How To Recover Your Castor From Your Beaver By Kevin Dahn, Nuisance Wildlife Animal Control Serving North Eastern Michigan Note: Castor is Like a gland like in Most Animals witch is sent . you can harvest it to sell or use your self to being in other Beaver to your Trap . You use Castor in what is called a Castor mound it is also used in other sent attractors for other types of trapping on land . Here Is How to Recover Your Castor From Your Beaver : You start off with a fresh beaver just recovered from your  set you caught  and hang it up or if you like to skin on a Bench is  fine . Once you are ready to Recover the Castor you cut just through the skin Be very careful when doing this Task because it doesn't take much to cut the Castor or the Oil glands and I will show you those as well once you open up the bottom end of the beaver . You can start at the Vent or at the lip center of the Animal once you get to the VENT Area is where the Castor is in figure 1 the hump between the rear legs in the Middle Fig.1 You cut around the VENT as in Fig 2 once around the vent you can skin back the hide to open the Area where the Castor is . Fig 2 Once cut around the vent skin back the hide you will Begin to see the Castor or Oil glands as in Figure 3 you have to skin these out so take your time and go slow . Fig 3 Once you recognize the Castor and Oil sacks you skin them out as in figure 4 Fig 4 Cut out the Castor and Oil sacks and Hang to dry here they are on my fleshing Board to show you just what they look like Figure 5 Fig5 This is just one more thing that will bring you Cash for your effort in the trapping world . 1# of Castor can bring you anywhere from 8 to $12.00 per Pound this can very from season to season . Castor is graded this is done by size and amount of Castor sack you harvest from a number of beaver . hope this helps you gain more from your Harvest

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