Off season trapping scouting is one of the most important steps if you want to catch numbers. Scouting for furbearers, or prospecting as it’s often called, takes time but pays off when the season opens. Hopefully, the following will help. … [Read More]
Beaver Trapping
Beaver Damage Control: Fighting Nuisance Beavers
Beaver damage control is a full‑time job that takes the right combination of gear, sets, and skill to combat nuisance beavers effectively. Follow along with one of the best in the business to see firsthand how professional beaver damage control … [Read More]
How to Cheaply Anchor a Trap
Use these items that you can find for free or less than a dollar to anchor a trap. [Read More]
Scouting a New Trapping Area? Map it Out.
This is an excerpt from Cary Rideout’s article “Always Be Scouting,” which appeared in the April-May 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Cary Rideout Scouting is easier when you have a good set of area maps to check on … [Read More]
Fur Handling 101: Skinning Your Catch
By Jim Spencer Well-prepared, properly stretched and dried fur pelts are usually worth more than green fur, but a poorly handled pelt is worth far less because there aren’t any do-overs. Here’s a step-by-step guide for getting it right.
Is There Beaver in Your Gum?
Castoreum, the fluid from the castor sacs of beavers, is “used as a strawberry, raspberry or vanilla flavoring in some candy, gum, gelatin and pudding.” [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]
Looking for New Beaver Trapping Ground? Try Argentina
Argentina isn’t likely to be included on many beaver trapping hot spots lists, but an experiment gone bad has left the South American country with a major flattail dilemma that has officials mulling their options to control the non-native species. … [Read More]
Video: How to Trap Beaver
A T&PC reader sent in this instructional video on how to trap beaver.
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