Schmitt Enterprises Inc.

The sets and methods in this video are extremely versatile and deadly. They are meant to open your mind to other means and methods to make you a more efficient beaver trapper. No fancy tricks, no time consuming sets! Just fast simple sets that are super effective. Also shown are the fastest methods for skinning, fleshing, and stretching beaver ever shown. 

1 hour & 57 minutes

Shows simple to make, but very high producing, under ice sets with body gripper type traps and snares. Also includes some very productive open water sets. You are taken through the skinning and stretching process in simple, easy to understand steps. The complete beaver video! 

65 minutes.

TRUE stories and footage from “The Leading ADC Beaver Trapper in America”. See beautiful footage shot within a four-day period of trapping in South Georgia. Witness an average week when Kirk catches 89 beaver (six with white bellies) and 16 otter. Hear Kirk tell true stories about snakes, alligators, and critters of the wild. Learn how to catch large numbers of beaver and otter … from one of the best! Observe animal behavior that is not found in other videos.

2 hours.

A high quality instructional beaver trapping video. This professional trapper has caught 11,000 beavers in the last 11 years. “Watch this video and you’re going to catch some beaver (A lot of beaver). As many beaver as you have the ability and ambition to catch!”

1 hour & 10 minutes

Shows beaver sets according to the sites encountered. Since this is a site-based video, each site will be evaluated to determine the best sets for the site. Shows in detail the construction of sets using footholds, body grips, and snares. Appropriate use of lures and visual attractors is discussed.

1 hour & 49 minutes.

Covers streams, beaver ponds, lakes and sloughs. Explains methods using body grip traps, foothold traps and snares. "Trap shy" beaver, slide wires, anchoring, stabilization, lure, bait, and much, much more. Beginners produce beaver the first night using these methods. 

1 hour & 50 minutes.

ADC beaver trapping during the summer months is different than during the cooler months. Shows different sets that are productive during the heat of the summer. The use of lures and baits is explained in detail. Sets that will take beaver in any season of the year on open water.

1 hour & 37 minutes.

Learn proper beaver trapping techniques from true professionals - Tom Miranda, Bob Gilsvik, and Jerry Herbst. Filmed from the Canadian border to the Gulf Coast, this video includes both under-ice sets as well as open water sets and beaver catches in many different weather conditions. Beaver pelt preparation is also shown.

82 minutes.

Learn to handle water fluctuations, steep banks, flat open banks, 220’s and footholds on land, the deadly artificial den set, baited, lured, and blind sets. See how easy trapping beaver really is.

The most informative up to date Beaver and Otter trapping method ever before shown on video.  Ride with commercial fur trapper Matt Jones across the rivers, creeks, and backwater sloughs of his home country trapline. See first hand the fastest most effective methods for harvesting Beaver and Otter fur with the use of foothold and body gripper type traps. Learn foothold slide wire methods and body gripper trap support Techniques never before shown on video. Methods that work anywhere anytime, rock or mud, deep or shallow. Matt also explains fur marketing techniques for the (New) Beaver and Otter market. The days of waiting late season to trap Beaver and Otter are dead and gone. Matt takes you on the trapline and not only talks the talk but walks the walk. The trapping methods in this video are custom made for the part time trapper, with limited time to trap, that needs to make his Beaver trapping pay.

2 hours.

Join Kyle Kaatz on the trapline in Illinois, Minnesota, and Alabama. This DVD focuses on the basics of trapline success. Covers muskrat, raccoon, mink, coyote, and beaver trapping. The key to trapline success is keeping things simple. Master the basics and work hard and you’ll enjoy success no matter what your target animal! Back To The Basics will show you muskrat trapping with footholds and body-grips, pocket sets and grass wad sets for coon and mink, the trash mound/buried bait set for coyotes, castor mounds, channel sets, and snaring trails for beaver. Lots of catches! Kellen Kaatz explains coon boxes and coyote trapping. Jackie Malone joins Kyle for a river beaver line 'Down Yonder' in Alabama. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned veteran, this DVD is sure to improve your catch!

The second in the "Trapline Anecdotes" series.

1 hour 54 minutes.

