Check out the size of this !!!
http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/news/2007/10/new-hampshire-m.html
Looks like he and his beaver went for a wash, wax, and blow dry before doing their photo shoot.... wonder if he used armour all on that tail :eyebrownod:
Sure is a biggin.
That's a whooooole lot of cat bait in one catch.
Brad
I hate playing the devils advocate, but I would be a bit skeptical about that thing weighing 93 pounds. Its amazing what happens to the size of an animal when you stand a foot or two behind it in a pic. :iroll: I have caught plenty of beaver weighing over 50 pounds. I had two last year that went 62 and my buddy has caught them around the 70 pound mark. When I held the 62 beavers up for a pic I was right next to them with the head at my chin and the tail about touched the floor...and no I'm not a midget :roflmao: Judging from the pic it only looks to be an average beaver at best. Just my skeptical opinion :biggrin:
Steve
Yeah it dont look very big at all does it. But Your right Stu, looks like he spent a whole lotta time grooming that thing for the photo.
I'd still prefer a nice little beaver myself. :biggrin: :shrug:
FNF LOL!!
Now that's a blanket beaver!!!!! 93lbs. well heard of it before but it's one of them things if your not there readin the scale it's just hard to believe!
I saw a 140 LB beaver one time :laf: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
Jerry there hasn't been a 140# beaver in the Hopscotch in a long time, they were way bigger than that LOL!!!!!!! I'm tellin Paula
Quote from: Jerry Hunsley on October 25, 2007, 07:09:20 PM
I saw a 140 LB beaver one time :laf: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
I saw one yesterday. :eyebrownod: :eyebrownod: :eyebrownod: :eyebrownod: :eyebrownod:
I dont wanna see one :nono:
Too late, Jim! Here's some nice sized beaver!
edited: Every time I look at that pic I posted I get sick. :puke: So I figured in the interest of saving the eyes of my fellow forumites, I best delete the pic. :sick2: Semp
good gahd! :puke:
I don't think that's beaver.
That's more like moose with extreme mange.
Brad
(edit) and probably no good for cat bait.
Brad I'll bet it would work for cat, I'll bet it has a real pugnant fish odor!!!
You guys just are not RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But I did have a 130# shot of Beaver last night! But you all dont want to see pic's!
Brent
Why didn't they have it hanging from a scale reading 93#? :shrug: Be a lot more believeable. :rolleye:
93# is certainly big. Why would anyone not believe this story? The photo was taken by the newspaper columnist. Is he involved in the great beaver conspiracy!!!!!! Please. how far behind he is does play a role in the photo but not in the actual weight. If the guy had it hangin from a scale, people would question the accuracy of the scale. What gains would anyone have in catching a 93# beaver? It's not a world record. Unfortunately, people spend more time putting other people down than they do making themselves better at whatever it is they do. I hope the guy had it certified and can stick it up all the conspiracy theory's @$#$^%%.
Heck of a first post there Colters :biggrin: Welcome aboard.
C. Hell: It's simple .. I'd rather be called a skeptic than a SUCKER! :eyebrownod:
If the story's true then I couldn't be happier for the feller. I really hope it is 93#. That's awesome.
I for one am sick of the liars on the internet. I hate liars regardless were they are! Don't be pissin' down my back & tell me it's raining. :nofgr: I'll check the weather myself. :sarcas3:
Must say you made a good first impression w/ your first post here! :iroll:
Colter 93 pounds is like a 200 inch whitetail it is very rare, we are skeptical because of the that fact. Look at these beaver in the back of my truck and guess the weight, most think they weigh more than they do, the biggest was only a shade over 60. The 93# may be just that, it's just when something is said to be something so rare you will always get the" I don't believe it" at first. It's not personal or anything!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc199/coyotee-roede/img607.jpg)
I too am skeptical. I've seen a beaver drug out of a ditch, wrestled into a truck and then laid on scales that read 73 pounds- and I would've swore it was 100#. The picture of this animal puts me in the same mindframe as Roede mentioned- of supposed monster whitetails- and only because the guy is standing so far behind the critter in an akward angle to make it appear bigger than it should.
The decieving factor in any weight contests is often the frame of an animal. In deer, we'll kill 50 bucks that weigh 170-200 fielddressed in a season. We'll take 5 more that go 210-250. The determining factor in the weight of these animals is usually in the length of the body... the big ones appear to have about 6" of extra torsoe. I believe this is seen in horses and cattle as well- where decievingly big weights come from fractionally longer frames.
Heavyweight beavers, like coons, are often no longer than their mediocre counterparts but they are "SQUATTY" or "BOXY" for lack of better terms. I've killed coons huge coons that hardly broke 15 pounds, and I've seen similar XXXXL coons from up north that weighed 25! In my way of thinking, this could be a 65 pounder or a 93 pounder, but the guy should've taken an honest picture with something for scale factor.
PS: Roede, I can't see your picture?!
Jason I know you know a hell of a lot more about computers than I, how come I see it but you don't? I will try again!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc199/coyotee-roede/img608.jpg)
So Jason, I'm not over weight, I'm under tall? :confused: Guess I need to be over 7' tall than over 6'. :sad:
:roflmao: :laf: :roflmao: :laf:
I sure know one thing Randy, I see $$$ in that pic :biggrin:
I maybe new here but you'll quickly learn that i don't like to guess or speculate. So to put some of this talk to rest, I looked the guy's phone number up thru dialing information and actually talked to him. First he said that he was amazed about all hype around the beaver. He said that unfortunately he lives in this tree hugging liberal hell hole of central New England. Mr.Siudut said that all this positive talk about trapping in this SH*tting politically correct area is refreshing.
He said that he called the NH fish and game and the guy at the Wildlife Division said that they didn't want the beaver. He said that he also offered it to Wayne Macllum the Massachusetts Director of fish and game and he had no need for it because it wasn't trapped in Mass.
He said that he wasn't surprised nor did he care, that some people don't believe the weight of it. He couldn't believe it either. He did say that the beaver was 47 inches long from nose to tip of tail. It was 43 inches around at it's widest point.
He closed the conversation by saying something like: "He traps and hunts because something deep inside him drives him to do it. He did it for himself and the satisfaction it brings him". He finished by saying that "he couldn't give 2 rats asses if some people believe him or not". he then hung