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<blockquote data-quote="LoneTraveler" data-source="post: 929912" data-attributes="member: 77249"><p>Beaver are considered fur bearers in many states and can be taken only by traps or snares I my state you have to have a damage permit from the DNR to shoot beaver or trap in closed season. I spent 18 years as a wildlife field officer and dealt with beavers many times. Had beaver damming a culvert on a strip mine job. Ended up blowing the hut up with explosives in the middle of the day to get ride of the beaver. Then tore out the dam and opened the culvert. I remember a dam with water blocking a state road that the highway dept. kept a backhoe at a house across the road and tore the dam out every morning. I had to shoot 5 beaver before the problem ceased. There is a lot of work to skin beaver. The first rule is leave the meat and fat on the body, is better than wild skinning and then have to scrape & cut the fat off the hide. If the bullet hole is in front of the ears they usually don't cut pelt value much. To skin they want them split down the belly pull the legs through the hide so they stretch round when dried. They will ruin grass land also by cutting and raking the grass and roots to use as sealer over the sticks so the dam will hold water better. Hope you get your problem taken care of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoneTraveler, post: 929912, member: 77249"] Beaver are considered fur bearers in many states and can be taken only by traps or snares I my state you have to have a damage permit from the DNR to shoot beaver or trap in closed season. I spent 18 years as a wildlife field officer and dealt with beavers many times. Had beaver damming a culvert on a strip mine job. Ended up blowing the hut up with explosives in the middle of the day to get ride of the beaver. Then tore out the dam and opened the culvert. I remember a dam with water blocking a state road that the highway dept. kept a backhoe at a house across the road and tore the dam out every morning. I had to shoot 5 beaver before the problem ceased. There is a lot of work to skin beaver. The first rule is leave the meat and fat on the body, is better than wild skinning and then have to scrape & cut the fat off the hide. If the bullet hole is in front of the ears they usually don't cut pelt value much. To skin they want them split down the belly pull the legs through the hide so they stretch round when dried. They will ruin grass land also by cutting and raking the grass and roots to use as sealer over the sticks so the dam will hold water better. Hope you get your problem taken care of. [/QUOTE]
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