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02-06-2015, 03:05 PM
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Beaver hanging 330 works!
2 days ago I set up a 330 on a new beaver hut I found. Just hung it 18 inches bellow the bottom of the ice with a few half peeled poplar sticks wired to the bottom jaw! Picked up my biggest beaver yet! Must be over 50 lbs! See if I can get a few more!
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02-06-2015, 03:08 PM
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Congrats! That set is one I intend to try. Did you hang it off a pole or did you hang it off wire?
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02-06-2015, 03:17 PM
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Tied about 36" of wire to a pole and set the depth with springs pulled to the top and hung it in the whole! Took about 6 finger thick pieces of poplar and scrapped them up a bit to show some white! I wired these sticks ( about 5 " long ) together then to the bottom jaw!
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02-06-2015, 03:21 PM
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Congrats Mark!! Good stuff. I think most guys use a biger 10-12 " piece and wire it in but it seems like it worked for you. Can't wait to see the pic. I got one the other day on land. He must have been starving and kept coming out of a hole and walking 30 yards to some poplars he chewed down. I set a 330 right on his trail and he walked right into it.
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02-06-2015, 03:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mark-edmonton
Tied about 36" of wire to a pole and set the depth with springs pulled to the top and hung it in the whole! Took about 6 finger thick pieces of poplar and scrapped them up a bit to show some white! I wired these sticks ( about 5 " long ) together then to the bottom jaw!
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So the sticks would hit the beaver when the trap fired ? Not sure if I'm reading it wrong. I've only ever wired them to the trigger ( which I don't do anymore ) or squeezed a stick between the bottom bars when the trap is set. When the trap fires the stick floats away
Congrats on the big beaver as well !!!
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02-06-2015, 03:34 PM
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Ya I guess they could hit the beaver. Never really considered that as they are about the diameter of my pinky finger and about 5-6 inches long. About 5 of them bundled together!
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02-06-2015, 04:13 PM
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Ya I guess they could hit the beaver. Never really considered that as they are about the diameter of my pinky finger and about 5-6 inches long. About 5 of them bundled together!
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I understand now. I've never seen it done like that before.
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02-06-2015, 04:40 PM
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Me either , saw a post on it somewhere so I thought I would give it a try!
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02-06-2015, 08:17 PM
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Can you post a picture of your set, Mark?
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02-06-2015, 08:31 PM
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Can you post a picture of your set, Mark?
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X2 I would like to see this as well.
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02-06-2015, 08:37 PM
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X2 I would like to see this as well.
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+3 if you wouldnt mind a picture of the beaver would be cool.
Have never seen one over 40 pounds.
Oh, and congrats on the porker beaver! 
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Trying to find a fish scale to weigh it!
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02-06-2015, 10:10 PM
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Trying to find a fish scale to weigh it!
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Does your Wife/Girlfriend have a bathroom scale? Stand on it with the beaver and again without it.
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02-07-2015, 10:14 AM
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Does your Wife/Girlfriend have a bathroom scale? Stand on it with the beaver and again without it.
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Haha! Never thought of that! Will do that later when I get home and snap a pic too!
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02-07-2015, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by mark-edmonton
2 days ago I set up a 330 on a new beaver hut I found. Just hung it 18 inches bellow the bottom of the ice with a few half peeled poplar sticks wired to the bottom jaw! Picked up my biggest beaver yet! Must be over 50 lbs! See if I can get a few more!
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That's how I trap my under ice beaver.
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02-07-2015, 03:27 PM
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That's how I trap my under ice beaver.
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Quick and simple! Forgot to bring out some plastic leaves I have to dd to the jaw as well !
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Stepped on the scale.
Me.. 242
Me and beaver ... 304!
Wow 60 lbs! Will get pic up later if I can convince my wife!
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02-07-2015, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mark-edmonton
Stepped on the scale.
Me.. 242
Me and beaver ... 304!
Wow 60 lbs! Will get pic up later if I can convince my wife!
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Geeze..
Thata huge!
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Just trying to figure out photo bucket!
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02-07-2015, 07:23 PM
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Just trying to figure out photo bucket!
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Are you using a tablet/phone or a pc/laptop?
Edit: nevermind.
Thats huge!
Should fetch you a decent buck.
Congratulations mark.
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That's a pig of a beaver. He was likely king of his domain for a good number of years 
Congrats again !
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02-08-2015, 08:22 PM
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oooohh, that's a nice one. congrats.
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02-09-2015, 12:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mark-edmonton
2 days ago I set up a 330 on a new beaver hut I found. Just hung it 18 inches bellow the bottom of the ice with a few half peeled poplar sticks wired to the bottom jaw! Picked up my biggest beaver yet! Must be over 50 lbs! See if I can get a few more!
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That's the way it starts. Then one day you'll look in the mirror and there'll be a trapper looking back at you! ROFL
Congratulations on you first flat tail in a coni. That's one of the tougher catches to make. Now go get some more, , , 
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