How to Snare Beaver with a Vertical Kill Pole Drowning Rod

[@johnlunetta4917]

I've been trapping beaver for a decades, and have to say that is an excellent idea. I also can see that used from the bank where the water is to deep for wading. A fellow can make his set from the shore, push that rod setup in the deeper water with the drowner, from shore. Then recover the whole set from the shore again. Good job Meat Trapper, Thank You, again.

[@Meattrapper]

I haven't thought about it from that perspective but you are right. In areas where there is a steep drop off at the bank this would work. Thanks!

[@brycegreen1257]

Great video. Keep up the good work.

[@284Winchester]

Thanks that’s the best kill pole video explanation I’ve seen. We have similar laws in Georgia but they’re even more restrictive so count your blessings.

[@tallybeaverman9462]

I catch more Beaver with these, than I do with any other set.

[@carlmunger3305]

I enjoy all your videos I've learned a lot from you.I just started trapping my son and I are having a lot fun but still have a lot to learn.We are from Stuttgart,Arkansas

[@Meattrapper]

Great to hear - I will be near Horsehoe Lake AR soon doing a hog and beaver removal job. Great country! You are in duck central!

[@ukwildcampersouthwest4885]

Love your enthusiasm for catching your own meat. If I was doing this was in the UK where I live, I would be hung, drawn and quartered. Really enjoy your vids and look forward to seeing more. All the best from The South West of the UK.

[@Meattrapper]

Thank you very much sir. I appreciate that! Food is getting more and more expensive and with factory farms you never know what you are really getting. If you ever find yourself over here I'll take you trapping . Cheerio mate! :)

[@AlexDoucet]

If you step out of boat and touch the bottom is considered trespassing then won't staking tour snare to the bottom also be considered trespassing? Wouldn't that be the same if I didn't have permission on the other side of a fence where I see a good trial so instead of crossing the fence I just reach over and place my snare while still on my side of the fence? And if you can stake it to the bottom which is private property then shouldt you then also be able to stake on the bank of the same property?

[@Bamapride1000]

You can use this method on leaned up on a tree if you have permission. I was under the impression in Alabama that of your trapping devices touched bottom you was trespassing that it didn’t have to be your person. They leave so many of these things open to the wardens discretion that I’m almost afraid to set without permission. I do love beaver floats in the river though. I use them with 2 body grips on each and usually a couple a area close by. I’ve had some 20+ beaver days and let me tell you I was thankful to have kids that loved skinning critters lol. Triston loved skinning beavers and rats and Parker just loved having the knife in his hand asking when we was making more beaver sticks lol

[@Bamapride1000]

Oh and the unfair advantage works good down your way. I used it on Lowndes management area and wore them out. It produced the same as Dobbins backbreaker and some caverns I had with me that have proved wonderful time and time again. I don’t think there will ever be another beaver lure like Lennon’s beaver lure.

[@scottdiepenhorst3070]

How do you anchor your beaver floats on a creek or river with current without touching the land or bottom with your equipment ?

[@timothyschnaekel5904]

Again, outstanding job, you are teaching us valuable skills I thankyou

[@Meattrapper]

Thanks buddy!

[@Beavertrapper]

no issues with beaver tipping or pulling over your poles? also what is the "donut' made out of ?

[@Meattrapper]

I have had poles bent by big bvr. Donut is a slice of a foam pool noodle.

[@kusterflattail]

Trying to understand how it is that anchoring your set to the bottom isn't also the same as stepping on it? 🤔 That's the way it is here in Wisconsin.

[@parrotbill]

Man that is pretty slick! Do you have to make those drowning locks or can you buy them?

[@Meattrapper]

You can buy them from fnt. Look for the Death Diamond drowner.

[@parrotbill]

The Meat Trapper Thanks, I know places where I could use them.

[@cynicalreality6838]

Death Diamond Drowner???? You have to be making that up.

[@garyhudgins833]

I caught my first beaver today using this technique, I've missed the same beaver 3 times with foot holds but the snare did the trick. Thanks for the info!

[@Meattrapper]

gary hudgins Awesome! Great job!!

[@joshuabogart1]

What is the length of the snare you used here?

[@Дорогавжизнь-н5е]

Thanks. Nice work! 👍👍👍

[@bradheath2592]

They can’t pull the pole up out of the mud ? How deep is the pole in the mud ?

[@turkeyman410]

I am a landowner in Alabama. If you asked permission I can't imagine someone telling you no. When it comes to beavers, I don't care how you do just that it gets done.

