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

A .22 is out of the question - town police frown of disarming one in town limits. Ideas ?

Telling it you've found a younger one?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

With bigger breasts




I couldn't resist either, and I'm not sorry. ;)

They beat me to the answers

Yeah, stop paying her bills.......

9mm

Can't shoot it with anything that makes a loud bang...

(And normally I don't mind a good beaver but this one is a destroying the trees around the pond.)

CB Longs and a closed breach rifle

My Son has a nice bow - a mis shot that only wounds would bring out the press and John Law. Don't want either here ...

pellet gun. some of them shoot up to 800 FPS. That to the noggin of a beaver will put it down.

If you do use a bow, go with a Rage mechanical broad head........ It will cut a hole so big ole beve will surely bleed out.

A high powered air rifle will do the trick.

That's what my Son wants to do. Reading the flingers thread provides insight.

Interesting. I didn't think one would be powerful enough but I guess I'm mistaken. Always figured beavers to be thick skulked. Least all the ones I seem to have contact with were.

Your son is right... Trap and then release it somewhere it can't do any damage.

From the heart. All animals have a right to exist.
I'm not against hunting because we eat the meat but it seem a bit callous to kill something because it's a nuisance.

Oh brother, yo a brave soul to be pos'n day sorta talk in these parts.

We've been messing with beavers on my dad's property in northern Michigan for 35 years. Only thing you can do is trap 'em or kill 'em. There must be enough flowing water (and land around) for them to build a dam (that's why they cut down the trees); if you get rid of the dam enough times they may move on. But once they are there, it's pretty tough. BTW, beaver pelts are bringing a pretty good buck these days...

You don't have a county wildlife office where you live? Around here we just call the county for pest type animals. They'll loan us a trap to catch it, then come and dispatch or relocate it.

So.... you're saying the beaver is already armed with a .22, and we have to figure out how to persuade it to leave without any gunfire?
In some states, this is illegal.
Like here in South Carolina. http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/publications/pdf/beavercontrol.pdf
In Texas, relocation requires authorization from the Texas Parks and Wildlife department and the owner of the property where the release will occur.

Check your laws.

dynamite?

BB Gun.

I agree....shoot 'em......with your camera!

I practice catch and release but also realise sadly, it's a philosophy that is not shared by others...

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Do you folks that catch and release have enough property that you can release them on your property far enough away that they no longer cause you problems or are you releasing a nuisance animal on someone else's property?

Best way.......
 

Shave it?

The only good beaver is a dead beaver.

--- Phil Robertson

I release mine in the wild - where they belong.

No need to re-release around those pesky two-legged varmints. ;)

Does "the wild" not belong to someone else...or do you own it?

Fint, do you have a solution to the op's original question?

You don't have any parkland near you?

A large beaver costume. They hate the competition.

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

Shouldn't your question be..."Are there are other nuisance 2-legged varmints near where they are released?"

The answer then would still be "No...I wouldn't do that to them (the 4-legged varmints)."

:)

You could catch it and make some really cool memes with it.

I wonder what beavers use for slang when referring to pussy?

Nailing their best friend or sister has always worked for me. YMMV

Big sticks seem to only attract them.
But why would anyone want get rid of a nice tasty critter anyways?

Public Park across the street...Town has tried traps. Doesn't work...

Beavers are generally nocturnal animals so shooting them is a tad difficult unless you have a night vision scope. They eat branches, so baiting a trap for them is a tad difficult. The spring traps only work if they accidently walk in them. If you destroy their dam they will rebuild it some times over night.

The sure fire way to remove them is with dynamite. Find their "home". Go out and plant a couple sticks in the top of the home. When you climb the home they will run out to see wtf is going on. Go to the shore and wait 20-30 minutes so they go back into the home. Set the dynamite off. Then destroy the dam.

You do need a explosives licence to buy the dynamite and set it off.

seen it at dawn...

ask it to sign a prenup.

Check with Texas DNR and the local Humane Society. Being in town makes a difference.

FWIW, beaver does not taste that bad, it tastes like beaver. Low and slow cooking.

And there is a demand for the pelts.

+1 on trap and release.