Beaver Cage Double, side by side, Comstock Cage Traps! (+playlist)

Much of the time we use beaver castor lure and simply place the cage traps in between the beaver and lure.  If you don't catch the beaver coming into the set, you will surely take him going.  Where easy castor lure type sets are more difficult to make, we sometimes revert back to a basic "crossover set."



Where a beaver dam is present, beavers will usually have one path or "crossover," going from the pond to the creek channel below.  Though a bit subtile, they are very easy to spot once you have seen one.  Though a crossover set below a beaver dam is one of the most common sets and visible, they are usually made with snares and conibear type traps.  But, the Comstock wire trigger cage traps not only work better than any other device, they are faster to set.



In this video two traps were placed side by side with a deadman log over the front of the traps to act as a diving pole and two more traps were placed in the channel in the same manner, again using a log as a diver.  First check, first day, produced 3 beaver in the 4 traps.  Unlike other devices, you can place these cages side by side without a captured animal firing the second trap.