Posted: 2/11/2012 1:13:48 PM EDT
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I know, it's not what you were expecting. She's about 45lbs, I got her this morning.
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| I have no idea what they are going for. A friend of mine does a lot of trapping, so I asked if he would he come give me hand with some beaver that have taken up residence on my land. We went out yesterday and set out several traps and I ran them this morning. She was in the third trap I checked. I think he said that the pelts were going for about $30-40. I'm just going to have this one tanned and keep it. |
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Congrats on catching it. Now the work begins, putting it up. The last report I read had fully prime blankets at about $35, but the average at about $15. This was my first time trapping, but it would be my last if I was doing it for money. Trapping is very labor intenseive. |
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Congrats on catching it. Now the work begins, putting it up. The last report I read had fully prime blankets at about $35, but the average at about $15. This was my first time trapping, but it would be my last if I was doing it for money. Trapping is very labor intenseive. CONGRATS! LOL, you've done the easy part so far! I LOVE trapping beaver, don't mind skinning them, but hate fleshing them! Don't know where you're at, but last year I averaged a bit over $16 via NAFA. And did better than most around here in MD. Now a few years back, when I was averaging over $40 per grey fox.... I figure I LOSE less money trapping, than I do huntimng or fishing, LOL! |
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Congrat on your first which type of set did you use to get it? I caught her in a Conibear 330 set in front of the entrance to the bank den. We also set a couple of more along the bank and some around the dam, but had no luck with any of those sets. That's why you didn't catch any others. If you catch one at the entrance to the den the rest of the colony will spook and quit using that route. They'll either start using a back entrance or abandon the den altogether. I've had it happen twice. Once when we first started trapping and once when we didn't realize the bank den was right there. It was the most well concealed den I've seen in 15 years of trapping. We try to locate the den and then set UP WIND of it and use castor mounds. The castor lure smell carries to the den area and the beavers will travel to it to find out who's invading their turf. The farther from the den the less likely you are to pick up kits. They tend to stay near the den and the adults travel out farther. Still good catch on your part. How'd the putting it up go for you? |
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Ever eat beaver tail Rizzo? It's tasty stuff. Spoken like someone who hasn't tried it 
Or maybe it's an aquired taste 
We do eat the meat, like fine grained beef, and also feed some to our dogs and hogs. That's what i thought it tasted similar to, kind of like eating a fatty roast. |