Where are the beaver getting material for building the dam? And where are they getting sticks to eat? That might be the place to catch them. Remove the dam after you catch a beaver or two and then keep an eye out for any re-construction efforts.

wear a life jacket

I found a couple of different spots where were cutting brush for the dam. Put 330's in the runs. Both spots the beaver found different routes to get to high ground. That spot he went to using a different run which it is good because it is deeper water so put the 330 under water and added dive sticks in the run. Found another small opening and hung a snare. Then went where was climbing onto the high ground and added a Bridger #5 and long chained it because water pretty shallow. Maybe he will be waiting for me in the morning.

It’s already dead, it just doesn’t know it yet backroadsarcher.

X 2 I like those kind that don't know there swimming dead already.....

Whatever you do don’t try blowing it out with explosives, dosent work worth a dang, seen that dog and pony show a couple of times, including just down the road from where I used to live, fool blew the middle of the rod out causing us to be stuck as it was the only road into our place

Oh ya I have seen that. It was in this same culvert. They blew a dam years ago and the culvert looked like they peeled a banana. They had to use a cutting torch and they shortened the culvert by at least 2 feet.

Beaver met his demise this morning. No more deer flies and bugs for a while anyway.

Hey Backroad, what method did you use, as in what caught the beaver?

Just had to look behind the culvert area.

Did you hike or canoe ?

Ha, we told you it was a dead beaver yesterday, it just didn’t know it yet…….lol
The submerged 330?

Yep 330 in the deep run with dive sticks. Probably my most favorite set. I am more partial to body grippers than anything else.

Snares.

Ah ha, dead beaver swimming.!!!

It has been real dry here. Haven't had rain for close to 3 weeks. Its happened in the past with years like this that the small water ponds, creeks dry up beaver move to new water. The last couple of years I have been getting more calls. Thankfully most come just before freeze up.

Good work! Get ready for the others...your situation sounds like one spot I got...non stop calls pop up every year?! I wish I had total access to this area but I don't.... private property.