Beaver destroying my land?

[Sirshredalot]

Hey INGO

To add to my list of trouble I have 4 trees down now that where previously healthy accompanied by tracks leading in and out of my creek.

What is the best way to remove beaver from my property without effecting the other wildlife?

Trapping or hunting?...Im very limited on daylight time and have no traps currently...if someone in the Muncie area would be willing to remove these pests from my land I would be grateful....or at least tell me how to do it myself.

God bless
-Shred

 

[pack-indy]

Trapping is probably going to be your best bet. I have the same problem here, but luckily my beaver prefers smaller pieces of wood to gnaw on. YouTube should net you a few ideas. Those beavers can be somewhat elusive...godspeed.

 

[cbhausen]

There's a joke in here somewhere, I'm just too tired to write it right now.

 

[oldpink]

There's a joke in here somewhere, I'm just too tired to write it right now.

Very low-hanging fruit.

 

[eatsnopaste]

There is a very helpful thread about Beavers on INGO...search for it!

 

[Expat]

Beaver has destroyed more than one man's life.

 

[bonkers1919]

Go to YOU TUBE. Search Tannerite and hogs. The most rudest, crudest means of destruction are also the most efficient. Think of it as an IED for varmints.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ss6gCPNs4 start at the 3:00 time mark.

 

[drop45]

Wrap the trees in wire mesh if you don't want to trap or kill them. Go about 3 feet high.

 

[Kart29]

Beaver dams make great habitat for other wildlife - muskrat, fish, ducks, frogs... Hard to find habitat like a good beaver pond anymore. Still, I understand you want to protect your trees.

Ask around for neighboring landowners who have friends/relatives that trap fur. It shouldn't be too hard to find a local trapper who would be glad to trap your beaver for free. If you don't get any references, trappers commonly put ads on Craigslist looking for opportunities to set traps. Beaver trapping season runs through the middle of March so you still have a couple of weeks to get after them. After that you had better contact the conservation officer if you kill one out of season.

Beaver are usually pretty easy to trap but they can get trap shy if you're not careful.

 

[Michigan Slim]

rifle and a flashlight. We take our problem beavers at night mostly. When you hear him, and you will, flip the light and let him have it. But, chicken wire on the good trees will work great.

 

[dusty88]

Sorry, I don't know much about trapping them. We have a few, but we have so many trees by the creek that I don't really miss the little ones they take. Once though they stole a piece of long black corrugated tile that was draining water down the hill from our house to the creek, and incorporated it in their dam. I was rather miffed about that.

They have moved to another part of the woods and I now only see a flash of them now and then.

 

[HHollow]

rifle and a flashlight. We take our problem beavers at night mostly.....

I was looking for a good excuse to buy night vision. Now all I need is the beaver.

 

[Leadeye]

Wrap the trees in wire mesh if you don't want to trap or kill them. Go about 3 feet high.

^ This works. Protects your trees and discourages them unless they get really persistent.

Beavers built a dam in the creek behind my house, tore it down and they just rebuilt it with my neighbors trees. Ended up hunting them at night after setting up a tree stand next to the dam.

 

[possumpacker]

go to the dam bout an hour before dark an tear a large hole in it. get it leaking real good. within a few minutes after dark they will come to repair it. 30 min. is the longest ive ever had to wait. i set on the bank with 12ga with 00 buck and a flash light. do not miss, they get wise quick.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I was looking for a good excuse to buy night vision. Now all I need is the beaver.

...

 

[eatsnopaste]

I have heard that you can rent them if you just want to try out the night vision...

 

[bobjones223]

I have heard that you can rent them if you just want to try out the night vision...

Ok...I didn't know you could rent night vision?.... Now if you were talking about the beaver?.....yup you can definitely rent those!

Sorry thought I would pick some low hanging fruit.

 

[Bigtanker]

I have heard that you can rent them if you just want to try out the night vision...

$20. Just like down town, right?

 

[dsol]

Vodka and cranberry juice makes good beaver bait...

 

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