The challenging conditions of trapping beavers as winter turns to spring keep the author heading back out to the creeks, sloughs and ponds every year. Learn the sets that collect the castor despite the weather. [Read More]
Tag Archives: Beaver Trapping
Trapping Gear: J3 Outdoorz HAGz Beaver Rod Ends
The HAGz Beaver Rod Ends (both stake and stop ends) were designed to work seamlessly with the HAGz® Universal Lock, on 1/2-inch Fiberglass Beaver Rods. As with all HAGz Trapping Products by J3 Outdoorz, they are built with efficiency, quality and the trapper in mind, and manufactured here in the U.S.A. [Read More]
All About Trap Setters
Over the past few years, rather than not trapping, the author has started to rely on trap setters to get sets in the ground. It’s hell to get old, but supposedly we should get wiser, so setting tools are now a vital part of his set bucket. [Read More]
Don’t Rule Out Cage Traps
There is a cage trap for just about everything from chipmunks to coyotes. They are easy to set and bait, and they help trappers be selective with what they keep. In today’s crazy fur market, it doesn’t hurt to be able to keep only the best fur, and release the rest. [Read More]
Fur Market Report April-May 2021: Vaccines & Castor Glands, Hot Topics This Spring
The year 2020 is finally over and for many people, it will be a year to forget. The COVID-19 pandemic spread quickly in March of 2020, and we are now basically one year later and still trying to overcome this invisible enemy. Luckily for most of us, trapping was still an option, and it was a fantastic activity when you could hardly do anything indoors anyway. [Read More]
The Management Trapper: Embracing the Management Mindset
There are two main challenges to overcome in management trapping. The first is simply learning the habitat and animals, and the second is how to switch from common sustainable trapping practices to a management and control trapping mentality. [Read More]
Lure Sense
With all of the lure and bait choices available today, how do you choose one? The author breaks down what you should look for to make sense of all those scents. [Read More]
School Days: Working His Way Up to the Big Ones
Joshua P. Johnson, 12, Rhinelander, Wis. Wisconsin boy is becoming a good beaver trapper and aims to tan a trophy catch this year My name is Joshua Johnson and I am 12 years old. I have been trapping for five … [Read More]
Beaver for Dinner?
Duane Fronek, of the Wild Wisconsin blog, has a fantastic post up today about eating beaver meat, complete with very detailed instructions on how to prepare the meat. You can read the post by clicking HERE. “Anything you can do … [Read More]
70-Pound Beaver Trapped in New York
An 18-year-old New York trapper caught a massive 70-pound beaver on the Susquehanna River in Tioga County, New York, on the second day he ever trapped. Here are some details from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Bryan Lockman had snagged a … [Read More]
