The Conibear 280 works well too, but I wouldn't go any smaller than that. These traps are awesome kill traps, but you do need to be careful with them. Once set, handle them like you would a case of nitro and watch your hands. (not to be used by rookies)
Try wrapping that beech in hardware cloth. If the SAP layer is still intact, the cloth should prevent further damage. Wrap it loose. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
The best lure for beaver is beaver castor. Sweets of any kind would not attract them. Castoreum - Wikipedia
It doesn't seem to freeze up very good back there. One spot will be frozen, and a few feet away it will be mush. I got the tractor stuck last time I tried to go back there. Only way I could see to get the wood out would be filling the jet sled after a snowfall and pulling it out by hand. There is a lot of easier firewood that will trump the Beech.
Hate to say it but that tree aint worth going for a winter swim. We have wrapped a couple trees by the lake that were half ate by beavers with chicken wire and that did stop them. Good luck with what your gonna decide Frank.
This beaver and I have a history that goes back to the fall of 2015. One November morning I was in my treestand on the river's edge. It was cool, calm, and cloudy and I just felt grateful to be where I was at that moment in time. I looked down and saw the beaver swimming in the water. I became distracted by him. I looked over my other shoulder and a beautiful 8 point buck was coming down the trail, but it was too late. He was almost to my shooting lane and I was not ready. I rushed the shot and hit a small sapling, where my arrow remains to this day. Time for beaver go night night.
I too wonder if that tree might still make it. Beech has amazing healing properties....sometimes. But if not, I do hope you can still salvage the wood. Maybe I should come down there with the atv to skid it out for you?
I hope it survives, too, Dennis. If it doesn't survive, I will do my best to recover the wood. It's not worth it to rut up my so-called access trails, though, when I have plenty of other trees that are reasonably easy to get to. Still a lot of ash to process, and a few oaks, as well. I reckon it will be a year or two before I will know if it is going to live or not. But you are still welcome to stop by anytime.
Hell yeah! New battle cry! I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction that it will even replace "thong"!!!!!
Wonder why the critter was chewing on the buttress roots? Do they have a creek dammed up? Might not be helping your wet areas. Hope the tree makes it.
That doesn't sound that bad. I've done a bit of that type of "skidding" this year. Sure, you have to get off of the tractor, but it's easy and fun. You've burnt beech already, right? It's the good stuff and worth the little extra work for sure.
Feed thongs may be filled with Nutella....when trying to capture mice or sweets-craving scavengers... What say you, Daaaave?
