Vanity post - My lake is having a beaver problem, any advice on how to trap them?

04/07/06 | Abathar

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Sharon Stone, As The Beaver:

[Taliesan]

I thought this thread was going to be another tiresome argument over that Sharon Stone movie.

[dfwgator]

"Uh huh huh heh, you said 'beaver', uh heh uh huh..."

[PBRSTREETGANG]

This woman found a solution to her beaver problem.

[Abathar]

I sit there until it is too dark to see, I even broke out my 340 Weatherby just to make sure I get the job done, but I can't catch him before it gets to dark to see. Last time I caught I "V" going across the water at dusk I ended up with a mud duck.

[wallcrawlr]

http://beaver.euchred.com/images/BigBeaverrd.jpg

[KC Burke]

It wasn't my last, that was for sure. I was repeatedly saved as the column was popular.

The column was titled Ham on Wry which I had stolen from a quote by Bill Vaughn.

When I inserted, "A brown furred, warm blooded small mammal with a wide, flat, broad muscular tale and nocturnal feeding habits..." I was only saved because I had actually quoted it verbatim from a Desk Encyclopedia published by (who else) Funk and Wagnells.

[Vaquero]

But seriously though, a .22 would probably take care of them. Consult a trapper.

a CB cap is an ultra quiet .22 rim fire available in short and long by CCI. it sounds like popcorn popping but it will "get her done!" and without the neighbors calling the local constabulary

[presidio9]

[Abathar]

Onions? are you serious?

[wallcrawlr]

One serious reply.

I have a couple beavers in the pond behind my house.

I do enjoy them but I fully understand how they can destroy shrubs and trees so quickly.

[Toby06]

FYI ping

[dfwgator]

Wynona's Big Brown Beaver by Primus


Wynona's got herself a big brown beaver
and she shows it off to all her friends.
One day, you know, that beaver tried to leave her,
So she caged him up with cyclone fence.
Along came Lou with the old baboon
And said "Recognize that smell?"
"Smells like seven layers,
That beaver eats Taco Bell."
Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans
And he travelled with the carnival shows.
He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars
And he candied up his nose.
He got wind of the big brown beaver
So he though he'd take himself a peek,
But the beaver was quick
And grabbed him by the kiwis.
Now he ain't pissed for a week.
(And a half!)
Now Wynona took her big brown beaver,
And she stuck him up in the air.
Said "I sure do love this big brown beaver
And I wish I did have a pair."
Now the beaver onces slept for seven days
And it gave us all an awful fright.
So I tickled his chin and I gave him a pinch
And the bastard tried to bite me.
Wynona loved her big brown beaver
And she stroked him all the time.
She pricked her finger one day and it
Occurred to her she might have a porcupine.

[mlc9852]

I guess you know what to expect...and it is Friday so it will be even worse!

[wagglebee]

Look at it this way, even if you don't come up with a solution, there should be some satisfaction from starting a thread about dealing with a yard problem that gets 600+ responses.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Have you given them time to get their effects in order?

[Abathar]

They had the lake level up about 2' last night, with all the rain we have been getting I don't want to risk using the emergency spillway unless it is just that. There is about 220 acres of watershed draining into it, a 36" pipe is barely able to handle a multi-inch rainfall, even after the the water drops 8' in a vertical chute. I hate the thought of just killing them for no reason, but enough is enough.

[CholeraJoe]

Sure. Beavers are herbivores and are attracted by the smell.

[Abathar]

Try thinking of a vanity post with the word Beaver in it and not make it sound bad, try, I dare ya... :-)

[A CA Guy]

The best way to get beavers out of your lake would be HILLARY!