That's cool boco thanks for sharing the photo.

How many beavers do you think live there?

8 ,give or take a couple.
I will try to get a better pic when I go back to check the traps.

I assume that's the feed bed out front. Hard to tell but is the house on land?

Its in the middle of the pond.
Cant really see the feedbed.Just the pointy top sticking up over the brush.

Boco, I want more, closer pitchas ! Love seeing those lodges.

Sharon snow ice which I see in the pic is not safe to travel on
Going to -20c tonight should put a little hard on that water

I was hoping he might get closer later when he sets for them . Of course I don’t want him falling in, N50 !

The ice is about an inch thick-but open someplaces and thin in others from the beaver activity.
Not safe to venture out on ice this time of year.
I will get some better pics when I go back out in a few days.

Heres one of the sets.

Exactly, Boco, that’s what I meant, when it safe and bettah lighting .

Yes I was referring to the sticks in the middle of the pond as the feed bed. Not a real huge feed bed. Hard to tell from picture how big the house is. Beaver house size can be deceiving as to the # of beaver in there. Depends on how busy the beavers were.

Those sticks in the pond is dead brush.cant see any feed bed,just the top couple feet of the house over top of the brush.The dead brush is about 6 or 7 foot above the ice,and the point of the house is about 2 feet above the top of the brush.
I will walk in the bush along the pond to get a closer pic next time I go out.The pic is from the dam.

You are setting on the dam to try and avoid the young or is just easier to get to? Smart beaver build their houses in tough to get to spots. If you can get more ice you may have better access to the house but it is not going to be easy to get them. Maybe some under ice bait sets.

Feed beds are usually out in front of the hut

Boco...did yah put your boot in the dam a wee bit...just to stir them up ?

Maybe with a camera newer than 1980, we might be able to see whats going on! LOL nice pics, goodluck

You dont see the big house dead center in the pic sticking up over the brush?

i see it buddy

Good luck