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<blockquote data-quote="iowafarmer" data-source="post: 1007855" data-attributes="member: 7792"><p>Jo, you need to find their lodges or if they are living in the banks. If they have a lodge they are easy to trap as they have to go in and out of it and will only have a few enterances. Set traps at all enterances.. Very hard to trap them at a dam. If they are living in burrows in the banks of the river and stream then you set traps on their slides and at the enterances. If they are living in the bank it can be hard to find the enterances cause they are usually below the water level. The best then is if the water level drops so that you can find the enterances or if it floods it drowns them out and they will be on the bank and then you can shoot them. Once you find the enterances to where they live I'd go with a conibear 330 trap. place it so that they have to go through it to get in or out of their lodge. It is the largest conibear which is you want for beaver. Dont get your hand stuck in one cause you cant get out of on your own and will need someone else to get you out, otherwise carry a hacksaw with you so you can cut the trap and get out. I'd also suggest getting a saftey clamp when setting conibears. You can also use snares but the key to snares is making sure they drown when they get into the snare so best used up north when there is ice which doesn't apply to you but it could be worth a shot of trying some snares. Do a google search and there is a lot of information out there about trapping beavers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iowafarmer, post: 1007855, member: 7792"] Jo, you need to find their lodges or if they are living in the banks. If they have a lodge they are easy to trap as they have to go in and out of it and will only have a few enterances. Set traps at all enterances.. Very hard to trap them at a dam. If they are living in burrows in the banks of the river and stream then you set traps on their slides and at the enterances. If they are living in the bank it can be hard to find the enterances cause they are usually below the water level. The best then is if the water level drops so that you can find the enterances or if it floods it drowns them out and they will be on the bank and then you can shoot them. Once you find the enterances to where they live I'd go with a conibear 330 trap. place it so that they have to go through it to get in or out of their lodge. It is the largest conibear which is you want for beaver. Dont get your hand stuck in one cause you cant get out of on your own and will need someone else to get you out, otherwise carry a hacksaw with you so you can cut the trap and get out. I'd also suggest getting a saftey clamp when setting conibears. You can also use snares but the key to snares is making sure they drown when they get into the snare so best used up north when there is ice which doesn't apply to you but it could be worth a shot of trying some snares. Do a google search and there is a lot of information out there about trapping beavers. [/QUOTE]
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