with wo snare poles and one baited conni. Fun was had by old till the oldest put a leg down one of the holes! He informed me that he never realy new what cold was til then! LOL. Checked the sets we put in two days ago and had nothing today . SEt up another house with one trap in a run and another baited conni. There was no ice to walk on around the feed bed.  |
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Post by fuzz269 on Mar 19, 2012 0:17:33 GMT -5
I see why you didnt catch any beavers, you are usin the wrong kind of power saw, no self respectin beaver will fall for a trap put in a hole made buy a stihl,,,,,,,,,,LOLOLOLOL. Just kiddin bud, I couldnt resist
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Post by white316 on Mar 19, 2012 6:56:11 GMT -5
Nice pics,good luck.
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Post by oldyote on Mar 19, 2012 8:00:36 GMT -5
I f I was a small engine mechanic I would have bought a huskey but since I burn two tanks of gas a year I thought I would buy something that would just run! LoL
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Post by oldyote on Mar 20, 2012 20:50:54 GMT -5
Went and checked all the houses today with Seb . Ended up with two big beavers and one smaller one.  |
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Post by oldyote on Mar 20, 2012 20:52:35 GMT -5
This is the house in one of my last posts where all the boys were there. I think Fuzz gave me some luck making fun of my saw! Our Flat land beavers don't know the diffrence between saws! LoL. We caught a beaver on each snare pole and the baited 330 was set off.  |
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