Decent calibre for beaver?

M12shooter said:
Sadly partly due to the European animal rights movement, Canada's national symbol and most important furbearer has been lowered to the level of a nuisance animal.

Tens of thousands are trapped and shot by animal control people working for various jouristictions or by regular trappers for bounty as an effort to curb damage to land, property and infrastructure.

Further tens of thousands of these animals are shot by farmers, ranchers, cottagers, etc. ... that just don't say anything about it.
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And to earn the status of our national animal, hundreds of thousands had to die.:kickInTheNuts::rolleyes:
 
Some guys around here get a blasting permit and do the whole dam. Or maybe they just say they had a permit. Lots of sticks flying though.
 
Used a .22mag on my trapline with great success. Just don't shoot them dead on in the nose- it must open up their lungs to water because they tend to sink quickly! :(
Never hurts to check your local regs too.
 
A 25 Kg case of high density explosives works well, and if numerous cases are placed at 5' intervals along the deep water side of a dam and there doesn't seem to need much need for shooting or trapping afterwards. If you're cheap, use a single case at the dam center and let the force of the water do the bulk of the work, but chances are it won't kill all the beavers. For those blasters working in Ontario, please try not to wash out the TransCanada again.
 
a LAND OWNER CAN SHOT BEAVERS ON HIS LAND IF THY ARE DOING DAMAGE .IN ONTARIO .100% FOR SURE I AM A TRAPPER AND FO A LOT OF BEAVER TRAPPING IT IS HARD TO CLEAN UP A BEAVER HOUES WITH A GUN AS MOST BEAVERS WORK AT NIGHT .I GET CALLS FROM LAND OWNERS ALL YEAR TO COME AND TRAP THEM OUT .IF YOU HAVE A BEAVER HOUES AND TRAP 5 OR 6 BEAVERS OUT OF IT THE REST WILL BE OKAY AND YOU WILL LIMIT THE DAMAGE .THY ARE A GREAT ANIMAL AND I DO NOT THINK A GUN HUNTER WIL EVER BE ABLE TO CLEAN OUT A BEAVER HOUSE .WITH OUT BRIGHT LITES AND NIGHT SHOOTING WITH IOS NOT ALLOWED FOR BEAVERS DUTCH
 
In Ontario it can be shot by the landowner, a direct relative of the land owner or a licenced property protection agent.
It isn't legal to have a friend come over and shoot them.
There are tricks to get a beaver moving during the day, I have solved many beaver issues with a rifle, broad daylight.
The Ontario MNR words it "kill, capture or harass", to the right individual.
Matter of fact, a landowner can dispatch ("kill capture or harass") any nuisance wildlife, with the exception of whitetail deer (special permit needed), and the trapping of black bear. This includes protected animals as well, caution should be used dealing with species at risk (i.e. VTEE List species). Migratory birds require authorization from the Canadian Wildlife Service.
I have owned a nuisance wildlife control company for a very long time, I am also a licenced property protection agent for the MNR. I have seen some crazy stuff that people do to protect their property from nuisance wildlife, one that stands out is a trick the homing pigeon guys use to dispatch hawks..
The landowner has a tremendous amout of rights, so does his immediate family, but to bring in anyone else to do the shooting is poaching. I could care a less what you guys do, but it seems some guys don't understand our regulations, I would hate to see a misinformed hunter lose his rights over a mistake.
*edit* Almost forgot to answer the original question.. A .204 is my first choice.
 
GOOD Choice!

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When I was a kid my brother and I shot and trapped alot of Beaver. After lots of trial and error with different calibers, we settled on a 55gr. fmj bullet at reduced powder charge (with a bit of Dacron fiber to hold the powder down) out of a 22-250. It produced devistating results without tearing up the hide and did not have them sink.
We got the data from the #9 Speer manual that I still have. I remember when I picked up the dead Beaver the head was like a bag of Jello and no exit wound. There is also data for other 22 cal in it as well.
 
Lets see, you own a home and the beaver has dammed a spring creek causing a flood in your home/buildings and trees they are chewing are falling on your home or the dam is flooding your farm land so it is to wet to farm. Put the shoe on the other foot and see how you would handle it.
 
rboomsma said:
It is illeagal to shoot beaver in Canada, licenced trapper only, does not matter if you own the land or not.:mad:

Read your regulations!!!
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I refrain from telling you how it is in all of Canada, and especially in your province, because I realise that I don't know everything, but I know this: I read my province's regulations: ...beaver (in some rural municipalities) ... may be hunted year-round without a license by Saskatchewan residents in Zones 1 to 55 (outside of the Fur Conservation Blocks.) The language of the document does not confuse hunting with trapping. Where it says hunting, it means you can take the animal with bow or gun.
 
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