[@wallaceviviansadventures2095]

that's a great setup with great success.thanks for sharing

[@Meattrapper]

Thanks for watching!

[@mikehughesoutdoors2774]

We have a "mooring" law here in Iowa. I'm not sure what it all amounts to and how this technique would figure into it. I will be checking it out though. I like it. Quick and simple.

[@Meattrapper]

+Michael Hughes Yeah every place is different. Hope it can be useful in your area.

[@mikehughesoutdoors2774]

+The Meat Trapper How about welding a "portable pocket", like a 3 or 4 inch piece of 1 inch conduit on top of the rod for lure? That would eliminate losing your donut.

[@Meattrapper]

+Michael Hughes Very good idea. One issue I'm still working on is variable lure height. Sometimes the water is 3 feet deep sometime it's 6 feet deep.

[@kellypeterson5771]

Meat Trapper, take a short piece of 1" pvc like say 3-4". Drill a hole completely thru it the same size as your rebar. Rebar is not perfectly round, the sides have the sharp ridge-take the piece of pvc and force in on the rebar-takes a little effort but it will go-once the rebar is thru both holes in pvc then slide it up and down several times so it moves more freely. Then when you need it at a different height just slide it where you want, make a quarter turn and viola, it stay put because of the shape of the rebar-not round. Put lure in the pvc and its covered from the rain too.

[@garywhelton9304]

Great vidoe , just 1 ? What do you do if there is a tree across the creek ? Can you cut the tree ?

[@Meattrapper]

That's a good question. Never ran into that where I didn't have permission.

[@35hounds]

If you stick the stake in the mud you would be on the land owner property you would still be setting on his land that is the way it is Iowa if your boat hit ground you are trespassing if you stick a stick in the mud you are trespassing. May be different in your area the other thing is how do you know which side the beaver is going to swim why not hang a snare off of each side off of one drowned and if you wanted multiple catches the go ahead and put to stakes down. Really great video you do a awesome job!, Thanks

[@timmynormand8082]

Hank same here in Louisiana if you put a stick in the mud your trespassing

[@blazeweaver7467]

Tennessee is the same as Alabama. Your equipment can set on the bottom, it is your person that cant.

[@timmynormand8082]

@@blazeweaver7467 we fish crawfish here but ur trap can't be on the bottom of the water. They just don't want you there

[@tylerburnham17]

Took about a week but I only had 5 sets out with these poles. Caught my first one on this setup and was my first beaver on a snare too! Not my first beaver ever but first using this style.

[@psuitt]

Just found your channel and I'm enjoying watching immensely! Thanks for your professional commentary.

[@bobbyk.3133]

Interesting, that wouldn't fly in MI. Your traps would still be considered trespassing here, due to the fact your material/traps/snares are still in contact with the land owners property. I love the idea though, might have to try it where I do have permission.

[@garyhudgins833]

Thanks man! I've been watching your videos for a good while now trying to soak up all of the info that I can. I think I'm gonna make that beaver burger with bacon ends that you've been talking about!

[@SailingLittleGooseBC]

Are you using just plain donuts for bait? Interesting setup, would be good while the ice isnt frozen over.

[@Meattrapper]

No I call them donuts but they are a slice of a Walmart pool noodle smeared with lure. You can reuse them.

[@SailingLittleGooseBC]

+The Meat Trapper thats a good idea! I usually have problems with beavers knocking over my 330s when set on a caster mound then they make their own. Re set and same thing but been having good luck with snare poles under ice as the beavers have to swim through a 30" couvert to get from the house to the dam.

[@chimas4449]

thanks, hopefully i get the chance to try them out.

[@bowhunter9288]

Interesting.

[@MdennisAK]

That’s genius

[@drewdublin6878]

Have you tried or thought about using fiberglass or carbon fiber rods for this. Just wondering if they would work the same. Trying to find a way to shed a little weight

[@Meattrapper]

Drew Dublin I would love to use them. They work just as well and weigh nothing. Problem I had is that I couldn't find any locally and if I pay shipping they get real expensive.

[@drewdublin6878]

Yeah thats the problem im having to. But know many good areas around where im at that you cant easily get a boat in and packing rebar a long ways gets rough. Rather save my energy for backing out meat

[@drewdublin6878]

I was also wondering if you have ever had a beaver pull the rod out of the mud

[@Meattrapper]

Drew Dublin Ive had one pull the rod up but it worked like a big drag and he hung up a few yards down the creek. The aint going far with a 5 foot pole behind them.

[@elstonboldery9411]

Is there any issues with losing the rod? Or am I missing something on securing the rod?

