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<blockquote data-quote="LoneTraveler" data-source="post: 1011552" data-attributes="member: 77249"><p>As a retired wild life officer, Been there and done that. First thing check with your state wildlife people. Some states will not allow shooting of Beaver, Using artificial light or taking beaver in closed season without a damage permit issued by the state. It gets down to what do you want to do. Shoot them for the sport of it, Or exterminate the problem. When Beavers build a dam and pond, look close muskrats may have moved in and helping with the damage. Find the Beaver's den, Whether a bank den or a hut built in the pond. That is the place to set a snare or Conabear trap over the entry to get any coming and going. I have never seen beaver eat crops that much, But they will claw, scratch and chew off grass with its roots and use the grass and roots to seal the back of the dam over the bigger sticks and rocks to cut down water passage. That may be what they are doing with the beans. Seen them cut corn and use it in dam building. Beaver this time of year usually is a male and female and their litter of this year young. There could more than one den in the pond. Not much need to tear the dam out till you get the Beaver cleaned out, Beaver will rebuild the dam that night after you tear it out. GoodLuck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoneTraveler, post: 1011552, member: 77249"] As a retired wild life officer, Been there and done that. First thing check with your state wildlife people. Some states will not allow shooting of Beaver, Using artificial light or taking beaver in closed season without a damage permit issued by the state. It gets down to what do you want to do. Shoot them for the sport of it, Or exterminate the problem. When Beavers build a dam and pond, look close muskrats may have moved in and helping with the damage. Find the Beaver's den, Whether a bank den or a hut built in the pond. That is the place to set a snare or Conabear trap over the entry to get any coming and going. I have never seen beaver eat crops that much, But they will claw, scratch and chew off grass with its roots and use the grass and roots to seal the back of the dam over the bigger sticks and rocks to cut down water passage. That may be what they are doing with the beans. Seen them cut corn and use it in dam building. Beaver this time of year usually is a male and female and their litter of this year young. There could more than one den in the pond. Not much need to tear the dam out till you get the Beaver cleaned out, Beaver will rebuild the dam that night after you tear it out. GoodLuck [/QUOTE]
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