I went to Vegas and partied no sleep for about 4 days. I developed panic attacks for like 2 weeks afterwards and thought I was never gonna be right again. I would sleep all day to stay away from people and stay up all night watching this. Idk if it is Steve’s voice or what but this show was only thing I could watch and idk if it cured me but it helped so much. I am thankful for this show during my living nightmare
I used to eat tons of beaver when I was dating. Then I got married and all that stopped. Now I'm divorced and I think I'd like to try this new type of beaver.
You've got to be careful. Beavers these days are way more sociable.. disease is much more prevalent. I would suggest using protection when handling today's beaver.
@@SupermanBB it’s funny you say that. Years ago I walked into a local store that sells them and I couldn’t decide if I should spend that much on an axe. The clerk could tell and he told me the same exact thing. “You take care of it and you’ll have it for life”. He wasn’t wrong.
I remember when I was in 4th grade and this guy came too my school he grew up in a town 15 min away from me, now I’m 20 and this guy is still going at it, hats off too you man.
I'm an ecologist (B.S Biology, M.S Ecology) that recently got into hunting, 2020 was my first hunting year. I got a few pheasant. I did not like it when I was younger but in a way I was also interested in it at the same time. Then while in school I understood the importance of hunting and I learned the contribution that hunters make to conservation. That combined with making some hunter friends was the little push I needed to become a hunter myself. I really like how Steven touches on conservation here and there. Hunting and conservation definitely go hand in hand and I think the more well informed hunters become, the better we will be able to manage populations, preserve species, and protect ecosystems.
Nice video. Steve you have inspired me from being a gardener to a fishing hunting gardener and would like to thank you for showing us how to fill freezers!
Enjoy the show Steve. The scenery there is a bit wider than around Twin Lake! I'm an old Houghton Lake trapper, sorta a has-been of late, but still have my traps ready to go at a moment's notice....got a couple grandboys I intend to show the ropes to if I'm lucky enough to be here in a few short years. Can't wait!
Steve, in answering your question about the decline in the number of trappers is I believe attributable to the false sense that it is a cruel and brutal practice. I believe people view it as more cruel than hunting because of the seemingly slow death. I am still an avid hunter, but stopped trapping when I joined the military and just never picked it up again. However, inspiration is what I find from your Meateater series and videos. Thank you for your videos.
I think you are right. I am definitely pro hunting and pro instant death traps. The trap that just caught the ankle so the beaver drowned made feel very bad for the animal. In my opinion it is our duty to inflict a sudden death that is as painless as possible on the animals we choose to kill. But that is only my opinion of not being a hunter myself.
I learned how to trap from a gentleman named Mr.Muskrat(Jerry Korneffel.RIP)in a little old place called St.Johns Marsh,southeast Michigan and he passed away and I got to work with his son Jay and I can remember skinnin mink and muskrat till my hands were bleeding.I know for a long time he cleared damn near 6 figures from fur,ain't like that no more....I appreciate you Steve and all the other fur bearers...✊🏼...
I’m loving the MeatEater hunts, and cal in the field! I like not having to wait a full year for the Netflix season. Although, I love the seasons too! Keep it up guys!!!
As a relatively new Trapper, 4 years, here in Michigan I hope I have changed that statistic. I know that it’s a little bit of a niche sport, but I would really love to see more trapping videos from you guys. Thanks for putting this video out.
Steven Rinella talked about john Coulter, etc in this episode. Ironically, I'm reading Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery about same areas. Much recommended book. One of the best books I ever read and makes me prouder to be American. I love watching these episodes and like how Rinella builds bridges and connects with our fronteir past. Manifest Destiny type stuff. What a cool dude
As I sit here watching this, I can’t help but to think what life would have been like if I had chose a life like this. Not to generalize it, but rather an outdoors/less tech sort of way. It seems so peaceful.
Chris Mitchell couldn’t agree more, the past 10 years or so I’ve changed a lot of habits/hobbies. What I’d have done different would be my occupation. With a family that “change” becomes intimidating if I’m being honest.
