68 lb Beaver

[Jeff Romans]

Love the skull.  Congrats.  

[fryar34]

Nice beaver!!!!!

[Ben Maher]

as others have said before , and no I couldn't resist ... Nice Beaver !

[ArrowCrester]

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.

[ArrowCrester]

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 !!!

[ArrowCrester]

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…          

[The Great Jashu]

Its illegal to shoot them here too, we can only trap them. The teeth arent stained, that is just the color of Beaver teeth.

[Chris Surtees]

   

[robtattoo]

Dam! That's a big Beev!  :D

[elkken]

Very Nice beaver and a great job on the skull, biggest beaver I have ever seen  

[zwickeyman]

Ken, I know you have seen bigger on that late Mallott hunt:)

[Grantumu]

They couldn't resist, and ... so couldn't I:what a beautifull fat beaver!!!

[Bowshot]

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

[Lucas K]

Very cool. we can't shoot them here in Kansas either, trapping only...

[ArrowCrester]

Thanks for all the nice comments….I am looking forward to the opening of the 2010 season in November…..Getting itchy again!!!!

Thanks everyone!!!
               

[Gtownviking]

Good grief!!  That thing could have taken down a sequoia tree!!

That would qualify for "big game"!

Congrats!