Not a secret, castor is a super attractant for beaver. Most beaver won’t go past it. In this case two traps were placed side by side in a slot along a stream not far from the dam. The traps filled the opening almost completely. Castor lure was located on the...
We just did a podcast with lure maker and ADC trapper Ron Jones of Redneck Pride Lures this past Monday, February 6. To listen to the podcast go to Redneck Pride Outdoors. We were happy that Mike from New York and Rob from Washington were able to contribute and...
We just received a text from a Florida man who needed triggers wires for his beaver trap, nothing unusual in that, except that the wires had gotten abused, not by beavers, but by several coyotes. He has used the Comstock Swim Through Beaver Cage Traps not to trap one...
Living vicariously through the experiences of hundreds of trappers across North America, with our connection to some many through our cage traps, it’s as if we are riding along on traplines in the U.S. and Canada every day. Adding to excitement is the digital...
When using 10 inch conibears for decades, beginning in the late 60’s, we had to look for narrow channels, not always readily available or easy to find. I remember countless wide runs, too wide for a conibear as is, which we simply passed on. We did fence at...
John from Holey Moley just told us he recently caught a 68 pound beaver in a Comstock Cage Trap. Though there could be others captured that weighed more, this is the largest we have seen that was weighed. Our largest was 66 pounds. We caught 2 that weighed 66 and a...
The photo sent to us on the left shows a cage trap on the bottom under a conibear that was set on top. An educated beaver would not go through the killer trap, but as you can see, had no problem going into the Comstock Swim Through Cage Trap....
When beaver carry sticks to the dam at times they may swim into a cage trap, which is not problematic when the sticks are small in diameter, about an inch, plus or minus. More than once we have had a beaver caught a swim through cage trap with long sticks protruding...
A few weeks ago we got a call about an escaped Pot Belly Pig near Buffalo. The pig had been on the loose for almost 8 months. Owned by a young girl, understandably she was pretty upset after such a long time had passed. The first trap that was used was a...
Not a secret, castor is a super attractant for beaver. Most beaver won’t go past it. In this case two traps were placed side by side in a slot along a stream not far from the dam. The traps filled the opening almost completely. Castor lure was located on the...