My grandpa used to trap beaver. I remember he always smelled like castor when he got home, I associate that smell with sitting around the woodstove in the garage stretching and scraping pelts while he talked about the old days.
I have never hunted anything in my life but your videos makes me want to get outdoors and have a few adventures of my own I appreciate everything you do thanks for all the great content big fan
I’ve enjoyed all your vids. This one gives me the back story I expected on you. I’m jaded, admittedly, but real woodsmen always have a background in trapping. It is that visceral connection to the wild world that separates them from casual visitors. I’m a northern Wisconsin kid with 6 decades of wear. It makes me truly sad that there are so few young trappers plying the craft. I feel it is because of negative peer pressure, even sadder.
The hams make for some good eating, but I didn't see you cut out the backstraps. The backstraps, when grilled, are better than the best steak you've ever eaten! Thanks for posting this video!
My 4 yro daughter loves your show and wants to be a trapper, so far all she got was a possum. We have a lot of coyotes here in NC, everything is outta season except for them, but next year I’m really hoping to get better at trapping because it’s nice to stomp through the bush and waterways with my baby girl. If you’re ever up this way, my daughter and I would love to meet you and I’d love to pick your brain about becoming a better trapper.
If you can trap a coyote you can trap anything. Ps always set more than one trap when after coyote because they don't always go right to lures and will circle around it 6-10 feet out.
Don't know what part of the state you're in but I've seen some sasquatch beaver in the French Broad river. lol Seriously, 60 -70 lb kinda beaver. Wish they had been around when I was a kid trapping muskrat and mink.........
@@taenphillips5039 Simms are basically the fly fishing world's, Sitka or First lite gear. Very expensive, but well made. Just like sitka, the brand itself is a little bit of what you're paying for. Most of their stuff is fly fishing specific.
I’ve been an avid watcher of MeatEater since the first episode and this is the first time I’m seeing these MeatEater hunts, Cal in the field, etc. Never seen any advertisements or received any notifications. TH-cam shadow-banning?Regardless, these episodes are amazing! It’s so good to see all the guys branching out and getting their own shows under the MeatEater name, growing from a show into it’s own network. Hopefully next year we can see some feature length films. Keep up the great work dudes!
I've caught many beavers over the decades. Most of them were urban beavers that I caught down at the local bar. I just had one rule I always held myself true to, something my grandfather taught me about beavers when I was a young lad. He said " If it smells bad, don't eat it"😁🇨🇦
Great episode, and thanks for making trapping cool again. I usually try to watch the adds to get you guys some extra coin for this free content, but this episode seemed to have one every 2 minutes. Still enjoyed the hell out of it.
Thanks for making this video. We need to get better at letting the public know that trapping has been studied for decades, is backed by science, and actually benefits wildlife populations. I miss running my line.
I'm a long time trapper. But beaver is mostly trapped a nuissance animal now. They require 10 times more work then most other pelts and there's no money in them anymore. I make the most money on them selling their skulls as decoration and the tails in wallet form. But they taste good :). I started on muskrats in grade school to pay for my nintendo... made 600$ that first year and hooked since I put up a lot of rats through my school years...
Watching from New Zealand. Very interesting watching and learning about trapping. Hunting here is very different and is mostly based around deer, pigs and ducks. They manage to make what is basically a giant water rat look very tasty!
“How come people aren’t trappers anymore?” “Cause no one wants to work hard?” Or... no one wants to spend 2 weeks setting traps to make 100 bucks and be hated by half the country for doing it. The young generation ain’t scared of hard work, they’re scared of never being able to afford to have a home and family.
If you trap for 2 weeks and only make 100 bucks off what you catch you wouldn't be trapping for the money anyway. Tons of money to be made trapping. I catch hundreds of beaver every year and could care less if everyone hated me for it.
@@Anon62796 If people are expecting to make money selling the pelts its not gonna happen. People doing ADC work are the trappers making tons of money. They can charge anywhere between 100 to 500 dollars per beaver to remove them.
@thatguy 00 No limit here. They do a 100 million dollars in damages throughout the US each year that tax payers pay for. I get paid 100 dollars or more to remove them because they are such a problem here. You look silly when you comment before researching the subject. Id go do some if i were you.
