Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

glockman55 · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:50 am Post subject: Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

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Weinbender

, that thing looks like it could chew my leg of in a second! scared

Bushmaster

Hummmm...I could use a new hat...

d_hoffman

It's only a photogrophy trick. It's hanging by the hind leg and he's standing about 5 feet behind it.

glockman55

d_hoffman wrote:

It's only a photogrophy trick. It's hanging by the hind leg and he's standing about 5 feet behind it.

Maybe but I'd have to believe that Field & Stream wouldn't post it if there wasn't some truth to it.. Always got to be a Non Believer in the bunch...LOL 93 lbs is still one hell of a Hog

d_hoffman · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

Yup, a 93# beaver is a whole lot-a beaver no doubt. Just saying that they took the pic with him standing behind it making it look even bigger.

shrpshtrjoe · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

That thing is Huge Shocked

. I bet he could take down some big trees.
Joe

tracker · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject: Re: Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

Russian scientists found pre-historic beaver skeletons in caves in Alaska just around the turn of the 20th century that were reported to be the size of baby elephants. there's Indian legends that the beaver used to be a giant animal.

That thing looks like it could make a beaver fur coat all by itself (or like Buhy alluded to, in his case a hat)

SwampFox · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

Hat huh Bushy, I think you might get a coat outa that Bucky.
Ed

Bushmaster · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

Well...At least a vest anyway...

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5946

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he Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) was a huge species of rodent, with a length up to 2.5 m (8.2 feet) and an estimated weight of 60-100 kg (130-220 lbs), although some estimates have ranged as high as 220 kg (485 lbs).

It lived in North America during the Pleistocene epoch, and went extinct at the end of the last Ice Age, 10,000 years ago. The arrival of humans in the Americas is thought to be a factor in its extinction.

Big beavers. Shocked

Dimitri

Bushmaster · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:44 am Post subject: Re: Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

Yeah...Everything that is wrong with this world is our fault...I, for one, am tired of being the scape-goat...

Oh...And welcome back Dimitri...Have a good trip?

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5946

Bushy,

In my opinion its the animals fault, after all if they make themselves easy pray who's to blame the preditor doing his job or the dumb pray ?? Very Happy

I havn't left yet I'm going to be gone November 3rd to 10th. Smile

Dimitri

Bushmaster · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

Oh....Well...Have a good trip anyway...And don't fool us again...

Vince · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: Huge Beaver Caught by trapper

Dimitri wrote:

Bushy,

In my opinion its the animals fault, after all if they make themselves easy pray who's to blame the preditor doing his job or the dumb pray ?? Very Happy

I havn't left yet I'm going to be gone November 3rd to 10th. Smile

Dimitri

'Mitri, Its not the critters that make themselves easy prey....its a mixture of traits within the genus Homo Sapiens....the ability to:

1. out think an animal,
2. anticipate and remember animal habits, and
3. GREED, for what they can make outa the animals carcass.

Bushy, Master of Cutter, Step Father and Trainer of Zeus and all round Bushman and Good Guy wrote:

Oh....Well...Have a good trip anyway...And don't fool us again...

And here I was thinkin'...."Hey cool 'Mitri's back....what pressies did he bring back for us?" Sad

Cheers, Vince