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Beavers have moved into my area and are dropping small trees along our creek. I planted those trees years ago to help stabilize the bank. What is a good bait for a box trap ?
 
Summer beaving trapping is a different than in season. I would exhaust sets without bait/lure first, then use food based lure. I don't use snares only footholds and conibears.

 
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Another vote for 330's. Just make sure you stake them so they don't move when they get hit. BUY THE SETTING CLAMPS and use caution, they can break an arm! And speaking of the stakes, I always put a "dive stick" over them to prevent them from trying to climb over instead of going through the trap.
 
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CATCHDAWG said:
Another vote for 330's. Just make sure you stake them so they don't move when they get hit. BUY THE SETTING CLAMPS and use caution, they can break an arm! And speaking of the stakes, I always put a "dive stick" over them to prevent them from trying to climb over instead of going through the trap.
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Yep, go with 330's, and follow the above advice. I use my setters or a piece of rope with a loop that I loop around my boot to set them, and have a couple of the bridger safeties to use while getting my traps set up in place.
 
I use footholds on drowners and it is much more gear and hassle. I just have never caught a beaver in a 330. Caught tons of otter but never a beaver. I clean them out with castor mound sets with dobbins backbacker. They come back every year. If you use 330's get a set tool for sure. Do not make a mistake setting a 330. Watch videos, use caution! Make sure whatever trap you select is bedded with no wiggle and set properly. Beavers are stronger than you might think. Easy animal to trap but the gear and process is a pain. Get em!
 
Sounds like a real learning curve. I know bigger ones are around because downstream where my creek joins a bigger one, their trails on land are like gutters. So far, I've only seen young ones and that's why I mentioned box traps to start with.
 
tellico4x4 said:
The older you get, the harder it is to get a hand on one, especially at 72 🫤. Ones I can catch are all dried out & pelt is not worth much.
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LOL I havent tried to catch one in more years than I can count and I never was a strong swimmer. In fact, I swim like a rock, straight to the bottom!
 
tellico4x4 said:
The older you get, the harder it is to get a hand on one, especially at 72 🫤. Ones I can catch are all dried out & pelt is not worth much.
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Seem to remember you live trapped one temporarily for a day a few years back. I'm in a habitat where they act tame and come right to you. Aggressively sometimes. You really have to worry about those beavers as they are typically up to no good. I've come to enjoy a beaver that hangs around here. I don't judge pelt condition as this one doesn't have one.
 

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