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Post by hoghunter23 on Feb 4, 2011 23:15:33 GMT -5
i went to set traps today and was walking down the side of the creek and there were beaver sticks every where... I'm going back out tomorrow and look for a dam and take pics and will post them... but got any ideas on were they mite be at??
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Post by bigtwinhd on Feb 5, 2011 0:50:12 GMT -5
Above the dam more then likely. Look for a teepee of those same sticks or a low lieing slope of them at the bank. That's home! Cut up trees can be anywhere, but, if they cut upstream the current will help float the lumber home. Look downstream from the cutting and above the deep water made by the dam.
Best of luck!
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Post by alwright on Feb 5, 2011 5:37:48 GMT -5
Also poke around and look for bank holes.
Trapped a place this winter that had several small dams and took out more beav than I expected. The only beav house was below the dams in the main lake, never did find any bank holes or houses above the dam so I assumed they were farther upstream on a neighboring place where I couldn't go. Never did ask if the neighbors had beav problems. But did find a few sticks that could have floated down from next door.
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Post by Nathany93 on Feb 5, 2011 9:29:43 GMT -5
jump on the dam and see if its strong
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Post by hoghunter23 on Feb 6, 2011 17:04:14 GMT -5
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Post by hoghunter23 on Feb 6, 2011 17:07:24 GMT -5
here is some pics but u have to scroll the bottom bar over to see all the pics i messed up
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Post by dieselweasel on Feb 14, 2011 20:22:23 GMT -5
Best a luck this spring! Gonna try and snare a few more.
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Post by garett on Feb 14, 2011 21:46:40 GMT -5
Looks like a good bank for a caster mound.
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Post by Furtrader on Feb 15, 2011 14:55:31 GMT -5
if the ice is still their, look for those air bubble under the ice. that will show you the path they travel. follow them to where you see them go into a bank or hut. there will most likely be either a hut (igloo looking make of mud and sticks) or they're living in a hole in the bank. there should be some layed down sticks on top of that bank too.
if the water where you found the cuttings is relatively shallow, your prolly down stream from the dam and those sticks just floated down. walk upstream and look for the dam. if the water is deep where you found those cuttings, your prolly upstream from the dam, walk down stream and look for the dam. keep an eye out for the hut or bank den along the way. huts or bank dens are almost always upstream on the deep water side of the dam.
i have seen beaver in rivers that are always deep. in that case, there prolly isnt a dam. but if the river is always deep, it prolly moves pretty fast. in this case the beaver will tend to do his cutting up stream from his den or hut so he can float the trees down instead of trying to pull them up against the current.
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Post by hoghunter23 on Feb 16, 2011 22:37:38 GMT -5
ok thanks this really helps me
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