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Trad Gang Highlights => Highlights 2010 => Topic started by: ArrowCrester on June 27, 2010, 11:32:00 AM
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Was lucky enough to arrow this 68 lb Beaver. It's a unique experience to hunt from a boat and troll down the delta and get an opportunty to harvest such a creature. (Fred Bear Kodiak T/D Recurve bow; 2212 XX75 easton aluminum arrows; three blade Razorcap BHs.)
(http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af258/archerman101/68lbBeaver.jpg)
(http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af258/archerman101/68lbbeaverscull2.jpg)
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Dude,nice beaver!!!LOL I just had to. Congrats on your trophy
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2nd that!!!should be able to make some nice grip covers with that tail.and silencers from skin.....nice job chris
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Dang look at the rear feet, that sucker is huge.
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Hope you saved the meat. Beaver is one of my favorite wild game to eat. Nice shot. Don
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Tell us the details. Did you shoot him in the water?
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That things a monster. Congrats.
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That skull is awesome! :thumbsup:
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yeah batman, I saved a piece just to try the meat. Looking for a good recipe.
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That is the biggest, meanest and hairiest beaver I have ever seen!!!
Seriously, it's hard not to make a comment about this without it sounding wrong. :laughing:
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That's a nice beaver you have there (HAHA).
Congrats!
Bisch
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Congratulations. :clapper:
It takes a hell of a man to handle a 68# beaver. Save the skin and you can make a nice muff from it. :laughing:
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i dont know for sure but i think this is one of the only times you can really say "now thats one hell of a big beaver" and not get slapped by a woman, congrates on the kill.
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thats hugh.nice beaver.
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This is a first for me! Those tusks... is that what they r called? And is that a whole bottom a plate? Impressive so as hey gnaw this stuff just continues to grow, is the brown stain tanin from the tree sap? Thanks for the picts
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Nice one :thumbsup: :thumbsup: two thumbs up for that one.
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Woa I thought my 40# beaver was big! THAT IS BIGGGGGG, lol
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Very nice. As others have said the meat from beaver is excellent and one of my favorites as well. Prepare as you would beef. Roasts, stews, etc. You can trim the fat though I have never found the fat to be objectionable. Personally I prefer the 35-50 pounders for the table but have trapped them up to 67 lbs. I have seen old time written reports of a beaver from northern Wisconsin that went over 100 lbs.
Beautiful job with the skull. Did you have it done with beattles?
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I am seeing a really nice quiver, some string silencers, and a nice meal in that big boy. Nice kill, out here it is illegal to shoot them, we can only trap them in Washington State.
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Nice one,brings back memories of my nigthtime hunt on the Yolo bypass,spooky but fun
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Love the skull. Congrats. :thumbsup:
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Nice beaver!!!!!
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as others have said before , and no I couldn't resist ... Nice Beaver !
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Looper,
A friend and I hunt out of his boat. We try to get out on the water before low tide ( that usually means getting out around 9 or 10 PM). At low tide the beavers start to swim out of their dens and hunt etc. We hunt out of the boat while trolling. When a beaver is spotted my friend slows down to a coast and steers toward the beaver. The idea is to shoot the animal but NOT kill it right away as they will sink to the bottom of the river if you do. Once hit they head toward their dens on the bank and expire just as they reach land. Then we go and get it and drag it in the boat. Its a gas !!! Don't need any bowfishing tackle.
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Pete,
Actually I prepared the skull by first heating water in a pot to near boiling (not quite), then put the skinned out skull in and let it sit for a day or two. Then I take the skull out and clean off the meat that has whithered off the bone. Then dump the old water and do the process again. Pealing of the whithered meat and cartilage. I repeat this till all the flesh is removed and i clean out the brain matter with a wire from the back of the skull opening.
Next I mix Baquacil Porixide with water ( 1 part Bacuacil 2 parts water). I then soak the emersed skull for two or three days.
That's it !!!
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Divecon,
I call them teeth not tusks. As far as I know they grow continuously. That is why they have to keep gnawing trees to keep them at a reasonable length. Actually you are only seeing the exposed part. The teeth extend into the skull both at the top skull and botton jaw. If I were to pull them out they would curve to about 3 to 5 times what you see in the picture.
The teeth color may very well be from the tanin of the tree bark… not sure though… :bigsmyl: :bigsmyl: :bigsmyl:
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Its illegal to shoot them here too, we can only trap them. The teeth arent stained, that is just the color of Beaver teeth.
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Dam! That's a big Beev! :D
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Very Nice beaver and a great job on the skull, biggest beaver I have ever seen :scared:
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Ken, I know you have seen bigger on that late Mallott hunt:)
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They couldn't resist, and ... so couldn't I:what a beautifull fat beaver!!!
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One of our guy's in the ATBA organized a beaver shoot in northern Alberta, they shot 3. At our Jamborree on the weekend he was telling the story and stated in front of a whole lot of people that he has never eaten beaver. His wife turned red and started to shrink down a bit. A few comments on not even a nibble? What shape were the pelts in? etc, she left, lots of guys were rolling around with tears in their eyes.
The guys up there are tanning the tails for handle wraps, rests etc, similiar to what Abe Penner has done.
Terry
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Very cool. we can't shoot them here in Kansas either, trapping only...
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Thanks for all the nice comments….I am looking forward to the opening of the 2010 season in November…..Getting itchy again!!!!
Thanks everyone!!!
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Good grief!! That thing could have taken down a sequoia tree!!
That would qualify for "big game"!
Congrats!