Setting up these two dams in the morning. Some deep water here...and snakes and gators and beavers and flooded newly planted pine trees....



Looks easy...but we'll see .......

That looks like it will be a fun project. I kind of miss it.

Glad you miss it, i don't! lol

Yall come in down! I'll be pulling out after a cup of coffee about daybreak. Got to get a clear head so I pay attention to where I reach my hands....can't be side-tracked.

Keep an eye out for serpents.

That's why I have to set those up with a clear head....can't have anything on my mind those days other than paying attention...lol

Swamp, how long can those newly planted trees take the high water?

Not long....a few weeks, if their tops are still above water. If totally submerged, only a few days. They are planted on mechanically raised beds, but near the stream it was already wet dirt....now flooded and not draining.

thanks...good luck!

I'll take a few more pics tommorrow. I'm gonna set a couple breach sets at each dam with 2 footholds at each breach on drowner rods. I will hang a couple snares in obvious locations too. No 330s...can't keep turtles out of em.

I don't envy you at all. I know all too well how aggressive those cottonmouths can be in hot weather. Stay safe man.

yep snares and footholds, slow going and beaver only move about 40 ft. from where they live in summer, worst time of year to do anything with them. PLUS as an added bonus June is deer fly month, enjoy, lol

Yep...I hate wading in that mess in summer, but timber company wants action. And I'd like to keep them as a client.

A trapper does have to be dead on location (with fresh sign) or its almost a waste of time.

Dang, can't make it because I'm on my way to the FTA convention.

Do gators take alotta beaver down there? You’d think they’d be easy pickings for them? I guess you wouldn’t really know unless you cut em open…

Looking at the photos. Swamp Wolf sounds like a good user name for ya

Gator eat's a beaver he probably won't eat anything again for a month! So don't eat enough usually to keep them in check.

Paul is out on tour like a rock star!

Are the yeller flies out yet Patrick?

Looks like a job heat and humidity is what I wouldn’t like

Like Jtrapper said....gators do get a few but not enough to control them.