I like beaver...........

Pablo · Apr 11, 2005

Yep......they're back!

Hazards of crick life.

Got the neighbor's willow last year. The cherry tree is fenced. He got a spruce tree in two nights and took after the western cedars....crap, he sliced right through all the low branches. I fenced that tree but some of the trees will be difficult to protect.......I kinda liked it when the wildlife was receding...seems like they have us on the run now

I suppose watching the salmon makes the protected stream worth it....but the pesky beavers......last year it was weasels!!

SteelheadGuide · Apr 11, 2005

Our previous house had a creek in the backyard,that flowed into a beaver pond about fifty yds from our deck. On Halloween night 2002 the little ******* dropped a 75' tall Poplar onto our house.

After that little episode,I spent the next day cutting the tree off the house,and wrapping the remaining trees with chicken wire.

moribundman · Apr 11, 2005

When I saw that topic, I thought Pablo got bitten.

MarkC · Apr 11, 2005

I thought he was talking about something else entirely.

Shannow · Apr 11, 2005

I get about as much of either.

msparks · Apr 11, 2005

When I saw the topic I thought he was talking over the "other" beaver.

I like em too

Pablo · Apr 11, 2005

I never really realized how nocturnal beavers are. I can't seem to see the furry thing. He's fairly tall seeing the damage he does. On the cedar trees he strips bark to girdle the tree....this is a bit lower, but first the thing just gnaws through 1-2" branches in two bites.

Maybe I should get a sound or motion activated flash camera setup....or IR video!

I guess when I used to think of beaver trappers in the old west, I always was thinking high mountain meadows and stuff.

msparks · Apr 11, 2005

quote:

Originally posted by Pablo:
I never really realized how nocturnal beavers are. I can't seem to see the furry thing.

I agree, I have to find most of mine at night too. Good luck catching some beaver in the daylight. But when you do, it's a good site to see.

Side note there was a dead one on the side of the road a few weeks back. It was near a pond on a major road. Poor thing. I think Beaver is one of the main reasons people moved west.

Remember the trappers came first, the others followed.

Can you imagine what a risk it was to go out west, by yourself trapping. Indians, falling and getting hurt, or starving to death.

I wonder it they ate beaver?

williar · Apr 12, 2005

Maybe you need to do a little trapping on the side, Pablo. Wonder what beaver pelts bring nowadays?

ToyotaNSaturn · Apr 12, 2005

Nice Beaver! by Leslie Neilsen

msparks · Apr 12, 2005

mmmmm "nice beaver"

Oh thank you.

Hahaha, this thread is killing me.

cousincletus · Apr 12, 2005

Wrap chickenwire around the bases of the trees you want to save. The beavers will leave them alone. Just wrap around trunk of tree twice loosely.

Pablo · Apr 12, 2005

cous - that's what I do. 'cept I use rabbit fencing.

LateArrivalforLSU · Apr 12, 2005

Get a stick of dynamite and blow the beaver dam sky high!!!! It's called "breaking the dam".

Now, w/the other type of beaver.....I would be a little gentler

wavinwayne · Apr 12, 2005

http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page564.html

I have no idea if this stuff really works

Is it legal to kill pesky beavers up there in WA?

Pablo · Apr 12, 2005

Highly illegal.

Anti-beaver spray......sticks like a glue.....sounds like me in my teen years.

doitmyself · Apr 12, 2005

Pablo,

Back when I was in forestry school, we used to eat beaver. The furry kind....er....you know what I mean.

They are actually quite tasty. Roast them in the oven with some canned tomatoes poured over them.

It's just hard to get past the idea of them being a rodent.

My friend from Bolivia eats guinea pigs (what say you, Widman?) I think I will stay with eating beaver (even though we don't have the 4 legged kind where I now live).

moribundman · Apr 12, 2005

Hey Pablo, I can lend you some of my undfriendly neighborhood skunks. They will keep the beavers in check.

moribundman · Apr 12, 2005

Hey Pablo, I can lend you some of my undfriendly neighborhood skunks. They will keep the beavers in check.

But seriously, what's the natural predator? Bobcats?

SteelheadGuide · Apr 12, 2005

quote:

Originally posted by Pablo:
Highly illegal.

You might want to check your info. When the beaver dropped the tree on my house,I called the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. I talked to an Enforcement officer,and he told me it was legal to kill a beaver if it was threatinging life or property.

I decided to try the chicken wire before I before I went as far as killing the beaver.

I like beaver...........

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