how to kill beavers??

Kenny_G2 said:
330 conibears will work best without wasting a bunch of time or back breaking effort in breaking dams. I've cleaned out ponds in 2-3 days with traps.
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traps aren't working. Theres a lot out there put in the right way. Local trapper tried with no success either.. super beavers??? lol..

They caught a few in traps, but they don't seem to be using any channel frequently so we hve to keep changing the location as they move around the creek...

I kind of think they figured out the trap..
 
as above, wreck the dam and wait for them to show up.

i use a Marlin 444 exclusively for this type of work. a big 265 grain flatpoint pushed along by 50 grains of 4895 seems to be just the right amount of firepower for this type of situation.
 
This . . .
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Followed up with a good .22 centerfire.
 
oldspice said:
traps aren't working. Theres a lot out there put in the right way. Local trapper tried with no success either.. super beavers??? lol..

They caught a few in traps, but they don't seem to be using any channel frequently so we hve to keep changing the location as they move around the creek...

I kind of think they figured out the trap..
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Fair enough, had that happen once. Ended up getting them with snares under the first 2 inches of ice. A 330 located at the lodge entrance is also hard to miss. Setting on the lodge also works well.

When getting a beavers attention I prefer to damage the lodge, rather than the dam. As winter approaches any damage to the lodge is repaired very quickly.
 
Do you know where the house is? Crack a hole in the top with a stick and drop a lit roadflare in it. The sulfur stink makes the lodge inhabitable and the beavers move on to piss off some other guy. :kickInTheNuts:
Works like a charm. :D
 
Boomer said:
This . . .
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Followed up with a good .22 centerfire.
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The pussies worried about us taking our restricteds home from the Post Office, without the proper permit, are going to $hit themselves when they see this. But then again, some of us live in the real world, and just do what has to be done.:)
 
there is no lodge like a typical beaver stick lodge... they build their lodge into the side of a bank.. I can't get to it due to the bus/water/steep bank though..
 
geologist said:
I have heard that a couple of pounds of ANFO can just about get them into orbit.
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ANFO is cheap and moves material pretty well, but it has no water resistance and its lighter than water, so getting it to sink to the base of the dam on the high water side and waterproofing the bag, takes some creativity. A 25 kg bag or two makes a pretty impressive breach . . . if there's nothing around.
 
Boomer said:
ANFO is cheap and moves material pretty well, but it has no water resistance and its lighter than water, so getting it to sink to the base of the dam on the high water side and waterproofing the bag, takes some creativity. A 25 kg bag or two makes a pretty impressive breach . . . if there's nothing around.
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What we found works is 1L pop bottles filled with ANFO. It just takes a little pre-work to drill the caps and water proof them, we use a plumbers putty on the inside. We have a 8' long (or so) rod that we use to bore a hole in the damn and shove down the pop bottles. It uses less product and makes a bigger hole.

fun stuff!
 
Boomer said:
ANFO is cheap and moves material pretty well, but it has no water resistance and its lighter than water, so getting it to sink to the base of the dam on the high water side and waterproofing the bag, takes some creativity. A 25 kg bag or two makes a pretty impressive breach . . . if there's nothing around.
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I have heard that a plastic sample bag of ANFO folded closed and then placed into another plastic sample bag which is then tightly folded closed and tied tightly with flagging tape will resist water entry long enough to launch the beavers and their house into orbit.

I have heard that taping a 1/8 or 1/4 stick of powder with a safety fuse to the outside of the bag will reliably initiate the setup above. Or if no stick powder is available, 7 or 8 wraps of B Line around the outside of the bag will reliably initiate it as well.

I have heard that by digging down into the beaver house with the sharpened end of a small spruce tree and then lashing the charge to said pole with flagging tape and inserting into the hole can result in a moving event.

Or so I heard.
 
These posts are absolutely politically incorrect. Here's what I would do. Go into your wifes medicine cabinet and spike the aspens around the pond with birth control pills. Clean, no mess ,no fuss and no one will call you a raving gun nut. In a year or two the pond will be void. I hear that's what they do in some of the areas of TO.
 
Place near empty Propane cylinder on targeted dam.CLOSE VALVE. Build small fire around cylinder.
Retreat to safe distance....shoot cylinder.
Watch fireworks.
 
There is no problem that cannot be solved with an overzealous application of explosives.

My recommendation: ANFO. Endless bagging or lay-flat hose works well... Tie a knot in one end and fish it down a hole that you made with a steel bar. Keeps your materials nice and dry. There are ways to make your ANFO more resistant to water, but liners work best.

Your mileage may vary. Do not try this at home. But if you do, post pics.
 
FYI using ANFO (Or any other nitrates) in any waterway is Illegal. Source:I am a licensed blaster.

.22 or .223 works good on beavers.
You can keep wrecking their dam but they will keep rebuilding. The only way is to shoot them.

I've blasted countless dams for people who were semi-tree huggers and thought "If the dam is gone they will pack up and leave" only for the dam to be rebuilt in a matter of days.

If you are in Eastern Ontario, I can blast your dam for you (for a fee of course) and then help you shoot them (for free :D)
 
One of our Rancher friends from Sask Had a funny story.
Turns out one old beaver defeated every effort his father had made. So his dad got some electrically detonated caps. Got his charges all in place on the dam and used a clothspin as a trigger. Put a wire on either half of the pin( wooden obviously) where it clamps on the line. Separated the jaws with a stick...to which there was a string attached...which was stretched across the top of the dam. Middle of the night an explosion wakes everyone in the house; except dad of course, who was badly hard of hearing. No more beaver trouble...disappeared...
 
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