[@Meattrapper]

Be sure to push or hammer the rod into the bottom. If you do not push it into the mud firmly, they can pull it out and then it will function as a drag and tangle them up. I have had that happen once.

[@manuelch.4381]

Like and enjoy 👍🍀👍 Greetings from Germany 👍🍀👍

[@parrotbill9072]

I used 2 together like that and caught one. Problem is, he went to the bottom and played May Pole on them. It's fairly easy to pull one rod out, but 2 wired together is a pretty good job. Other than that I love them, being handicapped, it is much easier to trap from my canoe with these things. Saves a lot of walking for me.

[@chadrick_hastings]

What type of lure was on the donuts?

[@Meattrapper]

Fox Hollow Damn a dam

[@tnoutdoors2719]

what lure could you use besides special baits anything simple

[@parrotbill9072]

Can you use just one pole per set? I maybe doing an AFC jpb on a 25 acre pond, with water lilies that come out near 20ft from shore. I was thinking this would work well a few feet from the outside edge of the lilies. Many areas have a point where a small clump of lilies jet out 5 ft further than the rest. Seems like good spots for open water beaver, then move into do bank sets and look for dens.

[@Meattrapper]

Yep - one pole works fine.

[@minktrappingpaddy]

Another very informative and well put together video. Thank you!

[@Meattrapper]

Thanks for watching!

[@barrynorthmississippiprepp5777]

Cool simple smart set

[@jerryjacobsen5680]

nice video love snares/restaints

[@WeberJ101]

Meat Trapper how much does a beaver pelt sell for? love the vids

[@Meattrapper]

Jef Bro Southern pelts bring eight to twelve bucks. Not a lot considering how much work is involved.

[@nikkibrooks2825]

In ks still illegal as the rod is touching the bottom

[@Meattrapper]

Glad I'm not in KS.

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

SUCCESS!!!! Good going my friend!

[@HoosierHmstrdr94]

Genuis!

[@cpd833]

My question is about beaver lure. Do you know any respected makers of beaver lure that are located in the Pacific Northwest? That is where I am located. If not, who are the respected northern beaver lure makers? Thanks for this video. If all goes well, I will most likely be using this technique in some of the areas I wish to trap.

[@Meattrapper]

I'm not familiar with a lure maker from the Northwest, but Tim Caven in Minnesota is one of the best out there. I would give his Timber ( www.minntrapprod.com/Cavens-Timber/productinfo/TIMBER1/) lure a try. A guy who does a great KZbin channel is Aaron of BackYardMeat. He lives in Oregon and also traps beavers. His channel is kzbin.infovideos. Very nice guy. Maybe send him a message and ask him what he uses? We're looking at three more months of hundred degree heat with 90 plus percent humidity. Enjoy the Northwest buddy. :) After using the vertical pole for a while now - it works great - just make sure the pole is driven into the bottom securely. I've had some 3/8" poles bent up - 1/2" is doing fine.

[@cpd833]

Thanks for the information. I truly appreciate the wonderful resource you are. I'm do also appreciate the milder weather we get here. I have never been to Alabama, but if Texas and Georgia are comparable, I am sure that life outside can be a chore.

[@michaelbrigman3516]

Very clever idea! Thanks for sharing.

[@ANXIETOR]

If stepping out of the boat onto the mud is trespassing, then how is staking a snare into the same mud not trapping without permission?

[@nohandlesavailable677]

I was wondering that too. My state, which isn't alabama, touching the ground with even a boat anchor counts as trespassing.

[@Meattrapper]

+OutdoorVoodoo The law specifically states exiting the boat and that's what the wardens will tell you. The other aspect is that this type of set can't be vandalized from the bank. They'd have to get in the water to screw with it. I don't write the law. I just try to follow it.

[@JWZelch]

What a fantastic idea! I have probably learned more about snaring beaver from you than anyone! Thank you!

[@SteveWrightNZ]

This is very good.

[@druinjun5668]

good stuff, meat in the freezer. i gotta go out and get me some snowshoe soon. missed eating them rabbit brains lol

[@johnlord8337]

In Oregon, anybody can walk up (a modest walking width) of the river/creek shoreline for fishing. If this is trapping, that might be a different situation. This seems to be just a pissy situations of too much EPA and state bureaucrats (government chair turds !!!!) who haven't ever done a damn thing in their life, except to write more and more paperwork laws that create more enslaving laws. Maybe the bureaucrats (not the beavers) need to be strung on these vertical bars ... !

[@Meattrapper]

+You Tube Very well said sir! Amen!

