Where are the 2 1/2 year old beaver?

[@mitchwilliams5640]

As always Dale, thanks for sharing your info. Couldn’t have learned any of this without your input. Caught my first beavers this season by watching your videos on making sets with footholds. Placing that mud mound for them to bump their chest was a game changer. Always looking forward to the next video!!

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Mitch first off congratulations on the beaver catches. Second thank you. I appreciate you watching too

[@mitchwilliams5640]

@@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531 Thanks, couldn’t have done it without you. Did I mention that I had a little help from your Swamp Master lure? Picked it up from Cumberland’s. Cypress Breaks will be my next try. Be safe out there. You are our modern day Johnny Thorpe!

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

@mitchwilliams5640 thank you. I'm awful glad to help if I can. I'm glad to hear that swamp master was a part of your success too

[@chrisholmes6029]

Great to hear that you tried the the chest bump mound of mud and found it very successful.

[@dublelung1]

I never knew that about the delayed pregnancy. Good info!

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you for watching dublelung

[@chrisholmes6029]

You had some convincing ideas to contemplate on. Thank you for sharing with us. I find your shows very informative.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Chris.

[@jasonmcvicker8703]

Thank you for the education Dale! I learned a few things from this video.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you for watching Jason

[@kevinmeeske3412]

Another Excellent video Thanks again Dale

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Kevin. God bless you my friend.

[@douglasstellhorn6016]

Drought was a serious issue in my area. The trappers who had areas that held water did well. I was trapping backwater areas where I should be ankle of deeper in mud and everything was hard pan, you are absolutely correct they need water. Our only 20-30 pounders were out if a pond everything else was 45 to our biggest of 68 this year. My numbers suffered on beaver. Thanks for the insight.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

A drought just hurts everything Doug. Thank you for watching

[@mtchad9792]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Best of luck to ya.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you MT CHAD.

[@AnArkansasTrapper]

Maybe the dry summers we have been having allowed predators to access the huts as well. I've been pulling fully developed kits from momma's here.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

And that could be too An Arkansas Trapper. But I also know y'all were powder dry in December when I was there. But you got a lot of water in January. Now if those beaver knew the water was coming which we know they're better at predicting weather than Willard Scott or Al Roker ever were. Then it would make sense that during the breeding season of December and January they went ahead and took. Would it not? Just my opinion. I appreciate you buddy.

[@AnArkansasTrapper]

I'm not seeing the numbers of adolescents here either. The last year we had a dry spring and this year is looking to be the same. I am of the thought that even though we will be getting kits born, very little water makes it easier for the cats and coyotes to get a hold of the young. I doubt there will be any complaints of the numbers going down but believe we may be seeing a decrease in them. Which won't be any complaints from anyone but the trappers. ​@@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531

[@RockyMountainTrapper]

Thanks for the information bud!

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you for watching Rocky Mountain Trapper.

[@user-sl1lb3wc4r]

Wow i never knew that thanks bill love learing new stuff about beaver

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you for watching Ryan. I appreciate you

[@HaywoodVapeReviews]

Great video as always

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Matthew. I appreciate you watching

[@timlandis6690]

Great info Dale

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Tim. Thank you for watching too

[@michaellance3544]

Might want to re-think the delayed implantation idea as the data does not mention it. Whereas "Drought" conditions can affect a female's estrus cycle and could lead to a skip for reproductive mating at a normal time of year. This could account for less beaver of the 2 -2.5 age group showing up in harvest data. There also is some thought that "Drought" causes this age group of beaver to remain with the colony and not "disperse" during spring "low water" conditions. Just some other observations noted in the literature....... the mike

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Duly noted Mike. Thank you. Thank you for watching too

[@hankhabekost209]

Thanks for teaching me something I never knew, Dale

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Hank I appreciate you taking the time to watch.. thank you

[@66bigbuds]

We got rain every other day for months now. Everything is moldy and crops are rotting in the field. It's them scientist that made that weather machine in alaska.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Yes it's very wet here too Big Buds

[@randywense1392]

I think you are correct on that

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Randy. Thank you for watching too

[@derrickwatson9146]

Wow! That’s some information that I never knew! Thanks Dale! Glad you made it back from Louisiana

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Derrick. Been home bout 16 days now buddy . I appreciate you watching

[@WestTennessee]

Very interesting. Thanks Dale.👍🏻😎🇺🇸

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Sonny. I appreciate you sir

[@donvincent895]

Great info Dale!! In central Missouri we are drying up to. We got a creek that borders our property and it’s never been this low in the twenty years I’ve been here.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Yeah it's bad dry here too Don. I just hope it goes to raining soon or we're in for another dry one. Thank you for watching

[@jeffparks6811]

We are catching a lot of big beaver here.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

I can imagine you are Jeff. Y'all are as dry as we are. Thank you for watching buddy. I appreciate you

[@pensnut08]

Where I am at in the South, we got the water LOL I got 2 yr olds coming up and munching on the front lawn grass HAHAHAHA! They ain't touching the trees of screwing with the dock floats... Yet. That explanation made soooooo much sense and I had no clue they could delay implantation that long!

