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<blockquote data-quote="imhntn" data-source="post: 1397349" data-attributes="member: 3755"><p>I am connibear certified and have caught quite a few beaver. If you want to use a leg hold, you should use a drown set. Get the biggest trap you can because a big beavers back foot will smother a small trap and when the trap closes it just pushes his foot off of it. Google "MB 750 Trap" and they are the best you can get for beaver foot holds. Take an old log and lay it half in the water and half out. Get some beaver lure or a castor gland from a beaver and push up some leaves and mud in a pile next to the upwind side of the log just out of the water. Rub a stick in the lure and lay it on top of the small mound. The idea is to have the scent drift down the side of the log and make the beaver come up on that side. Set a your trap just far enough away from the log to make it not hit the log when it springs...try to imagine a beaver swimming up right next to the log. Set just deep enough to cover the trap and set the trap firmly so it doesn't rock. Whey he gets in it, he should struggle to deep water and drown before you get there. You need to rig your trap chain short so he can't reach the surface and set the bottom of your drown slide in 3-4 ft of water. I like to use a long rebar with a T welded on top and a washer welded about 1 1/2 ft off the bottom of the rod to stake the bottom of my drown wire so I don't have to reach so deep to pull it up when I am done. Good luck and happy trapping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="imhntn, post: 1397349, member: 3755"] I am connibear certified and have caught quite a few beaver. If you want to use a leg hold, you should use a drown set. Get the biggest trap you can because a big beavers back foot will smother a small trap and when the trap closes it just pushes his foot off of it. Google "MB 750 Trap" and they are the best you can get for beaver foot holds. Take an old log and lay it half in the water and half out. Get some beaver lure or a castor gland from a beaver and push up some leaves and mud in a pile next to the upwind side of the log just out of the water. Rub a stick in the lure and lay it on top of the small mound. The idea is to have the scent drift down the side of the log and make the beaver come up on that side. Set a your trap just far enough away from the log to make it not hit the log when it springs...try to imagine a beaver swimming up right next to the log. Set just deep enough to cover the trap and set the trap firmly so it doesn't rock. Whey he gets in it, he should struggle to deep water and drown before you get there. You need to rig your trap chain short so he can't reach the surface and set the bottom of your drown slide in 3-4 ft of water. I like to use a long rebar with a T welded on top and a washer welded about 1 1/2 ft off the bottom of the rod to stake the bottom of my drown wire so I don't have to reach so deep to pull it up when I am done. Good luck and happy trapping. [/QUOTE]
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