[@Meattrapper]

Exactly John. They take something reasonable (like get permission to Trap on another man's land) and turn it into a way to make something so complicated that it becomes impossible to comply with.

[@johnlord8337]

And you wonder why the EPA has so many laws on the books, that they are a law unto themselves. I suggest people take the Hillsdale online free course on the Federalist papers, and Constitution. We now have instead of constitutional law, the European (Napoleonic case law (guilty until proven innocent, like chinese, buy your own bullet). The separation of posers is now consolidated in the agencies who are executive (law giver), legislative (law enforcer), and judicial (their own courts you have to respond to and pay fines). This is what I am talking about. When you have a "navigable waterway (put a canoe even a small inner tube into a water (even a pond) it is now under their jurisdiction to tell you that you can have it, not have it, modify it to their standards, .... and they will fine the shit out of you, even confiscate all you have (like IRS) until you comply or die. The same for walking in the river bottom, or "just along" the side of the waterway. Total crap. This government at state and federal levels needs the same 35% unemployment like the rest of the country, and we would be far better off, and shred all their agency law books, and get back to rational and righteous governance.

[@Meattrapper]

+John Lord I have heard Rush talk about that course. I will definitely check it out. Thanks for the suggestion and I agree 100%.

[@johnlord8337]

online.hillsdale.edu/dashboard/courses I've taken all the courses, and each course has gotten me that much more sick (and tired) of all the illegal and unconstitutional actions of this nation since the days of Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, the *&^^ FDR !!, Johnson (caused all the current race issues), Jimmy Peanut Carter (caused all the current world problems with Panama, North Korea, China, entire Mideast, Muslims, Israel, Jewish, Christians), ... and then this POS God-forsaken dark lighter in the White House Manchurian Muslim and all his evils and treasons in destroying our nation (and those treasonous officials who continue to destroy the nation). When you see the truth, versus the spin, It really pisses you off at what is happening.

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

Those laws are shit. For us, no one owns the waterway or the soil underneath it. The landowner only owns the area beyond the hihpgh water mark. Those snare openings looked rather big. Where does it catch the beaver...not around the neck?

[@Meattrapper]

I agree - idiotic laws - but if you are innovative there is always a way to get the job done. Beaver are almost impossible to neck snare because of their torpedoe like shape. The vast majority of beaver are snared just behind the front legs.

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

The Meat Trapper Makes sense. I'm trying to imagine places that I have seen near me where these sets would work. We have a lot of beaver in lakes and some damns in waterways, but also plenty of high water rivers and creeks where open water is all we have. I see a ton of beaver slides down hillsides. I think that is the most common. I think our trapping season is mainly in the winter months to prevent spoiling as well.

[@Meattrapper]

The Wooded Beardsman I will search my footage for sharing slides and send you a link.

[@Meattrapper]

The Wooded Beardsman This one has some snare footage that may help kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXSmeKdvhpZnpJI

[@blazeweaver7467]

I saw the old trappers would put 6 or 8 snares on 1 pole. That might make a set more effective in bigger water.

[@MrWhiskyDog]

I find it hard figure why a property owner wouldn't give permission to trap beaver.. looks like they might be going to lose some timber to the flooded area, or their building a nice swamp.. anyway good ideas and keep it up.. us trappers can use all the sets we can come up with, each one we learn is a tool we can use.

[@Meattrapper]

+MrWhiskyDog In this case it's bad blood between neighbors. One guy is getting flooded and wants them gone, another guy just wants to make life difficult for his neighbor. The creek bottlenecks where the bad guys property is - so this was my solution to not getting on his land. I made the video to illustrate the concept and hope others can make use of it.

[@blazeweaver7467]

I had 2 properties along a creek and I had to come out of the woods and go around at first. When I saw this video I checked tennessee regs and have been using a kayak to do this same thing in what I used to call "no mans land".

[@5xsanfordlife945]

Are you sure about laws.. in maine and many other states as long as you enter water on public or permission owners DO NOT OWN THE WATER

[@kevinwimmer4159]

yeah if you touch the ground or anything you have with you touches the ground you are considered trespassing. you need a floating snare. Good luck making that work. lol

[@parrotbill9072]

opps I meant ADC job

[@parrotbill9072]

Cool 😎👍

[@cynicalreality6838]

A tv show brought me here because it had traps in it, I have no desire to watch the video. So you drown the animal.....on purpose? Who are you Micheal Vick? And what the hell would you want with a beaver?

[@kallicuppy8258]

Where did you find that diamond lock.?

[@Meattrapper]

Kalli Cuppy Fntpost.com