Mate, you should check out our beavers in New Zealand, them suckers are massive and hairier than a hobbits crotch - taste varies with age and they can be notoriously difficult to trap
Steve is awesome.. Guess 0 and hope to catch 1.. Under promising and over delivering is the best mindset for a hunter/trapper/fisherman.. Keep up the great work!
I think the main reason why trapping is declining is due to lack of mentors. When I started trapping, my partner and I luckily had his Dad to show us the ropes. We were primarily muskrat trappers, with mink as a byproduct. Mink love to hunt, ambush, kill, eat muskrats. We also would catch raccoon and occasionally grey fox. The mornings were cold, ice cold water, leaking waders, etc., but the thrill of success and the crisp New England mornings made it all worthwhile. We would check our traps early in the morning, before school, store the dead rats in the trunk of our cars, and skin them that afternoon, after school. It was a great experience and a memory that I look fondly upon, 40 years later. We ran our trapline, about 50-75 traps, for three years.
For people living the old way, one example is if they don’t have city water and get it from a nearby water source, beavers pose a huge risk because of giardia
I trapped beaver as a kid in the 70s. I got a 60 lb. black, black beaver that measured out as a super blanket. It was beautiful. We never ate beaver, but we did freeze the carcasses. Every once in a while some black people from Chicago would stop at our fish market and sometimes they would ask if we had any beaver, so we got paid for the fur and the meat.
Please do a video where you make beaver sticks. Grind the meat stuff in a casing and smoke em. Man oh man there good. My kids loved em when they were little. I always liked cooking the whole beaver in a slow roaster. We did utilize the entire beaver either for food or bait.
Vodka, castor and the other small scent gland in container mix it up. That way you don't have to waste a hole castor every time you make a set. Just use a dry piece of wood and stick it in the container and put it on your set.
Love this episode. Steve can you guys do more of these. I am interested in the skimming process and everything beyond. Can you show more of the process?
You stretch them out round by tacking them to a sheet of plywood. You draw out a bunch of concentric circles, and it takes a lot of little nails. A guy that trapped with my dad did it for us, I never learned how he decided which circle to use. Then you scrape off the fat and any flesh with a flensing knife (a kind of scraper). I read that the mountain men made their own willow hoops to stretch beaver. It was all a lot of work, and they had to watch out for hostiles. And then they carted a mound of pelts down to the rendezvous in spring, got paid, and spent it all on booze, squaws and supplies.
Good day gents. I am a trapper in BC. CANADA. I trap about 70 beavers a year. Find the den boys. Don’t waste your time with slides much. Trap at den. You’ll catch less sticks and more beavers.
I remember, lifetime ago now, I was sleeping rough, hunting game and trapping beaver to make a living. I couldn't believe my luck when I caught this giant beaver, easily 45lbs. When I got it out of the water I noticed it was an albino! White with a pink tail and twice the size of your average beaver, due West of the old Van Horn trading post. Upriver, further north, there was talk about something rotten in the water, pollution runoff from an old mine or something. No idea what the state of is now, but maybe that's what spawned this monster. I made sure to tie that big boy properly on my horse and ride to Saint Denis to sell it to a trapper buddy of mine who opened up shop there. Got a nice pair of gloves out of it and a trinket.
But on a serious note, this is an amazing channel. If I'm ever in the States, I'd try to spend a month or so learning to trap and hunt with a pro like Rinella or his buddy.
Fleshing beaver. Put on a pair of heavy rubber rain pants, drape the hide over your knee and flesh with a very sharp knife running it over the ball of your knee. The weight of the hide will help keep it tight and work on fleshing about a circle about 6 to 8 inches at a time. Precise small stokes.
I think its great that I can watch two grown men, all dressed up and prepared, on their quest for some nice beaver. Especially seeing the satisfied expressions on their faces when they finally get some nice red beaver. I bet they enjoyed eating those beavers. ..... Ok, I got that out of my system. ... ....beaver
I can just imagine PETA going nuts, especially when Steve was doing some blade work on the beaver's face, but it's ironic since most hunters are like Steve and treat nature with more respect and care than anybody over at PETA.
