speaking of beavers

Last year I declared war on a beaver lodge complex. 6 dams were dug out by shovel and several beavers permantly relocated to a better place. That was work, almost every weekend, and the beavers would repair teh damage durring the week. The beavers have cleared back about 100m of every watersource all the aspen and willow leaving only birch, and in some cases they are now taking the birch too. There is just not much more for them to eat.

But when the dam flooded out my road that was it, no more mister nice guy.
 
Woodchopper: I know exactly the road(s) you are speaking about.

Is it true that a boom box with one of those trickling water meditation tapes will lure the beavers to the surface ? That way I can "learn 'em" some with my .223 LOL
 
Hungry,

the sound of triclking water DOES indeed attract beavers... they react to the sound because it means a breach of the dam... A big issue for those rodents...they rush to the spot to plug the breach. That is where you want them (I put my live-trap in the actual breach... but one can ambush them there and snipe them)
 
an other trick to lure them in is to cut a few branches of poplar with the leaves. Scrape the bark with your car keys...this will break-up the bark , show the white undelayer of wood and release the smell of the tree's sap... beavers go for the branches... pop!
 
Yes...the same trick works to suck a beaver into a trap on the shore. Scrape a fresh poplar branch and stick it in the ground behind the 330. Presto .....dead beaver.

I have trapped a couple thousand of them, but I always feel a twinge of remorse. I respect these super rodents a lot.
 
Rabadswompe and Sasquatch:

Your posts are making me laugh and roll on the floor. This is funny ! I like the poplar branch approach. Once you snag a bunch of branches and scrape them, how long does a wannabe beaver exploder (.223 lightning bolt...) have to wait ?

I think the poplar branch is easier to find and carry in the bush instead of a battery powered boom box with a trickling H2O meditational CD. yuk, yuk.

Now back to the poplar branch(es). Do I have to toss the branches in the water ? Should I leave the freshly scraped twigs on shore ? Can the critters see me when I'm camo'ed up in my Mall Ninja outfit(s) ?

I'm getting stoked to drive to SK from ONT just for the fun memories of blasting beavers at my buddy's farm(s). You guys must think I'm retarded (no offense to mentally challenged folks) to drive all this way to blow 'em up.....

Cheers,
Barney
 
hungry: this is the method I used to use, cut a aspen sapling about 2-3 inch diameter and skin one side and find a bank run and pound it into the ground and then pound two dried pieces of wood about same diameter in front and at the sides of the run and tie your 330 trap to them. When mr beaver goes for the sapling its all over. If you are going to put out skined trees and wait to shoot them you will be there a while. But that method would work best in the evening right before dark.
If you are trying to get rid of them the black pvc sewer pipe with a pile of holes drilled in it with an end cap and then burried into the dam works great. They can't figure out where the water is going. I have used this trick alot without fail. my 2 cents
 
Saskhunter has good tips!

Tie the aspen-poplar branches with heavy wire to something sturdy...beaver will work on it rather than swimming away with it. Set up bait in shallow water. start bainting in this way 4 days prior to the shoot.

STAY still (and downwind if possible). If beaver keeps slapping the water, you've been spotted. Prime time is about half an hour before sunset.

bait plus dam breach...can't go wrong
 
I learned this trick watching a hungry black bear. Find the dam and remove enough material to get the water flowing. Then sit back and wait for them to repair the damage. The 180b with 50gr vmax does a fine job. For quieter work the 17HMR is jim dandy.

Brian
 
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