Last fall I made several 12x15x33 inch beaver cage traps to see how small I could push it and still catch in a trap with a large appearance. The height was the standard 12, while the width was in between the 12x12 and the 12x18 at 12x15. In an attempt to go as short as possible, the length was only 33, probably about as short as you could go simply because beaver are large, with a 50 pound beaver measuring about 32 inches head to the base of the tail.
It was a tough winter and not worth the fight, below zero many nights, lots of ice and a fair amount of snow. I didn't set any beaver traps for the past couple of months, but break up is beginning. Finally I got a chance to experiment with the new traps and went two for two, not a surprise, a large beaver just under 40 pounds and a small one. This trap is only 71% as large when comparing the volume of this trap to the 12x18x39, while it has an opening 83.3% as large as the bigger trap. The new trap weighs only 17.5 pounds.
No comments:
Post a Comment