Beaver Trapping Bank Dens (I Caught the BIGGEST Otter of my LIFE)

[@bradleymarquardt4464]

Holly crap buddy that is one heck of a huge otter. Daaaaang

[@muskratmanoutdoors2946]

Just got my first otter of the season today over here in Michigan

[@jimmyboy5597]

Really enjoy our videos. Thanks for the effort.

[@danielmastin3606]

Beautiful Beaver, Huge Otter 🦦.

[@marktheo1563]

Boy that really blows! The biggest otter of your life & Custard Do Write ends up with it? Wow,I hate them clowns even more now. Thanks for sharing.

[@garydowns7425]

Love the videos keep on posting I’ll keep watching!!!!😃

[@markstuut4024]

Looks beautiful

[@johnk9698]

That was a huge otter. It was certainly the fattest otter I've ever seen.I hope the game Warden allows you to switch it out with a different one. When I was kid I would do some nuisance trapping for the local game Warden so he knew me pretty well.back then the limit for otters was 2. Each one had to be tagged before I could sell them. I caught 4 otters in the same day. He let me keep and tag them. Having a relationship with him made all the difference. He never questioned the veracity of the story. Two were caught in a abandoned beaver house. I thought there were beaver in the hut because the snow up top was melted. I trapped it for another two weeks and never caught a beaver. Not even a muskrat. I really appreciate your videos. Let us know what happened with the game Warden. Thanks.

[@stephenjohnson6841]

Wow! That was huge! I hope the GW worked with you?Thanks for sharing!

[@claylehman9106]

Great video, good luck with the big otter.

[@woodystrapping]

Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉

[@MrThang33]

Awesome otter! Northern Trapper mentioned you in one of his last videos. Apparently he relaxes... watching trapping videos!

[@erichennes1737]

you make some aesome videos . I can;t wait to do this myself I am learning alot from your videos keepem coming

[@WestTennessee]

That’s a big otter! Great video as usual. 👍🏻😎

[@mikeknoll1130]

Nice job, hope the warden knows you will take care of them properly.

[@FLpatriotLady]

I really enjoy watching your videos from Clearwater Florida. Lol

[@jacobtobeluk7813]

Another awesome vid!

[@calvincraft2580]

Hey brother try equate cream in the red and white tube.I use it on my hands, back and feet.Had a few back surgeries, dont know what the deal is with my shoulder. Naturopathy in my feet.Try it.

[@melvinkidd1813]

aww man i feel bad for you maybe you can switch out and keep the biggest one for yourself👍👍

[@woodystrapping]

Great job brother! Sorry you can't keep them😁👍

[@collinsmith9572]

Lake wolfers

[@3172bees]

In Maine we can keep the incidental otters during the beaver season

[@camefromthenorth]

So you don't get to keep the otter or do you just have a holding tag for them recorded then you still keep them?

[@germantown84]

What does the state of Minnesota do with the incidental catches?

[@tesla120]

They are seized, and then auctioned off. You get a portion of the proceeds which amounts to like $1

[@germantown84]

@@tesla120 can just fur buyers buy the fur?

[@tesla120]

@@germantown84 I'm not sure, they do public auctions for everything else they confiscate but I wouldn't be surprised if it was all just auctioned in bulk

[@330Maniac]

I tried that, but the warden said you don't get anything.

[@tesla120]

@@330Maniac I'll have to reread the section in the regs on the pelting fee they pay. Ive never had to go down that road but there's something in there about it. May not apply here 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@art1muz13]

Really enjoy our videos. Thanks for the effort. WHAT IS DONE WITH THE OTTERS?

[@nlkris1424]

Great video,.big ol' beaver and a few dandy otters. My personal best otter catch is 34 lb male. Do you know the weight of the big one you got?

[@shawncharleyboy3702]

That was huge. Was he nice enough to let you swap out with a previous otter you had ?

[@marktheo1563]

You pushed him in the set walking & checking. When it's really cold & still on a night with no wind & the ditches,ponds & streams freeze here in w.n.y. they will sometimes freeze over clearer than glass. I dont trap much rats or beavers, but will walk these water ways to save time & distance & avoid thick brush,pricker thorns & vines as well as steep hills. I have often scared fully visible musk rats & beavers under the ice into other trappers sets & actually watched them get caught & knock an ear of corn out of mouth of 1 beaver when it did.

[@rugerfarming5387]

thats suck on the otters. looks like some nice ones.or the limits sucks one or the other.Good videos fella. love watching them.

[@ДенисКареев-о6у]

Английским не владею, переводи на русский. Ru. Здесь, на Урале, тоже ловлю бобров. Условия у нас тяжелее, суровее. С наступающим Новым годом. Удачи в новом году. Не пуха ни пера. Здоровья. Ден. Пермь.

[@kevinlee6731]

What does the state do with the otters?

[@nathan_1606]

Where did you get those leather mittens?

[@gunfisher4661]

That otter must have been making some tracks they way he got caught in the trap.

[@mikewhitman745]

Question, first year trapping for me and I'm trying to deal with nuisance beavers blocking up culverts across the street at the mill pond. I have not been able to find anything but older abandoned runs, between taking the canoe out this summer and fall and walking the banks I cannot find a lodge or feed pile. Everything is iced over now, besides looking for the obvious signs what should I be looking for? Keep up the videos man, I have a lot more to learn from you as long as your willing to teach. Thank you.

[@jtb9544]

I have found in those situations waiting until the ice is out and using a castor mound is upper effective. I have a pond I trap with supper steep banks under water and most my bank den entrances are more than 8 feet down. If not for castor mounds I would be out of luck. Hope that helps

[@jporter504]

Nice video!

[@robgrubb420]

wow that was a unit

[@65FullMoon83]

There's probably no fish in the pond because of the otters. It doesn't take long for a family of otters to clean out the fish in a small pond.

[@josiahcaminiti4336]

Let us know if they let you swap the otter out!!

[@jrrevolt688]

That's a dang nice otter. That sucks

[@danielreitterer4790]

Is it possible to ship some traps to Austria?

[@mikewoldring2465]

Do you put up your own fur? I'd love to see how you skin and put up your beaver.

[@ВадимЗим-к4ь]

Супер. Very nice 👍

[@alejosvela-jr2978]

Let us know if you’re able to keep it please.

[@canislatrans8285]

Please weigh that big one before it gets picked up! I caught a 24 pound male 48" tip to tip unskinned, years ago. But I have seen they can be to 30 pounds, sometimes more. Had a huge female roadkill come in for mounting, I think she was 25 pounds. Just so big for a female. She also had 2 near term fetuses in her. I think we have a lot of big ones here, hardly any trappers, and most are K9 trappers due to the extremely high red fox population. The few dozen muskrats I caught over a bunch of years were all pretty big too, with some being monsters. A couple monster buck mink too. Beaver are scarce here for some reason, but we have more beaver than muskrats. Red fox, followed by raccoons, followed by yotes, mink, possums, grey fox ( can vary by area though), beaver, rats, skunks, weasels, in that order.

[@fishermanii4137]

Do you find otters with beavers?

[@REAPERMILITIAOUTDOORS]

Sucks ya can't keep them.

[@ІгорСкоморохін]

Приветствую вас из Украины. Скажите пожалуйста, что вы делаете с мясом бобра? Я делаю полукопчёную колбасу.

[@keitbmonroe6334]

Do you have a skinning video?

[@mntengr301]

Nice