Spring Break beaver Hunt

[redleg06]

Back in my younger days, I used to love a good spring break beaver hunt....

[redleg06]

I was expecting some scantly clad beach pictures.  I miss college spring breaks.   

I read the comment and then thought it had to be one of my friends that made it.....sure enough.

[Steve]

Trapping them is so much easier...no heavy machinery required.

Steve

[Sand Man]

I was expecting some scantly clad beach pictures.  I miss college spring breaks.   

I read the comment and then thought it had to be one of my friends that made it.....sure enough.

Glad I didn't disappoint.  Shoulnd't you be out hunting or those 'ol Easterns got you down already?   

[BamaProud]

Darn things are still giving me fits. We broke the dam again for the 3rd time. I think they are still living in the lodge we burned and dug up. It must go under the bank a lot farther than just under the mound of sticks they had piled up.


We've killed 5 now including a big female that had to weigh close to 50 pounds. Should have checked to see if she was pregnant...but didn't think about it till Sunday evening on the drive home.

...Had a good weekend anyway

[DirtNap647]

 

[Grobec1]

This worked for me. Had the same problem years ago, tried everything with no results until my buddy gave me a newspaper article that explained what to do. You dig a trench in the damm and put down  PVC pipe, 3" or 4" in the trench and extend it 20 feet on each side of the damm. We used 3" (free) and drove rebar at the ends of the pipe and attached the ends to the rebar with wire to keep it submerged. The beavers will come and repair the trench but the water will still flow thru the submerged pipe. The beavers will not be able to keep their water level up and finally get discouraged and move on.

[BamaProud]

Thanks Grobec1, I might give that a try.  Someone else suggested a big treble hook/cable in the trench in the broken dam to snag them when they try to rebuild the dam.  I'll try a couple of other things before I go that extreme, but these things gotta go or be killed, they are destroying 3-5 acres of my property.   

[Grobec1]

BamaProud, Over a 2 year period we did the same things you did with no results. As a last resort when they dammed up my culvert and started washing my road away put the pcv pipe down. It is not an overnight fix may take a month or so before they move on, but to this day we don't have a beaver problem. That was about 10 years ago.