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Post by bartiks on Feb 29, 2016 5:49:00 GMT -5
So after repeated, but fairly amusing attempts on getting rid of beavers with tannerite I've determined that I need to set out some snares to get the last remaining beaver. My question is on securing the snare to a tree would you use a rope or another cable or chain?
After all I want it to be as humane as possible, albeit that snares aren't all that humane to dispatch an animal. But the last time that I checked it was legal to take a beaver by any means. Thoughts. |
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Post by budd on Feb 29, 2016 9:03:51 GMT -5
If you are going to tie off to a tree use cable, if it's a live tree be sure it's big enough that it cant be chewed down over night, or a dead tree. Better off with a inline swivel because they will work the snare hard, 1 out of 10 beaver will be dead in a snare....most of the time they will be alive.
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Post by hornzilla on Feb 29, 2016 16:48:32 GMT -5
Also secure the snare as close to the ground as possible. The beaver will chew the tree a few inches above the ground.
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Post by ms660 on Feb 29, 2016 19:20:19 GMT -5
If you are going to tie off to a tree use cable, if it's a live tree be sure it's big enough that it cant be chewed down over night, or a dead tree. Better off with a inline swivel because they will work the snare hard, 1 out of 10 beaver will be dead in a snare....most of the time they will be alive. Good advise here. I usually have more than one swivel on my beaver snares. I make all my snares and use 3/32" 7 X 19 cable with a swivel on the tie off end and a box swivel in the center for my beaver snares. |
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Post by esshup on Feb 29, 2016 19:21:53 GMT -5
What precludes you from using a Conibear 330?
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Post by bullseye69 on Feb 29, 2016 19:41:27 GMT -5
So after repeated, but fairly amusing attempts on getting rid of beavers with tannerite I've determined that I need to set out some snares to get the last remaining beaver. My question is on securing the snare to a tree would you use a rope or another cable or chain?
After all I want it to be as humane as possible, albeit that snares aren't all that humane to dispatch an animal. But the last time that I checked it was legal to take a beaver by any means. Thoughts. Tannerite is humane?? LOL Just pulling your chain.  |
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Post by trapperdave on Feb 29, 2016 19:58:21 GMT -5
Just put your snare around the tree then pass lock thru loop on tie off end then set a nine inch loop with bottom touching the ground. No Ned for tie wire that way. If you go wire route, use HEAVY wire like 9ga to tie off. The snare won't kill the beaver...he'll be waiting on you   My biggest snare catch...62# iirc......I'm the tall handsome one about 20 yrs ago |
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Post by bartiks on Mar 3, 2016 10:15:29 GMT -5
What precludes you from using a Conibear 330? Well we usually like to go out and try to spook the beaver out of his den and then catch him where he runs off to. We would like to do what the snare usually does, retain them until we can get there and put a quick end to it.
As for everyone else thanks for the advice, I don't plan on securing the wire to a tree I will probably drive a stake in the ground and secure it to that. As for the swivel part, never thought of that. I will have to implement that some how. Thanks once again and I will let you know how it all turns out.
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Post by esshup on Mar 3, 2016 11:57:11 GMT -5
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Post by trapperdave on Mar 3, 2016 18:48:06 GMT -5
Snareshop is THE place to get them!
Since snares are trashed as soon as you make a catch, I never bothered with swivels on beaver. Just buy long snares and wrap snare around nearby tree or heavy root. Attach or wrap low to the ground. Even if a beaver did chew the tree, they chew about a foot up. No worries of them getting away.
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 3, 2016 19:51:10 GMT -5
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Post by bullseye69 on Mar 3, 2016 21:36:18 GMT -5
We trapped Silver lake at Le Mans Academy in Rolling Prairie. We would give the brothers some of the Muskrat carcasses to cook for Fridays. The said they could eat them because they lived in the water more than on land. The |
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Post by esshup on Mar 3, 2016 21:59:18 GMT -5
We trapped Silver lake at Le Mans Academy in Rolling Prairie. We would give the brothers some of the Muskrat carcasses to cook for Fridays. The said they could eat them because they lived in the water more than on land. The That was a while back. Didn't they close their doors in 2003? |
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Post by bullseye69 on Mar 3, 2016 23:51:23 GMT -5
We trapped Silver lake at Le Mans Academy in Rolling Prairie. We would give the brothers some of the Muskrat carcasses to cook for Fridays. The said they could eat them because they lived in the water more than on land. The That was a while back. Didn't they close their doors in 2003? yep but we were trapping it in the late 70's early 80's. |
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Post by moose1am on Apr 21, 2016 11:43:51 GMT -5
There are beavers down here at Blue Grass Fish and Wildlife Area's Blue Grass and Loon Pit. I can see the trees that they are chewing and cutting down along the side of the road near the water's edge on Boonville New Harmony Rd that runs right though the area.
I'm not sure if anyone is allowed to capture them or shoot them. But they are taking down a few trees around the edge of the water. If they keep it up there won't be many trees left standing along the edge of the water. These pits are about 210 acres in size for Loon Pit and Blue Grass Pit is about 190 Acres in Size so there is a lot of shore line trees for the beavers to chew on for a while.
The do have a drawing up at Sugar Ridge for trapping permits but I'm not sure if they can trap the beavers or not.
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Post by jackryan on May 23, 2016 22:00:19 GMT -5
What precludes you from using a Conibear 330? Well we usually like to go out and try to spook the beaver out of his den and then catch him where he runs off to. We would like to do what the snare usually does, retain them until we can get there and put a quick end to it.
As for everyone else thanks for the advice, I don't plan on securing the wire to a tree I will probably drive a stake in the ground and secure it to that. As for the swivel part, never thought of that. I will have to implement that some how. Thanks once again and I will let you know how it all turns out.
Ever try tieing the snare to a block and a longer rope from the block to a stake or tree. They tend to head for deeper and deeper water when they feel threatened and then can't drag the block back up the bank. Just pull the block up with the rope and the drowned beaver after it. |
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Post by trapperdave on May 23, 2016 22:48:39 GMT -5
Defeats whole purpose of using snares (light weight) when you pack in sixty pound blocks. I do use blocks for slide wires to drown them in leg holds. Heavy wire tied to block, block in deep water. Then run wire to stake next to trap. Run it thru the hole in the swivel before staking. Done right, they can slide down but not back up. Same for coon muskrat and mink sets only I use a tater sack full of rocks in lieu of block
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Post by budd on May 24, 2016 7:46:56 GMT -5
I made up my own drowner rig to use with a piece of rebar. I'll try and get some pictures of the setup. When I was long lining beaver if I had area's where traps were coming up missing I would just run snares through that section.
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