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Ever try digging a little 2 foot channel into the bank, sort of like a really deep pocket set, so that the silt would go on down the river and not get into your pocket?
I think a beaver would still go into the pocket to reach a castor mound on the backside.
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Have had a couple of places like that and it seemed to work. Still need to find something to completely contain the trap so I can us it on sand bars.
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I use the light foam that goes under laminate flooring.
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I quit using pan covers and went to a trap cap when bedding. Works great., one of the best and cheapest trapping investments I've made. Got mine from Minnesota Trapline Products. Yep not only eliminates the need for a pan cover but gets a good solid bed and a stable trap.
There are no problems that cannot be resolved by the suitable application of high explosive.
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Set your trap in deep water about 8’’ and modify your trap so the pan is above the jaws. Use a poke stick at the bank to get the beaver to put its rear feet down. When the trap is set in deep water it doesn’t matter if the pan is flat. For coyote traps, I prefer coated steel screen and when I run out, I double up small coffee filters or crumpled waxed paper.
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Screen or crumpled up wax paper
“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.” - James Russell Lowell
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I usually use pan covers that are made of a window mesh material, I've also seen guys place a piece of sheep fur under the pan to keep dirt from getting under it and then cover the trap
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Poly-fil under the pan is what I use.
I spend all my money on loose women and trapping supplies.....The rest I just waste.
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Between me and the guys I worked with we used, canvas, polyfil, foam, coffee filters, blue shop towels, sandwich baggies cut in half, wax paper. They all worked.
"I used to be a tired hunting guide, now I'm just a re-tired hunting guide"
"No eternal reward will forgive us now, for wasting the dawn" JM
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