NEW. Sturgeon county beaver bounties
I see Sturgeon county is offering a 20 dollar bounty on beavers. The bounty is about the same value as a beaver pelt at auction.
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I’ve also heard of trapper locals giving incentives to members to encourage both trapping activity as well as harvest. Very good idea. |
I trap Sturgeon County.
I haven’t given it a lot of thought but I don’t think much will change for me. I welcome the extra $20 per beaver when the pelts are worth something and the castors are full though. I doubt that I’ll go out and trap beaver just to cut off the tail but I’m not completely closed to doing it if someone is in need of help with them. |
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With all the rain in that county I bet the beavers are busy. |
I know a fella that lost a whole pasture due to beavers and flooding. The County simply can’t keep up with the beaver issues and had to do something outside of the box. There’s only one County Trapper and he simply can’t keep up. Landowners that I trap for tell me that he’ll trap a couple of beavers and be on his way. Basically just going through the motions and not really fixing the problem.
A $20 bounty is a drop in the bucket in comparison to busting dams with track hoes if they can get to them. I help out landowners at no cost when beavers are worth something but that’s just in a small portion of the county. As much as i’d Like to, at $20 per beaver it’s not really worth a summer career change for me. |
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Summer beavers are worth taking. You can sell the hide, carcass and castor plus $20 bounty. These castor were taken June 23rd.
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Very nice, Mike. I averaged just shy of $8 for my castor this Spring. I may trap some beaver in August but that’s the only month that I get to golf and enjoy a bit. September/October I help with the harvest, trapping until May and then building decks, etc until end July-Ish. Maybe golf when the sun shines and trap in the rain?
A fella Trapper told me that a certain buyer isn’t even interested in the quality of the fur and just pays based on weight of all your pelts. I’d be okay with the $16 average that he got. |
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Thanks for all your help, fellas! The county has sent someone at their cost. Not sure what guys charge, but this is not on me. I’ll let you know how it works out!
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