buckman84
Eight Pointer
Wondering if anyone does any water trapping? Got into trapping a dew years back and have been hooked.
Wondering if anyone does any water trapping? Got into trapping a dew years back and have been hooked.
Did any of you fellas come to the convention last weekend? Have you signed up for one of the Beaver workshops that are being offered by the NCTA?
http://www.nctrapper.org/index.php?p=1_52_Beaver-Trapping-Workshop-Trenton-NC
http://www.nctrapper.org/index.php?p=1_51_Beaver-Trapping-Workshop-Spencer-NC
I do a bit of water trapping from time to time......
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I try. Just targeting Beaver and otter. Have not found any otter yet.
Up here you will catch otter in your beaver sets but seldom know they are there unless you happen to see where they have cracked some mussels on a log or a pile of scat on a log etc. You will seldom see sign of them but they are in the rivers and big creeks.Otter trapping is a waiting game. If you have a good creek or canals you’ll catch otter, but it may take several weeks. Make sure you block them down really well. Dam crossovers are deadly, and so are runs.
You should come out to one of the NCTA meetings. It’s a lot of fun.
..or come to a FREE Trappers Ed Course found at www.ncwildlife.org
I'm in the south eastern part of the state. I use to catch a lot of Fox and yotes but have been trapping beaver and otter the last few years due to prices being paid for nuisance work. As for beaver learn how to use snares ( if you don't already). I use them almost exclusively now with reduced labor and more success
What are folks paying for beaver nuisance trapping these days?
You do need a trapping license, though.
Not so Charlie, according to "Coyote Denton", only written permission "to remove nuisance beaver" from the owner or land manager.
HOWEVER, he did say that some Game Wardens do not know the law and it's cheap insurance to avoid any conflict, and licenses are cheap anyhow.
Like some GW's that don't know if fox need tagged in which counties, etc.
Nov. 1 – Mar. 31 Statewide for beaver only.
NOTE: Landowners whose property is or has been
damaged or destroyed by beaver may take beaver on
their property anytime by any lawful method without
obtaining a permit from the Wildlife Resources Com-
mission. The landowner may obtain assistance from
other persons in taking the depredating beaver by
giving those persons permission to take beaver on
the landowner’s property
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, no person may hunt, fish, trap, or
participate in any other activity regulated by the Wildlife Resources Commission for which a
license is provided by law without having first procured a current and valid license authorizing
the activity.
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, no one may take fur-bearing
animals by trapping, or by any other authorized special method that preserves the pelt from
injury, without first having procured a current and valid trapping license.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, landowners whose property is or has
been damaged or destroyed by beaver may take beaver on their property by any lawful method
without obtaining a depredation permit from the Wildlife Resources Commission, and may
obtain assistance from other persons in taking the depredating beaver by giving those persons
permission to take beaver on the landowner's property.