Re: Beaver job, where are the adults?
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09/25/17 04:05 PM
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13lbs, I just weighed one.
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Re: Beaver job, where are the adults?
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09/25/17 04:39 PM
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If all the dams have been removed the adults will be spooked and will hole up or move away for a while. Check back in 2 weeks for activity.
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Re: Beaver job, where are the adults?
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09/25/17 05:54 PM
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Isn't this the time of year when last yrs kits disperse?
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Re: Beaver job, where are the adults?
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09/25/17 11:04 PM
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Since the water is down and you caught 2 beaver,I would wrap up this job. Tell the owner to monitor for beaver activity,and to call you as soon as he sees damming activity.
Last edited by Boco; 09/25/17 11:04 PM.
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Re: Beaver job, where are the adults?
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09/26/17 02:50 PM
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Got another kit today....!
After talking to our state furbearer biologist -- and checking google earth --the new working theory is the adults may have moved to a nearby pond. Going to check it out tomorrow and see if there's any sign there.
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Re: Beaver job, where are the adults?
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09/27/17 04:46 PM
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Mystery solved! Or the most likely scenario. It appears that the older beavers abandoned the kits when the dams were torn up and the culvert unplugged a month ago. All that noise and destruction must have spooked them. They likely relocated to a pond just north, about 400 ditch yards away. Looked around there today and sure enough there was a lodge with new sticks on it and new tree damage around the banks. With only kits being present, that probably explains the lack of sign. I learn something new with every job.
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Re: Beaver job, where are the adults?
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09/28/17 09:34 AM
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You will never stop learning. There are no hard and fast rules, though there are a lot of things that are common. From experience over years you will recognize and understand what is going on quickly and not waste time. With a pair of beaver I expect to be done overnight many times, two days at most. If its not over quickly, there is usually a wised up beaver, most often just one. If you set and get no action right away, no dam work, usually they are absent, moved, run over, shot? I pick up and just ask to be contacted as soon as work begins, if it does. You will develop a set or two that works most of the time and some followup sets for a smart one. Gets to be pretty routine.
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