First fur of the year

[Kusko]

fresh willow through the ice or castor mounds with open water

[ak_powder_monkey]

what does one use for beaver bait?

[sheep man]

first fur

I use to trap beaver before i blew my back out...inside joke

[trapperbob]

A comment on the snare thread below is that you never no what you might catch so use heavy enough equipment to hold legal furbearers. I have caught and held wolverine in coyote snares that were attached with 9 guage wire. Here is a pic of the first fur of the season a 36 Lber. Castor mound set with a 330 conibear.