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<blockquote data-quote="Tnwhip" data-source="post: 1041022" data-attributes="member: 32195"><p>A few Beavers have come back. I went down one evening last week and shot one right before dark. Went back 4 more times in the eveing and never saw anything. I could see signs of them but they were not coming out till late I guess. I went down yesterday morning early to see if I could spot one before they went back to their bank den. Then go coyote hunting afterwards. It was still dark when I got to the creek bank. I could see a few ripples in the water and i guess the beaver saw me and slapped his tail and was gone. This morning I got in my sneaky mode and crawled to the bank It was still dark. When It started to get lighter and could see a dark spot on the far bank. I raised my rifle and looked through the scope and I could see it was a beaver. I could not see the cross hairs they are real fine and are not du plex. I said well I will just put him in the middle of the scope and the old 220 swift went boom. He never even flinched. 10 minutes went by and I saw a few ripples and another beaver came over to check out his buddy. The Swift took him out too. I have been useing the 22 mag because the longest shot would be 50 yards and it is not so loud but this morning I took the Swift because I was going coyote hunting after I finished with the beavers. It sure does a number on them at 30 or 40 yards. After shooting them with the 22 mag they flop around alot. I coyote hunted for a couple of hours but never saw anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tnwhip, post: 1041022, member: 32195"] A few Beavers have come back. I went down one evening last week and shot one right before dark. Went back 4 more times in the eveing and never saw anything. I could see signs of them but they were not coming out till late I guess. I went down yesterday morning early to see if I could spot one before they went back to their bank den. Then go coyote hunting afterwards. It was still dark when I got to the creek bank. I could see a few ripples in the water and i guess the beaver saw me and slapped his tail and was gone. This morning I got in my sneaky mode and crawled to the bank It was still dark. When It started to get lighter and could see a dark spot on the far bank. I raised my rifle and looked through the scope and I could see it was a beaver. I could not see the cross hairs they are real fine and are not du plex. I said well I will just put him in the middle of the scope and the old 220 swift went boom. He never even flinched. 10 minutes went by and I saw a few ripples and another beaver came over to check out his buddy. The Swift took him out too. I have been useing the 22 mag because the longest shot would be 50 yards and it is not so loud but this morning I took the Swift because I was going coyote hunting after I finished with the beavers. It sure does a number on them at 30 or 40 yards. After shooting them with the 22 mag they flop around alot. I coyote hunted for a couple of hours but never saw anything. [/QUOTE]
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