Beaver

[curlis]

One more picture before skinning.

[curlis]

Hey Wayne,

What going on on the East Coast?

[Gene Wensel]

Glad to hear everything was on the up and up. Well done!
 gw

[curlis]

Thanks Gene,

This hunt really is a test of ones skills.

[mike g]

I'm glad that Bill has finialy got his Beaver in the Boat....
Now I can stop giving him all the easy shots....  

[southpawshooter]

Nice going Bill - thanks for the pics and story.

 

[Roadkill]

I trapped for the State of CA when it was legal to trap.  My trap got a work out on one that weighed in at 78#.  I never shot one, but know on the eastern slope of the Sierra there are ranchers who will invite you down. They are amazing animals.  Again, Moyle's tanning in heybern ID will make a garment quality skin out of your hide.

[Bowspirit]

So, what were the specs on the gear you used to take that monster?

[RamiusEng]

What makes hunting those critters so difficult?

[bamboo]

nice beaver   bill
sounds like quite an adventure!!

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

RamiusEng..

Beavers like to sink like a rock after they get shot. I've had the opportunity to shoot them while bowfishing or by other means. If they're on the bank and you hit them, they'll smash into the water and deep six themselves, and IF they surface, they'll do it quietly, trying to make their way away.  When they do surface, they'll float for a while, then either sink and die or they hole up in a below bank den.

[Frank V]

Bill, thanks for sharing & congratulations. Now that you have one in the boat Mike will probably rock the boat when it's your turn to shoot. Frank

[curlis]

Frank,

No doubt!

[Biggie Hoffman]

I shot one a few years back. Uncle Gene said I should eat it with the skin on like a real mountain man. I prefer them bare skinned. Didn't taste anything like I expected.

[woodchucker]

"Boy, pay a mind to where we set those traps and go fetch us some proper food"

- Jeremiah Johnson -

[curlis]

Chuck,
That is my all time favorite movie!

[Frank V]

Right up there on my list too! Frank

[Drew]

Congrats!  They make some good jerky!

[pintail_drake2004]

Congrats on the beaver, but can I ask a question? If you plan on gettin it tanned, then why would you shoot him instead of trap one? If you shoot them, that only creates more work on the tanner to sew the hole and be careful then finishing the tanning process as not to "enlarge" the hole. I have been tanning critters for many years, and have even done several beaver, but this just puzzles me when it is just as easy to trap one in a #330 coni...then you have no holes which in-turn gives you a higer quality show piece.
Just my 2cents.

P.S. they make great table fare.

[mike g]

Because it's way to much fun Hunting them....
Nothing like being out on the river in a boat at nite Hunting beaver with a Longbow....
   I like the swimming Beaver shots myself....
Pure instinctive shootin at's it's best....