How to avoid a line on the snared beavers...

[~ADC~]

Here's a couple ways to prevent a snare line on the pelt of snared beavers. Be pretty cool if I could figure out how to snare all them one of these ways......





~ADC~

[Scott W.]

If we didn't have deer stops you could show front foot catched too! I had one once.

[jbruegge]

Love those tail catches, make you feel awful lucky!

[trappermike851]

Does anybody set snares on land so they dispatch the beaver?

[4fur]

Can't be done, Mike. Unless you count a hungry pair of bobcats as a dispatch method...














How do you tail snare a beaver with an ADC's loaded snare, Jayme?

[~ADC~]

Funny you mention that Wayne. The neck snared beaver was in a loaded snare and the tail snared beaver was in a non-loaded snare. It was also quite a bit smaller.

[hvtrapper]

I think Dirk MIller had a book out about tail snaring beaver. I know I've read a story or two about it and even tried it. BIG loop almost on the ground. Theory is that the big loop will allow the snare to slide off the beaver until it catches them by the tail. Good way to avoid coon but way too many knocked down/empty snares for me.
Any luck with repeated head catches, Jayme?

[4fur]

I neck snared quite a few beaver using Jayme's loaded snares late last spring and in the summer. I was having trouble with 'rats knocking down snares so I was setting the loop higher and the lock at 2-3:00. The problem was, these were nuisance beaver and I really didn't want to neck them! Finally had one bitch sit down and work the snare over her head. Luckily, I caught her the next day but it was an extra trip.

Neck snaring beaver is similar to consistently neck coon IMO. The animals just vary in size too much to know how to position the loop.

[trappermike851]

4fur, I am not a beaver trapper, so I wouldn't know but why cant it be done?

[4fur]

To begin with, it is nearly impossible to neck snare beaver consistently. Next, the deer stop restricts full closure of the snare which might add to the problem like it does on coon, fox, etc. Also, setting snares in an entanglement situation like is done to dispatch canines probably won't work because a snared beaver will likely just chew off any saplings or brush in reach. But I believe the biggest problem is the beaver's anatomy. They don't have much of a neck and don't have blood vessels close to their skin like a bobcat or otter do. I have tried dispatching beaver with a catch pole without any luck.

Of course you can drown snared beaver using a drowning rig with sufficient water depth.

[riverbandit]

I was told a snare mark didn't matter.

[LLLTrapper]

Mar 19, 2012 19:16:54 GMT -6 riverbandit said:

I was told a snare mark didn't matter.

LLL

[~ADC~]

Mar 19, 2012 19:16:54 GMT -6 riverbandit said:

I was told a snare mark didn't matter.

It don't matter to me. Not one little bit.

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[~ADC~]

Mar 19, 2012 1:33:18 GMT -6 hvtrapper said:

Any luck with repeated head catches, Jayme?

I think, like Wayne said, higher loops and fast loaded snares would up your odds. You want a very aggressive lock that won't back off after they quit pulling and start trying to slip it over their head with their back foot. Even then, the huge variation in sizes would be like coon neck snaring, and I'll bet a 80% average would be about as good as you could get consistently.

I'm happy as long as the snare is no farther back than right behind both front legs ideally. In the end though I'd rather catch them than not no matter how it happens.

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[jbruegge]

Since it was recently brought up, I thought I'd share one of today's catches...