I tied up about 13 brush piles but didnt put them in the lake.Went out a few days later to put them in and a beaver had stole 5 of them.My question is will they steal them once they are sunk in water.
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I tied up about 13 brush piles but didnt put them in the lake.Went out a few days later to put them in and a beaver had stole 5 of them.My question is will they steal them once they are sunk in water.
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.
CHOOT EM CHOOT EM! That's what we do in the south.Quote:
Originally Posted by roadrunner 60
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 !
If you can find where the beavers put the brush I bet it will hold lots of fish. Here on Lanier if you see limbs hanging under a dock you will catch some slabs. Just my thoughts.
yup, feed 'em some copper pills. I've never had it happen to me, but I carry a .22 in the boat because there are a ton of beavers here.
kBe sure to tell the game warden at the beginning of a license check that you have the pistol before he freaks on findin it himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Sounds like it's turning into quite a hastle. I agree, trap or eliminate him or......I bet he won't eat pvc!?
Agreed, I fish on a lot of beaver Caches "where they store their food for later" and I catch a lot of fish in those spots. Beaver don't eat all that they store over the winters and after a few years those piles have a lot of branches under for fish to hide.Quote:
Originally Posted by DENNIS WILLIS
I grew trapping them with a couple leg holds and 330 conibear you could make enough to pay for some gas for the upcoming fishing season.
That beaver is storing those limbs under water somewhere nears its lodge,hes actually helping you make a nice brush pile,find out where hes going with it and throw some limbs on top of it.