Sparta trapper brings in 71-pound beaver
Friday, March 23, 2007
By Howard Meyerson
Press Outdoors Editor
Randy Slaktowski is used to finding 30- to 40-pound beaver on his trap line, which is a typical size for the semi-aquatic Michigan rodents. So he was surprised this winter to find a 71-pounder caught in one of his snares under the ice.
"The reason it's that big is that it lived a mile in," said the Sparta trapper, who dragged it through the woods back to his vehicle. It was one of five beaver he took out of an isolated pond in the Haymarsh State Game Area during the trapping season that closes April 15.
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