Successful beaver hunting

Hunting for the beaver - the process is very interesting and exciting. Experienced hunters know that although the hike on the beaver is not dangerous, but here you need a quick reaction, skill, agility, because this beast is very sensitive.

Many hunters are mainly attracted to beaver hunting in the fall. A successful hunt depends on the correct behavior of the hunter and skilful preliminary reconnaissance. First you need to find a place for settling beavers. It can be a hut, a hole, gnawing trees near the pond. After the dwelling is discovered, it is necessary to establish an observation for him to determine the time of appearance of the animal. Also it is necessary to choose a place convenient for the hunter. The main methods of hunting for beavers are a rifle and traps.

Since the beaver has excellent hearing and great caution, it is impractical to put two or more traps in one settlement of beavers. A hunter with experience and skills in catching beavers knows that after the first successful attempt, traps are installed on this place only after a period of one and a half weeks.

Methods for installing traps depend on the weather conditions. In the autumn period, when the pond is not yet covered in ice, they are installed on ruts, in river and stream dams, on dams built by beavers, on outcrops or huts, and on huts themselves. It is very important to properly place the trap at the bottom of the reservoir. In this case, an even and clean soil is chosen, and the trap itself should be as tightly anchored as possible so that the animal does not discard it.

Hunting for the beaver in winter involves the installation of traps at the places of beaver marks, which are the secretions of odorous enzymes from the stitched glands. Beavers mark their territory usually on tubercles or on bunches of grass. And since they show an aggressive reaction to other people's smells, hunters apply baits: they apply the beaver extracts taken elsewhere to the existing odor marks.

One of the most widely used methods is hunting a beaver with a gun. Experienced hunters know that beaver settlements are most often under high banks. Also, beavers prefer deep places of water bodies - whirlpools and pits. It is not difficult to find such places. Near such settlements water is always cloudy. Beavers, in general, swim with the onset of twilight, and the first is done by young animals, because they are less cautious, in contrast to older animals.

After finding a dwelling, the hunter, moving with special care, should find a convenient place to wait for the appearance of beavers and so that nothing interferes with the management of the gun. In addition to finding a place, hunting for the beaver must take into account a number of nuances: the depth of the bottom near the shore, the nature of the vegetation on it, the speed of the water flow. Current plays a huge role in the speed of movement of the beaver, and with a successful hit it can take far away from the shore. It should be noted that while the animal is in the water, only his head falls in the field of vision , which is too small a target to hit the gun. Here the experience and accuracy of the hunter will play its role.

Another important circumstance should be considered in the process of hunting for the beaver: the killed animal is most often picked up by the current, but if the beaver is relatively young, it will remain on the surface of the water and will be easily seen. If the beast is older, then, as a rule, it will sink. Therefore, the direction of the current and the depth of the bottom play a very large role. So to shoot an beaver is half the battle, it is also necessary to be able to remove it from the water, and as hunting for the beaver begins in the autumn and ends in the winter, the water is very cold at that time, and hardly anyone will want to dive into it for its trophy. So you need to choose a place that, if successfully hit, the beaver, picked up by the current, could catch on a snag or a fallen tree. The decisive role here will play a quick reaction, which will allow in a few seconds to assess the entire situation and catch your prey at the highest possible speed .