Beavers ruined our pond. They plugged up the over flow. Then ****ed up the spillway. It took a little while, eventually the **** blew out. Fun stuff.
Our pond was close enough to a power source, so my cousin ran extension cords out and hung up some Christmas lights. He'd sit out there at night and shoot them by Christmas light!
2am,and a spotlight...I've killed them actively working upstream,but your best bet,is to find their "down stream" home..A water way that they're trying to stop,is easy to remove..It's the downstream "home" you gotta get rid of.
I've killed a bunch o' beaver in my day!lol
Btw..They half chewed through a young pecan tree on my old place until we tore the dam out with a track hoe.
Been busting dams this morning. I have a tract of timber to harvest and they are making it difficult. I use a 1.5 Victor and put it where I bust then dam. Front or rear leg catch. Be careful with the conibear, they can hurt you. And there are 4 times as many beavers as you think you got.
I would wait for a full moon and that morning I would open a section of their dam. The sound of flowing water triggers a response in them. That night they will be busy little beavers working on the repair. That's when you pick them off.
Not sure if you've seen the show meat eater, but the host, Steve Rinella, actually insists that beavers taste pretty good and are similar to beef. Not sure if you've ever eaten beaver, but it might be worth a try.
P.S. this hurt to type...
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We trap lots of beaver and I decided to eat one. It was a huge 50 lb one and it was nasty. next year we got a smaller kit and i thought that maybe a young one would taste better. Nope. I've tired multiple times and cant get them to taste good. Always have a beaver smell taste.
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