Yeah, that was me, Keg.....lol. I wouldn't worry about the ice pick too much. Since I lost my chipping bar down a hole and I found an easier way using my chainsaw. It has to do with wrapping the extension cable all the way up one of the support poles. Necessity is the Mother of all invention.
For sure come on up, even if you just want to hang out. This may be my last week for beaver (maybe next) and then I'd like to put a couple of deer in the freezer. I'll have to deal with them so I don't want to be too busy with beaver as well. I'll be hanging the first of my snares at one bait site at the end of next week and once I start catching fully primed coyotes around November 15, there'll be a busy week of hanging snares during the day and hopefully skinning at night. Let's take it to PM and sort things out there.
Marty, you should come up sometime too. Knowledge is never a bad thing and it doesn't hurt to raise the bar. I've been told that even if you only pick up a tip or two it's worth $420.00!
I found a honey hole today that'll keep me in beavers for a few days anyway.....I don't want too many all at once (wimp!). In my travels I noticed a HUGE dugout where the beaver were knocking down all the trees. I had a very nice chat with the landowners, a couple in their 80's, and I offered to help them out. They were very happy with the offer and by the end of my coffee I had permission to shoot a couple of deer and trap coyotes there this season. It doesn't hurt that their last name is all over the County map as well. That's what it's all about right there.
Picture doesn't do this justice as to how brutal it actually is: