So what's the best way to get rid of a beaver ?

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by Baz

Ha! What difference does it make "who owns it"?

The law. That's what difference it makes.

[M.D. Holloway]

The town has tried traps but they don't work. I spoke with several cops as well as the guys from Park & Rec and Animal Control. All say they can't do any more...buy every single one has said that if the critter met an unfortunate end they wouldn't pursue the issue.

It has chewed down a bunch of trees as well as chewing through the fountain. Actually, I don't mind it being there. So what if it chews up some stuff. Its what they do.

I say 'long live the beaver!'

Now watch, my business minded Son will make T-shirts that say "I love the beaver!" and start selling them...

[fintstone]

I can't believe you guys don't see a problem with taking a destructive wild animal from your property and putting it on someone else's. Next time I have a load of trash to get rid of or used motor oil left over from my oil change, maybe I will dump it in your yard. Looks like "wilderness" to me. Folks that own a little property with their homes generally don't consider it "the wild"...and a dumping ground for what you don't want on your property. Just because it is not in a subdivision doesn't mean it is free for you to use as you see fit. Either trap the animal and kill it, find someone who will give you permission to release it on their property or be a man and shoot and kill it yourself, or leave it the hell alone. Don't put it on someone else's property and make them kill it for you to salve your conscience.

People dump garbage, building materials, and other junk on my property. They camp on my property without permission, cut pines I planted for Christmas trees, cut down walnut and apple trees for firewood that are quite valuable. Trees that my father and I worked our ass off to plant 45 years ago are burned in their campfires (camping on my property without permission...even though there is plenty of dead, worthless trees on the ground...because to them...it is the "wilderness". They also hunt and fish without permission...and I have even had a cow killed...and cooked on my property. They tear fences and gates down...because they simply do not respect private property. If it was a freakin national park, it would be marked as such...and that behavior would still be wrong.

Why would anyone think it acceptable behavior to release a destructive animal like a beaver on someone else's property without asking? I see people do it all the time with ground hogs, raccoons, etc. Maybe I should follow them home and later trap a skunk, or a rattlesnake and throw it over the fence into their back yard?

Beaver are relatively easy to trap..or you can kill one silently with a good slingshot and ball bearings or a crossbow if a gun is not allowed. You can also use beaver repellent on the trees that you value od the fountain...or wrap them with metal.

[M.D. Holloway]

The darn thing has chewed threw the wire mesh they put around the trees and the repellent didn't work. This thing is bound and determined to have a life...

[fintstone]

Even if you trap them and relocate them...they will find the way back unless you move them a very, very long way away. If it were some other rodent (say a mouse or rat), would you have a moral problem with killing it? I don't see much difference.

A pro would have no problem removing it permanently...if you want to pay the price.

[john70t]

Beavers have money coming from their ash tree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum

[vash]

Beavers are super industrious. unstoppable.

we tried to camp at some site 30 miles in once. it had a closed sign at the trail head to the site. we were in the off season, and alone..so naturally we went in to suss it out. the place was wasted. trees turned over..you couldnt even get to some of the bear boxes. we found one site with a good bear box, and just found a flat spot to put our tents. it looks like we built bear barricades around us. none of us could sleep well. anytime a breeze would kick up, we would pucker waiting for a tree to fall. we packed up and left the next morning..casting for trout in a beaver pond is pretty cool tho.

here are some pics. it was like a cartoon beaver tree. they could kill someone. these are big trees! about 5 feet in diameter.

[911SauCy]

You've gotta think like a Beaver

[vash]

Originally Posted by 911SauCy

You've gotta think like a Beaver

............and be "one" with the beaver.

[lane912]

Originally Posted by 911SauCy

You've gotta think like a Beaver

and whenever possible, smell like one-

[Dan J]

A Gamo pellet rifle will do the trick

[Steve Carlton]

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by fintstone

I can't believe you guys don't see a problem with taking a destructive wild animal from your property and putting it on someone else's. Next time I have a load of trash to get rid of or used motor oil left over from my oil change, maybe I will dump it in your yard. Looks like "wilderness" to me. Folks that own a little property with their homes generally don't consider it "the wild"...and a dumping ground for what you don't want on your property. Just because it is not in a subdivision doesn't mean it is free for you to use as you see fit. Either trap the animal and kill it, find someone who will give you permission to release it on their property or be a man and shoot and kill it yourself, or leave it the hell alone. Don't put it on someone else's property and make them kill it for you to salve your conscience.

People dump garbage, building materials, and other junk on my property. They camp on my property without permission, cut pines I planted for Christmas trees, cut down walnut and apple trees for firewood that are quite valuable. Trees that my father and I worked our ass off to plant 45 years ago are burned in their campfires (camping on my property without permission...even though there is plenty of dead, worthless trees on the ground...because to them...it is the "wilderness". They also hunt and fish without permission...and I have even had a cow killed...and cooked on my property. They tear fences and gates down...because they simply do not respect private property. If it was a freakin national park, it would be marked as such...and that behavior would still be wrong.

Why would anyone think it acceptable behavior to release a destructive animal like a beaver on someone else's property without asking? I see people do it all the time with ground hogs, raccoons, etc. Maybe I should follow them home and later trap a skunk, or a rattlesnake and throw it over the fence into their back yard?

Beaver are relatively easy to trap..or you can kill one silently with a good slingshot and ball bearings or a crossbow if a gun is not allowed. You can also use beaver repellent on the trees that you value od the fountain...or wrap them with metal.

No one said anything about putting an animal on another person's property. Of course you think EVERYTHING is owned being the greedy capitalist you are. Baz said the wild. Maybe to you wild means grass maybe a shrub who knows. And no one cares about dumping shyte on your property, it's not about you. Your ilk's way of dealing with animals is to kill, friggin' amazing.

[pavulon]

petting zoo.

[fintstone]

Actually I asked about "the wild" and if that meant private property and was told it didn't matter. Yes, all property belongs to someone...even in the "wild"...if course a loser socialist might think differently.

[mreid]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Dirtiest line on TV, "Ward, don't you think you were a little rough on the beaver last night?"

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by Dan J

A Gamo pellet rifle will do the trick

Would an RWS Diana Mod. 38 do?
'Love this little puppy.
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"And I can still knock the eye out of a bird flying, too"
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[Scuba Steve]

Catch it and sell it to Buc-ee's. The could use a live mascot.

[zipinitaly]

You said your son has a bow...have you ever heard of Judo points? Google them...one of those through the breadbasket and it's all over!

[jhynesrockmtn]

My most recent method "whether it's my current situation, our dynamic beyond the intimate or a combination of these and other things, I just don't see a long term relationship in our future and therefore don't think we should see each other anymore" - she was sweat and really hard to walk away from but it looks like breakup number 4 might stick. To be clear, I'd said these things to the Beaver directly but it had access to email and sent a message indicating she wanted to come back. So email might work as an alternative to trapping or killing.