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

[M.D. Holloway]

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

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Telling it you've found a younger one?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Outback Porsche]

With bigger breasts




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

[Rick V]

They beat me to the answers

[Gretch]

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

[Nostril Cheese]

9mm

[M.D. Holloway]

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.)

[Rick V]

CB Longs and a closed breach rifle

[M.D. Holloway]

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 ...

[Gretch]

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.

[mreid]

A high powered air rifle will do the trick.

[M.D. Holloway]

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.

[sc_rufctr]

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.

[M.D. Holloway]

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

[Lyle O]

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...

[wdfifteen]

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.

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway

...town police frown of disarming one in town limits.

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?

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Trap and then release it somewhere it can't do any damage.

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.

[onlycafe]

dynamite?

[RANDY P]

BB Gun.

[billybek]

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