Best Open Water Beaver Trapping System for eliminating smart beaver. Excellent fur trapping method to be used anywhere. This is NOT RE-HASH, this is a completely NEW trapping system. This technique is the best open-water system for fur trapping on the market and will catch even the smartest of trap-shy beaver! Many trappers have a hard time catching educated beaver, resulting in time wasted on checking in-effective trap sets, and therefore creating an overall loss in profits. On the other hand, David’smethod allows you to clean out beaver colonies of six to eight beaver within two to three days, using only four sets!

1 hour & 50 minutes.

Excellent instructional video on how to snare beaver under the ice. Shows equipment, sets and several catches. Snare Making, Snare Sets, on the pond checking.

1 hour & 15 minutes.

Keith Harkleroad and Clint Locklear guide you through the REAL world of Beaver. You will see in clear night vision footage, over 60 Beaver to watch and learn from. Not only will you see Beaver get caught, but misses, refusals and the true Beaver habits. This DVD is for the man who sets a trap and wonders what goes on in the darkness of the night. Not only will you become a better trapper; you will be humbled, entertained, and fascinated. This DVD will change the way you trap, that is if you want to be the best trapper you can be. The teachers are the animals themselves, not a trapper.   

2 hours.

If you are a professional beaver control trapper, this video will explain how to take every beaver in the colony and how to grow your ADC business to its fullest potential. Four hours of pure, intense, on line instruction from professional control trapper, Clint Locklear. Trap modification and usage. Proficient beaver snaring. Castor, food, and curiosity lures explained. How to set up low banks with footholds. Trapping high and dry with footholds. Beaver dams explained in detail. How to lower your non-target catches. Proper set location.

 4 hours.

Learn how to skin any beaver in 4 to 5 minutes average time. Learn how you can flesh any beaver in 12 to 15 minutes start to finish. See how to give any beaver hoop a Canadian oval shape. Watch how a pro puts up beaver and how easy beaver processing can be. See many time saving tools and methods.

79 minutes.

Run with James Lord as he catches Beaver and Otter in this part II of Runnin’ with J Lord DVD. James shows how he catches large numbers of beaver and otter by setting crossovers, runs, pinch points, castor mounds and toilets. This DVD covers what equipment he uses and will give you pointers on how to catch more otter and beaver on your trap line.

Follow Alan Probst of North American Trapper as he shows you the techniques of modern beaver trapping. You will see castor mound, bait, bodygripper and under ice sets just to name a few. Jam packed with many sets and many catches and the sound and picture quality is second to none.

60 minutes.

This DVD set is for all of you water trappers looking for that little something extra. This 2 disc set features Alan Probst of North American Trapper showing many different techniques to catching the beaver, mink, muskrat and raccoon. There is over 50 different chapters in this DVD set and it is by far one of the most comprehensive trapping videos on the market and the sound and picture quality is second to none.

4 hours.

Catch more beaver and otter in any kind of weather.

28 minutes.

Open Water Techniques. Follow Newt Sterling to the swamps and flooded timber of North Carolina, snaring beaver with his unique methods and equipment. Learn how to avoid otters when they are out of season, and still take beaver. Learn sets that you might not typically associate with snares, and see how they are made. Loaded with catch scenes, beavers and more beavers all in snares.

The latest techniques for open water beaver trapping. Learn effective use of all types of beaver trapping equipment including foothold traps, bodygrip traps, and snares. Shows how to construct sets and where to place the sets to produce maximum results. 

119 minutes.

Shows the step-by-step process for putting up beaver using the clean skinning method and plywood stretchers. Clean skinning eliminates the need for fleshing.

91 minutes.

Beaver populations have expanded dramatically, creating a demand for trappers who can control populations of problem beaver. Presents advanced methods with a focus on removing beaver quickly and efficiently.  

92 minutes.

Join Johnny Thorpe on his northern Adirondack beaver line in the dead of winter. Learn the techniques that have caught thousands of beaver under the ice. You will see the bait set, pole set and the baited body gripper set as well as many key points that will help you in the field. This is the most comprehensive under ice beaver video available on the market and you are sure to learn a few tricks of the trade from a master trapper. 

75 minutes.