One Big Beaver!
This beaver was caught on Dec 24th in a 330 conibear. He weighed 60 pounds! He is the biggest beaver I’ve ever caught. My brother in law snapped the picture for me. I’m still trapping beavers in open water, it was in the 50s today and raining.
January 5th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Oh my goodness! That is one HUGE beaver! Are you selling the pelts, Scott? Is beaver meat edible?
January 6th, 2007 at 6:24 am
Hi Emily
Yes, we sell the pelts. As far as eating them, they say the tail is very good. I’ve got a few in the freezer and might give it a try. I found a recipe for pickled beaver tail in an old cookbook the other day. I’ll let you know how it tastes, ifin’ I get around to making it.
January 6th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Yay, Scott!! Good for you! I have never seen a beaver that BIG. My word…
By the way, where did you find that SNOW?? Must be that high altitude you live at.
January 6th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Good job Scott! I never got on that big, but then again I didn’t use the 330’s either, just legholds. Them conibears are a bit tricky for me
And if the leghold set wasn’t perfect for drowning them, well, a big one would get away!
January 6th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Poor Beaver
January 7th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Scott,
You do realize that Pamela Anderson and the animal rights wackos are gonna be pretty ticked off about this if she sees it? :o) Congrats! That is pretty cool. Down here, there is almost nowhere left to trap or hunt and even fishing is becoming just a sport of the modernized middle class yuppies who can afford the clubs and launch fees. You now have to buy a license to fish with a cane pole in your own pond!
January 14th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Nice. Very Nice. My kids and I are in awe of your trapping ability! Our trapping exploits this year were pretty much a failure. Wish we lived a little closer so you could teach us a thing or two.
January 21st, 2007 at 12:14 pm
WOW!!! That is a HUGE beaver. I am sure that pelt will bring a nice price or make something really neat there on your homestead!!!
January 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Scott,
Impressive, very impressive. I’m just starting to get back into trapping, something I used to do as a teen and enjoyed very much. Thanks for posting this.
I emailed you at the address given on this site. Did you get it?
February 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I used to do a lot of trapping, muskrat, mink, raccoon and beaver. Muskrats and beaver are excellent to eat. They are both dark meat sort of like beef. The beaver however has a lot of connecting tissue between the muscles which must be cut out.