buddy of mine in south jersey trapped 25 beaver this past year.
too much work for me.
I do it just to get rid of the pests, the pelts are worth anything and are a major pain to properly skin anyway.
I was kind of surprised when I pulled a 56lb one out last fall though, before him I was just getting the young ones.
I never laughed so hard a couple of weeks ago, my father who lives across the lake finished his landscaping around the water’s edge, looked great.
A couple of days later he called up and asked me to look down by the lake, see if I was anything different. I said no, then he pointed out the nice little maple tree he had transplanted by his dock, it was a larger tree, about 4” trunk.
I looked closer and all I saw was about 8” of it left coming up to a sharp point, I laughed myself silly and promised to start trapping again.