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

I'm glad you got water pensnut. I hope you continue to keep it too. I appreciate you watching. Thank you

[@mikeleclair1308]

Thanks for sharing,very interested to see if I see that pattern here in Mich.we are a bit down on water level also.Look to focus more on the larger areas instead of the small creeks maybe this spring.Thanks again.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Mike. Yes it'd be interesting to see if you run into it there. Thank you for watching

[@cowman540]

never knew that about the female beaver .or have ever heard that .thanks Dale

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

No problem Cowman. Thank you for watching

[@stephenpickard3150]

Very good comments and advice from a mam that knows. I’ve trapped for years and did not know that beaver have delayed implantation.

[@stephenpickard3150]

Man 😁

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Steve. Yeah a lot of trappers don't know that. I hope it helps some and answers a few questions. I appreciate you buddy.

[@chtcorel1567]

Another great video. Very informative. Thank you

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

I appreciate you watching Chris. Thank you buddy

[@RonMcCarl]

Very interesting topic Dale, thank you for sharing your trapping knowledge with us.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

I appreciate y'all Ron. Thank you for watching

[@michaellance3544]

P.S. Still enjoy the personal insight.................................................. the mike

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Mike

[@etiennescarbinski7890]

Pretty timely video sir. We hit a section of river last week and really got into the 60lbers and were wondering where the smaller ones were.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Hopefully this video helps explain some of this. Thank you for watching Etienne

[@66bigbuds]

Plus we traped them Last year. Right?

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

@@66bigbuds right

[@nancystclair26]

Who knew?!😅

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Nancy. I appreciate you watching too

[@paulmartin6895]

That is interesting about what you said . This past fall I got some young ones. But the water level was kept where it need to . Thanks

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you for watching Paul.

[@gregreinhart5928]

We found all the easy beaver the bridge beaver are gone.The creeks and small rivers all but dried up push the beaver to larger bodies of water .Right now if you want them you have to go to them.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

That's absolutely 💯 right Greg. Thank you for watching

[@jefffilloon4766]

Thumbs up buddy, great explination.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Jeff. Thank you for watching also

[@ncmooutdoors]

That might be why I'm not catching much under 50lbs. But I'm catching the heck out of big ones

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Very well could explain it NCMO. Thank you for watching

[@PopPopJoe]

Great information thanks for sharing!

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

PopPop thank you for watching. I appreciate you

[@johnhawn]

Good info Dale thanks

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

You're welcome John. Thank you for watching

[@timothydembeck2980]

Great information makes sense

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Timothy. I hope so. Thank you for watching

[@jimmyraythomason1]

Spring fever here in Alabama means getting ready to garden not trap. We do not have a spring beaver season even though we have no closed season for trapping them. We cannot sell any part of a beaver caught outside of the furbearer trapping season which here runs from October 31st to the end of February.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Here in Iowa Jimmy our beaver season runs until April 15th. Missouri it goes until March 31st. I think it's the same in Illinois. Wisconsin I think it's April 31st and Minnesota it goes until May 15 I believe. So here in the northern states we can alot longer yet

[@mikequesenberry5344]

That is very interesting Dale , but makes sense . If the conditions are not in the animals favor to multiply , them Mother Nature holds them back Are you a Grand Pa yet ? Good luck.

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Mike. Yes I am. He arrived Monday morning at 6:30. Onyx Grey Kennedy. Future wildlife population control specialist in the making

[@mikequesenberry5344]

Congratulations my friend , that is wonderful news. @@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531

[@paulhuval]

Great information 👍

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

Thank you Paul. I appreciate you watching too

[@chrisspanks7750]

Hey Dale did I hear you say you don't bother waxing and dying your traps ?

[@billingsleybrandtrappinglu1531]

That's right Chris I paint them. Go into my playlist under trap talk and there's a video about how I do this. Thank you for watching