I trap here in Oregon. I trap for a Hazelnut farmer. Before I showed up he lost about 4 acres of mature trees in about a month. Now he loses maybe 1 every other month. They are still there, just thinned out. When people here find out that I trap, they get upset because of how inhumane it is. I explain to them on what I do, and explain that I am only trapping where the beaver are doing sever damage. Most understand at that point. People tend to see the killing part and not the why part. Their meat is delicious btw.
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I used to trap beaver but then one trapped me and I have to pay child support now.
Gold
LMFAO
Nailed it.
Is her name Wynona?
I've figured out, the hard way, that catch and release is the better option. Leaves more beaver out there in the environment for the other trappers.
Got my trapping license after watching the Wyoming Beaver episode of Meateater (Season 6). Totally addicted now, thanks Steve!
Hoping Steve writes a book about beavers similar in style to “American Buffalo.”
Yes!
Paul Bestick would be very interesting
You should check out a book called Eager, it gives an excellent description of the importance and history of beavers
American Beaver 😂
The biggest life lesson trapping has taught me(and probably many others) humility.
Steve, your the man. Farmer got paid for this episode, you got paid, and you LEARNED about the environment. Win win, win. COOL.
Y’all gotta finish the episode with tanning, prepping, cooking, eating! Ohhh man, had me for a sec
I really dig using that tiny youth rifle as the dispatch weapon. Super light to haul around I imagine
I went to Vegas and partied no sleep for about 4 days. I developed panic attacks for like 2 weeks afterwards and thought I was never gonna be right again. I would sleep all day to stay away from people and stay up all night watching this. Idk if it is Steve’s voice or what but this show was only thing I could watch and idk if it cured me but it helped so much. I am thankful for this show during my living nightmare
Bro, start living a more stable life.
Man that was a beautiful piece of land. As much as i love Michigan, the western states sure have some amazing landscapes
Travelled to Michigan first time 2 summers ago and LOVED it, but nothing beats the mountains and uncrowded, wide open space of Montana and Alberta.
Table-Country pinxing THRYM Firearms 27 if you don’t mind the drive into nothing it’s fantastic!
I used to eat tons of beaver when I was dating. Then I got married and all that stopped. Now I'm divorced and I think I'd like to try this new type of beaver.
Of late it's become fashionable for them to lose their pelt. 🤠🦫🌮
(Dafuque??? Ain't no clams in my emojis section....😂)
You've got to be careful. Beavers these days are way more sociable.. disease is much more prevalent. I would suggest using protection when handling today's beaver.
I still like to eat beaver, I don't even mind getting the fur in my mouth anymore.
This type of beaver is a lot less complicated.
And a lot cheaper.
Appreciate the attention paid to trapping, a dying art and also a critical component of sound wildlife management.
Seeing Steven with the grandsfors bruk Scandinavian forest axe makes me feel like I made the right choice in an axe.
They are great, I’m just not sure if they’re great for the price.
@@509Gman the price is steep but you get what you pay for
I’ve got several quality axes… But the GBA is tough to beat. I’d recommend buying one and taking care of it. You’ll have it for life
@@SupermanBB it’s funny you say that. Years ago I walked into a local store that sells them and I couldn’t decide if I should spend that much on an axe. The clerk could tell and he told me the same exact thing. “You take care of it and you’ll have it for life”. He wasn’t wrong.
I remember when I was in 4th grade and this guy came too my school he grew up in a town 15 min away from me, now I’m 20 and this guy is still going at it, hats off too you man.
Can't beat a good Beaver pelt & then putting the meat in the Crock-Pot!! Can not wait for season 9 on Netflix!!
you can beat a good beaver
I love that fiddle song they have playing in the background.
Sounds like banjo to me?
@@nikfish1 it's got both.
I'm loving that you guys are putting these out on TH-cam!
