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Post by Sunshine on Jan 24, 2009 14:20:48 GMT -5
have any of you guys who trap beaver noticed a diffrence when it comes to using lure on river beaver and pond beaver?
do river and pond beaver work lure with the same intensity?
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Post by huckleberry on Jan 24, 2009 15:31:30 GMT -5
2 totaly differnt animals.
Although they will both work the same sets...they work them differently.......pond beaver have a small area to guard....castor mounds make them crazy........river beaver are more aggressive....yet move so much they don't/wont hit castor mounds as often.
I don't use food lures much during fur season......so can't reply to those sets much. In other times of the year .......I haven't had alot of success with RB hitting them...pond/lake beaver will work them real hard.
In either situation....blind sets are still my fav and my most effective. When made properly they work anywhere. They are also the ONLY set that will work anytime of year and anywhere I have ever been.
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Post by Sunshine on Jan 25, 2009 10:27:51 GMT -5
in Wyoming jerry can not get pond beaver to work any lure. he hasnt in his 20 yrs of trpping there.
he catches most in blindsets.
the river beaver will work lure out there for him.
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Post by huckleberry on Jan 25, 2009 13:08:55 GMT -5
Beaver for some reason seem to be an animal that differs alot from one region to another. A lure that works good here may or may not work in another area. That is why i said blind sets are the best to use anywhere.
Times of the eyar can greatly affect a lure's ability too. Food lures here cept for ice out time are about useless. Castor sets work great here in the cold weather....not worth a hoot in many cases during warmer weather periods.
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Post by trapper7 on Jan 29, 2009 14:59:27 GMT -5
I've never had much luck with food lure that comes out of a bottle. But, particularly in an area where there is no popple, using popple sticks is dynamite!
For me, castor mounds work good pond or river, spring or fall. I make my own castor lure. Castor works good in coon & mink bait too. It seems to enhance the odor, especially in the winter.
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Post by Sunshine on Jan 29, 2009 15:20:54 GMT -5
what is popple?
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Post by huckleberry on Jan 29, 2009 16:23:07 GMT -5
Popple is what I call poplar trees. never heard anyone but trappers call it popple........lol
poplar does work year round......dobbins food lure is full of it. At least it smells like it to me.
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Post by trapper7 on Jan 30, 2009 12:37:10 GMT -5
Sunshine, Huck is right. Popple is poplar, or aspen as it's called out west. Here, beaver refer to it as "Candy".
Dobbins' Woodchipper must have some poplar in it. That's about the only food lure I've found effective on beaver. I really like the smell of it. I've often thought it might be good sprinkled on cereal. Haven't tried it yet, though.
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Post by huckleberry on Jan 30, 2009 13:53:48 GMT -5
7 LOL....I like the smell of it...but I aint eatin the stuff.....LOL
"Chainsaw" is what I call woodchipper.....dang good beaver lure.
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Post by Sunshine on Jan 30, 2009 21:35:44 GMT -5
our poplar trees here do not look like the aspens in wyoming.
i asked jerry since i asked on the thread and he said it was what we called aspen.
im more confused now than i was,lol.
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