Question, do you have the word “service” in your name? I think that sometimes gives people the misimpression of a government service. I’m not speaking from experience, just a theory. Then again some people are entitled and want the most they can get for the least no matter what.

When it comes to nuisance furbearers, I hate it when a customer seems to think fur is a highly profitable commodity & that we can make our $ by selling the pelt.

We don't have service, but we do have control in the name. I figure it gets confused with animal control.


And some think we are a state agency or something. Really, once we got rid of a paid lead service our calls for free services went down to almost none.

A guy contacted me w/ a beaver problem today. I know the spot he's talking about, & he has a serious problem. It's backing up h20 & starting to affect 3 homeowners along the creek, him being 1 of 'em. He starts by asking how much I'd charge to remove the dam. I explained that removing the dam probably wouldn't solve the problem. Before I could even work up a quote he proceeded to say he couldn't even afford $15 per beaver. After hearing that I chose not to quote removing the dam. He was friendly, but acted bewildered I wouldn't do it free. I gave him the link to our state trappers association list of nuisance trappers. He said he'd call them. Wait til he finds out they charge $50-100+, & he tells them he can't afford to pay anything. Part of me felt bad for the guy. He has a serious problem with these beavers, & is an older gentleman that said he doesn't have the health to remove the dam himself. But I don't have time to be a free service in this situation. I kind of wonder how many landowners though claim they are poor to try to get a better deal. If he was smart he'd probably talk to the neighbors & try to pool their $. The stream is a trout stream with Public Access. He complained WDNR wouldn't help him so he's going to call USDA's APHIS. I think a lot of landowners don't realize that fur is near worthless & that the govt won't come take care of beaver problems for them. He said he'll try to lay out with a gun @ dusk & solve the problem that way if need be. With the dwindling fur market & likely decrease of trappers, more & more property owners'll be in for a rude awakening.