I'm an ecologist (B.S Biology, M.S Ecology) that recently got into hunting, 2020 was my first hunting year. I got a few pheasant. I did not like it when I was younger but in a way I was also interested in it at the same time. Then while in school I understood the importance of hunting and I learned the contribution that hunters make to conservation. That combined with making some hunter friends was the little push I needed to become a hunter myself. I really like how Steven touches on conservation here and there. Hunting and conservation definitely go hand in hand and I think the more well informed hunters become, the better we will be able to manage populations, preserve species, and protect ecosystems.
Nice video. Steve you have inspired me from being a gardener to a fishing hunting gardener and would like to thank you for showing us how to fill freezers!
Nice Beaver 🦫 Thanks I just had it stuffed 😂
Enjoy the show Steve. The scenery there is a bit wider than around Twin Lake! I'm an old Houghton Lake trapper, sorta a has-been of late, but still have my traps ready to go at a moment's notice....got a couple grandboys I intend to show the ropes to if I'm lucky enough to be here in a few short years. Can't wait!
Steve, in answering your question about the decline in the number of trappers is I believe attributable to the false sense that it is a cruel and brutal practice. I believe people view it as more cruel than hunting because of the seemingly slow death. I am still an avid hunter, but stopped trapping when I joined the military and just never picked it up again. However, inspiration is what I find from your Meateater series and videos. Thank you for your videos.
I think you are right. I am definitely pro hunting and pro instant death traps. The trap that just caught the ankle so the beaver drowned made feel very bad for the animal. In my opinion it is our duty to inflict a sudden death that is as painless as possible on the animals we choose to kill.
But that is only my opinion of not being a hunter myself.
I under stand your points also thanks for yout service
I learned how to trap from a gentleman named Mr.Muskrat(Jerry Korneffel.RIP)in a little old place called St.Johns Marsh,southeast Michigan and he passed away and I got to work with his son Jay and I can remember skinnin mink and muskrat till my hands were bleeding.I know for a long time he cleared damn near 6 figures from fur,ain't like that no more....I appreciate you Steve and all the other fur bearers...✊🏼...
A beaver's social life centers around the family-mother, father and offspring. The male and female mate for life and are monogamous
I’m loving the MeatEater hunts, and cal in the field! I like not having to wait a full year for the Netflix season. Although, I love the seasons too! Keep it up guys!!!
As a relatively new Trapper, 4 years, here in Michigan I hope I have changed that statistic. I know that it’s a little bit of a niche sport, but I would really love to see more trapping videos from you guys. Thanks for putting this video out.
Wow, I could watch a full 1 hour meateater episode on beavers like this
Seth Morris is a really cool guy. He’s got a lot going for him.
Thank you for saying that. Our family is very proud of how he set his goals and has pursued his passion.
Steven Rinella talked about john Coulter, etc in this episode. Ironically, I'm reading Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery about same areas. Much recommended book. One of the best books I ever read and makes me prouder to be American. I love watching these episodes and like how Rinella builds bridges and connects with our fronteir past. Manifest Destiny type stuff. What a cool dude
Check out Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose. Same author, just more literature and less photos. You will love it!
As I sit here watching this, I can’t help but to think what life would have been like if I had chose a life like this. Not to generalize it, but rather an outdoors/less tech sort of way. It seems so peaceful.
You aren't dead. There's still time.
Chris Mitchell couldn’t agree more, the past 10 years or so I’ve changed a lot of habits/hobbies. What I’d have done different would be my occupation. With a family that “change” becomes intimidating if I’m being honest.
My grandpa used to trap beaver. I remember he always smelled like castor when he got home, I associate that smell with sitting around the woodstove in the garage stretching and scraping pelts while he talked about the old days.
I have never hunted anything in my life but your videos makes me want to get outdoors and have a few adventures of my own I appreciate everything you do thanks for all the great content big fan
I’ve enjoyed all your vids. This one gives me the back story I expected on you. I’m jaded, admittedly, but real woodsmen always have a background in trapping. It is that visceral connection to the wild world that separates them from casual visitors. I’m a northern Wisconsin kid with 6 decades of wear. It makes me truly sad that there are so few young trappers plying the craft. I feel it is because of negative peer pressure, even sadder.
