Shootem Up, pm me your addy and I'll send them. I'll pay postage.... someday when you're a famous trapper, you can pay me back in a coyote hide or two..

Good luck with the trapper's course and the beaver trapping.

Beaver trapping is tough.... the beaver's aren't too tough to catch (tho' occasionally they are). It's just tough work.

I trap beavers mostly with 330 bodygrippers. They're great traps, but any trap that can instantly kill a 70lb beaver is a dangerous tool. Never forget that and you should be okay. (I've managed to catch myself in 220's but have avoided the '330 club' so far... That's a club I don't want to join) I recommend the metal trap supports for the 330's. (if you're not familiar with these I can take a picture)

Snares work great for beavers too. They're safe to use and cheap too. Just remember to get 'IL legal' snares.

I've got a few footholds for beaver, but I usually trap beavers under the ice, so they don't get much use.

Catching a beaver is exciting... then you realize you have to skin it.... which is a whole 'nother thing to deal with.

Me with two beavers (and my puppy) taken this season. (you'll look tired after chopping holes in the ice and dragging beavers around too..)

haha wouldnt that be nice how much is a yote pelt worth these days?

if its ok with u i would like to wait on the mags about a week or so at the least to make sure i will be able to do it. [got to make sure i can take find a class somewhere around here.]

how do i use a snare for beavers? IL rules says u must have at least half of it under water? any help there.

P.S. thanks to everyone who has helped me with this new sport!

Hey check out www.trappersworld.net

An effective trap for fox is to dig a hole with post hole diggers about 3 ft deep and install a stove pipe in the vertical hole. Place a baby chick in the bottom of the stove pipe, the peeping will call the fox to the hole , he goes in and eats the chick and cannot back out of the pipe. But beware, the pipe needs to be taped shut with duct tape to keep pipe together while extracting and dispatching the fox.

To remove the fox from the trap you hold him by the tail and remove the whole pipe at one time with fox in the pipe. you push the fox away from you until his head is exposed. Then immediatly dispatch (kill) it by whatever method you prefer. I use an iron bar to the head. But check with your local wildlife officer to insure that this is legal where you are at. Some folks will actually relocate the live fox and not harvest it.

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