Did some ADC work on a place here in southern Oregon for a guy that has had some muskrat problems. I took 51 rats out in a couple weeks and had been dumping the carcasses on the property for the raptors. One spot I dumped had fresh beaver sign coming out of a canal next to an enormous willow. The landowner was very proud of that tree, so next check I brought a drowning bar and a TS-85, along with a little homemade castor lure.
Next day there was a huge beaver waiting for me. Literally waiting. The drowner had gotten hung up, and there was this giant head looking at me. I knew it was big, but when it tried to dive and I saw what turned out to be a 13"x8" tail, I knew I had my hands full!
It took me a while to get the better of it, with me on one end of a 10' piece of 1/2" rebar, and a 70#+ beaver on the other, but eventually won the battle.
It squared 82", 45" X37".


Feet were huge as well.


In the round

That's a lot of beaver. Nice catch!

That's a nice 1.

…that’s one big aquatic mammal right there

Very nice the landowner should be very happy !

Very nice, what a hog!!

Awesome

Why aren't you using the rats to trap other critters?

… probably cause he doesn’t want to would be my guess

What did it weigh?

Scale picture???

Congratulations

Good job, bud. What a story behind that one!

Awesome catch

That is a biggun

That's a biggen alright. Nice catch.

Holy macaroni! Talk about a back breaker

I feel like we should be listening to the "jaws" music as were reading this post. He's huge!

So 70 pounder do exist, I hear lots of stories but no one weighted their monster 70 here that I know of......jk

Excellent job

That's a beauty!

That is a hog for sure! My biggest was 81”, caught about 45 years ago. By the way, last time I saw you, you still had dark hair!! LOL