The hams make for some good eating, but I didn't see you cut out the backstraps. The backstraps, when grilled, are better than the best steak you've ever eaten! Thanks for posting this video!
this content is what keeps me coming back to meateater
My 4 yro daughter loves your show and wants to be a trapper, so far all she got was a possum. We have a lot of coyotes here in NC, everything is outta season except for them, but next year I’m really hoping to get better at trapping because it’s nice to stomp through the bush and waterways with my baby girl. If you’re ever up this way, my daughter and I would love to meet you and I’d love to pick your brain about becoming a better trapper.
Thats awesome!!!!
Your daughter is going to be a badass hunter soon! Goodjob.
If you can trap a coyote you can trap anything. Ps always set more than one trap when after coyote because they don't always go right to lures and will circle around it 6-10 feet out.
Don't know what part of the state you're in but I've seen some sasquatch beaver in the French Broad river. lol Seriously, 60 -70 lb kinda beaver. Wish they had been around when I was a kid trapping muskrat and mink.........
@@mentalmidget7799 I’ve seen a lot of coyotes with 3 legs so even if you get em they get themselves out
Well shoot now you got me wanting to go learn trapping to get me some beaver.
If you want to be buddies with Steven Rinella you need a quality mustache.
Beaver trapping! I love getting beaver...
You don’t see many trappers in simm’s waders lol.
Why?
Because they are $800
How about $40 yeti buckets lol
@@taenphillips5039 Simms are basically the fly fishing world's, Sitka or First lite gear. Very expensive, but well made. Just like sitka, the brand itself is a little bit of what you're paying for. Most of their stuff is fly fishing specific.
I am sure it is just advertising right?
I’ve been an avid watcher of MeatEater since the first episode and this is the first time I’m seeing these MeatEater hunts, Cal in the field, etc. Never seen any advertisements or received any notifications. TH-cam shadow-banning?Regardless, these episodes are amazing! It’s so good to see all the guys branching out and getting their own shows under the MeatEater name, growing from a show into it’s own network. Hopefully next year we can see some feature length films. Keep up the great work dudes!
I've caught many beavers over the decades. Most of them were urban beavers that I caught down at the local bar. I just had one rule I always held myself true to, something my grandfather taught me about beavers when I was a young lad. He said " If it smells bad, don't eat it"😁🇨🇦
Great episode, and thanks for making trapping cool again. I usually try to watch the adds to get you guys some extra coin for this free content, but this episode seemed to have one every 2 minutes. Still enjoyed the hell out of it.
Who else thinks he should feature some wolf hunts?!
Crew Clark yes!!
Crew Clark those are the best hunts to watch!
only if he actually hunts it himself instead of ending one caught in a trap.
unmanliest form of hunting.
The check music is priceless. 😂😂
Good to see Seth center county proud
Great job guys on the harvest, man those beavers are light in color compared to the ones we have in the north!!Cheers Boys!
Nice all the hipsters in Bozeman will be drinking craft beers in beaver hats
Yes this is exactly what we need in these days. Doing God's work boys
Thanks for making this video. We need to get better at letting the public know that trapping has been studied for decades, is backed by science, and actually benefits wildlife populations. I miss running my line.
"That's a good size beaver there" LMFAO
Impossible to talk about beavers as an animal nowadays. Even I can't help myself.
I'm a long time trapper. But beaver is mostly trapped a nuissance animal now. They require 10 times more work then most other pelts and there's no money in them anymore. I make the most money on them selling their skulls as decoration and the tails in wallet form. But they taste good :). I started on muskrats in grade school to pay for my nintendo... made 600$ that first year and hooked since I put up a lot of rats through my school years...
Watching from New Zealand. Very interesting watching and learning about trapping. Hunting here is very different and is mostly based around deer, pigs and ducks. They manage to make what is basically a giant water rat look very tasty!
Guys like this are guys I admire they got skills I dont possess and always wish I did.
“How come people aren’t trappers anymore?”
“Cause no one wants to work hard?”
Or... no one wants to spend 2 weeks setting traps to make 100 bucks and be hated by half the country for doing it. The young generation ain’t scared of hard work, they’re scared of never being able to afford to have a home and family.
