Thread: Beaver problem

If theyre green and youre placing them shallow they probably will. Drop 'em fairly deep and you might be alright.

Green limbs in the winter, especially Willow are prime Beaver food. Sink them and not near the surface.

I took down a maple and laid half in the shallow bank and they took all the branches off above the water don't know about what's below the water but it looks like a log now???Don't know if it's for food or building a dam of sort???

I just sank a bunch of branches in about 10 to 15 foot of water. The first one i sank i left the rope to long and the tops floated to the top. The next night I had to go down to the lake and get something and I shined my light into the water and the darn beaver was swimming away with some of the limbs. There really starting to piss me off. I just hope there not getting all the other ones.

Originally Posted by roadrunner 60

I just sank a bunch of branches in about 10 to 15 foot of water. The first one i sank i left the rope to long and the tops floated to the top. The next night I had to go down to the lake and get something and I shined my light into the water and the darn beaver was swimming away with some of the limbs. There really starting to piss me off. I just hope there not getting all the other ones.

CHOOT EM CHOOT EM! That's what we do in the south.

You are certainly feeding them. They will keep coming to what look to them to be handouts.

Why don't you take the necessary course, get a trapping license and treat them as an income source. As I understand it every winter pelt that goes to market gets sold and they average $20-$40 apiece. You are far enough north to get a pretty good winter prime and northern pelts can bring double that. There are a lot of beavers in the country. We even see them quite regularly inside the city limits of Minneapolis. You are probably not the only one with the same kind of problem either; so you might be able to make some decent cash working pest control for others with a similar problem and still have the pelts to sell.

Muskrats are notorious for the same thing. What I thought was a beaver problem appeared before my eyes one day. I watched in disbelief, how can an overgrown guinea pig eat so much. It took about 3 days to eat a 25' willow. But neither a beaver or rat will eat dead branches

I have to say guys, I`ve never had THAT problem before !