Will Beaver break through Ice like Otters?
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01/31/18 10:28 PM
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I see where otters break holes through the ice every 60 ft or so in open water thin Ice, but the beaver just seen to stay under for the area their in. Will beaver break through thin open water Ice. Or is that strictly otter I'm seeing?
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Re: Will Beaver break through Ice like Otters?
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I checked a spot just a couple days ago where the water dropped several feet and the beaver chewed/clawed/dug a hole through their dam just above the current water level, they were dragging willows back into the hole from nearby. I have seen this several times at this location. Young beaver will move in and not make a big enough food pile to get through the winter. They become real easy food for the wolves and bobcat during the late winter up here. I have also caught a lot of them that were locked in under the ice without enough food- clean out a lodge and they are all emaciated.
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Re: Will Beaver break through Ice like Otters?
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I do not know if beaver will do like you ask but I have seen otters did that and had catfish heads near the hole.That was some years ago when I was ice fishing at the time.The holes was near the brush that was in the pond. where the ice was not that thick.
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Re: Will Beaver break through Ice like Otters?
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