If you trap for 2 weeks and only make 100 bucks off what you catch you wouldn't be trapping for the money anyway. Tons of money to be made trapping. I catch hundreds of beaver every year and could care less if everyone hated me for it.
@@330Maniac only people who care are on social media. Theyre not coming into the woods so they don't matter
330 MaNiaC what’s an expected income on trapping? I’m talking yearly averages
@@Anon62796 If people are expecting to make money selling the pelts its not gonna happen. People doing ADC work are the trappers making tons of money. They can charge anywhere between 100 to 500 dollars per beaver to remove them.
@thatguy 00 No limit here. They do a 100 million dollars in damages throughout the US each year that tax payers pay for. I get paid 100 dollars or more to remove them because they are such a problem here. You look silly when you comment before researching the subject. Id go do some if i were you.
Mate, you should check out our beavers in New Zealand, them suckers are massive and hairier than a hobbits crotch - taste varies with age and they can be notoriously difficult to trap
I was thinking we don't have beavers here in New Zealand ,but ah i get it lol
Josh you Rascal!
You know damn well the best beaver comes from Canada!!
Cheers from the Great White North.
Steve is awesome.. Guess 0 and hope to catch 1.. Under promising and over delivering is the best mindset for a hunter/trapper/fisherman.. Keep up the great work!
man that first one was huge
I have been waiting for more NETFLIX episodes but just found this channel.. this will do for now. LOVE THIS!
Hi Steve 👋👋 !! It's me boe Jenkins from southern Indiana. The corn is looking good this year.
Had 3 beaver this morning. Headed out to clean them now.
Steve has the absolute best product placement in the entire world
ive been trappin since i was 8 with my dad you did a great job showing how its done, thank you for that. every year i give out a beaver hat for xmas
My favorite of all times MEATEATER!
Steve I trap every season please keep doing trapping videos!!!!
I think the main reason why trapping is declining is due to lack of mentors. When I started trapping, my partner and I luckily had his Dad to show us the ropes. We were primarily muskrat trappers, with mink as a byproduct. Mink love to hunt, ambush, kill, eat muskrats. We also would catch raccoon and occasionally grey fox. The mornings were cold, ice cold water, leaking waders, etc., but the thrill of success and the crisp New England mornings made it all worthwhile. We would check our traps early in the morning, before school, store the dead rats in the trunk of our cars, and skin them that afternoon, after school. It was a great experience and a memory that I look fondly upon, 40 years later. We ran our trapline, about 50-75 traps, for three years.
You can also season them up and cook them low and slow on a smoker. Good stuff 😀
For people living the old way, one example is if they don’t have city water and get it from a nearby water source, beavers pose a huge risk because of giardia
Steve: beavers have a scent gland and they'll secrete an odor "
Me: yeah, scent like raspberry tea!!
If only we could trap on public land in Australia. There used to be a commercial harvest of koala and possum for fur but that went away in the 1950s
Seth hit the nail on the head saying nobody wants to work anymore. It's a damn shame.
up here in north western Ontario this is a part of life, if you own land. The real heart is up here in beaver country
Awesome to see. Thanks for the journey.
I trapped beaver as a kid in the 70s. I got a 60 lb. black, black beaver that measured out as a super blanket. It was beautiful.
We never ate beaver, but we did freeze the carcasses. Every once in a while some black people from Chicago would stop at our fish market and sometimes they would ask if we had any beaver, so we got paid for the fur and the meat.
Why did some seasons get taken off of Netflix? And how can I see them? 😨😨
S1-S6 are now on prime, though you have to get a subscription to myoutdoortv
Edit: yea you get a bit for free
Depending on what cable service you have season 1-6 are available on demand if not you can get the episodes on the meat eater site.
you can get a free month of MyOutdoorTV on amazon prime video for seasons 1-6
My outdoor tv
First beaver trapper to wear Simms waders 😂
Beaver castor best scent for trapping anything in my opinion
Please do a video where you make beaver sticks. Grind the meat stuff in a casing and smoke em. Man oh man there good. My kids loved em when they were little. I always liked cooking the whole beaver in a slow roaster. We did utilize the entire beaver either for food or bait.
