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Invading Beavers
Hummingbird Point:
I agree with your thinking that it is best to leave them be if they aren't causing any real damage. Unfortunately the fur prices on them have been so bad for so long hardly anyone traps them anymore. They are fairly easy to trap in most cases, if it comes to that. When I was young and poor I ate a few. Surprisingly good. If you do need to take them out, consider just cutting a backstrap out of one and trying it.
Marc St Louis:
Yes it's an American Bittern, we used to call them Mud Hens...don't ask me why.
I've eaten quite a few Beavers when I was young as well as Muskrat. Beavers are good but Muskrat are excellent eating. I'm not a trapper but I've trapped them before, it is easy. When I was young I would use a .22, a shot to the head and that's it. If they're in deep water they sink but float after an hour
Trapper Rob:
We leave them alone on the farm till they start flooding parts of the fields then dad tells me you know what to do.
HH~:
22lr at night with a gud lite. Pull apart damn til you can water running at dusk. Get comfortable and wait. Shoot the big Mama Beavers first not the kits.
You smarten yo a mature beaver and youll have a challenge.
Shawn
Hawkdancer:
Maybe the price of plews will go up! As far eating, I read somewhere the tail is very good roasted on coals.
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