I wish there was so much more Rinella vids
Loving these episodes!
Also, if we had them here I’d 100% be into this. Sad that it’s such a dying tradition over there.
Keep up the good work!
Vodka, castor and the other small scent gland in container mix it up. That way you don't have to waste a hole castor every time you make a set. Just use a dry piece of wood and stick it in the container and put it on your set.
Love this episode. Steve can you guys do more of these. I am interested in the skimming process and everything beyond. Can you show more of the process?
You stretch them out round by tacking them to a sheet of plywood. You draw out a bunch of concentric circles, and it takes a lot of little nails. A guy that trapped with my dad did it for us, I never learned how he decided which circle to use. Then you scrape off the fat and any flesh with a flensing knife (a kind of scraper). I read that the mountain men made their own willow hoops to stretch beaver. It was all a lot of work, and they had to watch out for hostiles. And then they carted a mound of pelts down to the rendezvous in spring, got paid, and spent it all on booze, squaws and supplies.
Dude must get some serious hate mail non day's lol. I love this freaking channel.
Good day gents. I am a trapper in BC. CANADA. I trap about 70 beavers a year. Find the den boys. Don’t waste your time with slides much. Trap at den. You’ll catch less sticks and more beavers.
I remember, lifetime ago now, I was sleeping rough, hunting game and trapping beaver to make a living. I couldn't believe my luck when I caught this giant beaver, easily 45lbs. When I got it out of the water I noticed it was an albino! White with a pink tail and twice the size of your average beaver, due West of the old Van Horn trading post. Upriver, further north, there was talk about something rotten in the water, pollution runoff from an old mine or something. No idea what the state of is now, but maybe that's what spawned this monster. I made sure to tie that big boy properly on my horse and ride to Saint Denis to sell it to a trapper buddy of mine who opened up shop there. Got a nice pair of gloves out of it and a trinket.
But on a serious note, this is an amazing channel. If I'm ever in the States, I'd try to spend a month or so learning to trap and hunt with a pro like Rinella or his buddy.
These dudes got the greatest jobs in the world.
Nice new content! Keep it coming Steve.
The music on this video is amazing.
Natures Engineers the Best at what they do !
The state of ND had a guy that would bring his dog out. The dog would dive and get into the home bringing the beaver out. Really crazy
Awesome video guys keep em coming
Fleshing beaver. Put on a pair of heavy rubber rain pants, drape the hide over your knee and flesh with a very sharp knife running it over the ball of your knee. The weight of the hide will help keep it tight and work on fleshing about a circle about 6 to 8 inches at a time. Precise small stokes.
Do a episode on sturgeon fishing.
A Sturgeon bit my finger!
Sturgeon spearing would be awesome
I think its great that I can watch two grown men, all dressed up and prepared, on their quest for some nice beaver.
Especially seeing the satisfied expressions on their faces when they finally get some nice red beaver.
I bet they enjoyed eating those beavers. ..... Ok, I got that out of my system. ... ....beaver
LET THE BEAVER EATING JOKES BEGIN!
Too late, they already did.
Just bought my first traps!
Thanks Steve!
They looked like meerkats watching for predators here 11:11 hahahaha
I can just imagine PETA going nuts, especially when Steve was doing some blade work on the beaver's face, but it's ironic since most hunters are like Steve and treat nature with more respect and care than anybody over at PETA.
I hope yall right a book on trapping! There would be a great market for a book on trapping! Especially with yalls experience!
I trap here in Oregon. I trap for a Hazelnut farmer. Before I showed up he lost about 4 acres of mature trees in about a month. Now he loses maybe 1 every other month. They are still there, just thinned out. When people here find out that I trap, they get upset because of how inhumane it is. I explain to them on what I do, and explain that I am only trapping where the beaver are doing sever damage. Most understand at that point. People tend to see the killing part and not the why part. Their meat is delicious btw.
Steve, you'd enjoy working with Montanan Rod Douglas to create a program on real mountain man beaver harvesting done pre-1840 style. Rod is the man.
I’m loving these keep them coming please
That mustache game is on point,