PineRidge
Super Member
About two weeks ago we got a good soaker and while out walking my two dogs I noticed water breeching the top of the neighbors dam. There is no emergency spillway incorporated in his pond design so the water was breeching the top of the dam instead of diverting around it.
I quickly ran the dogs back to the house grabbed a rake and cleared as much debris as I could reach from the shore-line. It was still evident that there were sticks, limbs, and twigs down inside the overflow pipe that could not easily be reached.
Called the neighbor and explained the problem to him once he got home. Recommended that he purchase a trash guard to keep the crap from entering the overflow pipe. Jeff got the overflow unplugged with the help of his john-boat and quickly forgot the information that I gave him about the trash guard.
A week goes by and the overflow is once again plugged, almost solid and this time Jeff gets a little more than suspicious since it's large limbs in the overflow. He cleans the overflow and watches it real close that evening to see if kids were being mischievous. Just before sundown he spots the culprits, a family of 4 beavers. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
The beavers actually reside in a swamp between Jeff's and our property and have been damming that swamp and cutting trees on the surrounding properties for well over 2 years. We haven't bothered them since they have pretty much stayed in that swamp and the extra water keeps the local 4 wheelers from cutting through the lot close to our homes.
Jeff decided that rather than lose his dam it was time to take some quick action so he's been setting Conni-bear traps on the beaver runs to his pond. So far he has caught 4 beavers one weighing in at 45 pounds! Don't know for sure how many there are but I'm guessing a lot more than 4.
I quickly ran the dogs back to the house grabbed a rake and cleared as much debris as I could reach from the shore-line. It was still evident that there were sticks, limbs, and twigs down inside the overflow pipe that could not easily be reached.
Called the neighbor and explained the problem to him once he got home. Recommended that he purchase a trash guard to keep the crap from entering the overflow pipe. Jeff got the overflow unplugged with the help of his john-boat and quickly forgot the information that I gave him about the trash guard.
A week goes by and the overflow is once again plugged, almost solid and this time Jeff gets a little more than suspicious since it's large limbs in the overflow. He cleans the overflow and watches it real close that evening to see if kids were being mischievous. Just before sundown he spots the culprits, a family of 4 beavers. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
The beavers actually reside in a swamp between Jeff's and our property and have been damming that swamp and cutting trees on the surrounding properties for well over 2 years. We haven't bothered them since they have pretty much stayed in that swamp and the extra water keeps the local 4 wheelers from cutting through the lot close to our homes.
Jeff decided that rather than lose his dam it was time to take some quick action so he's been setting Conni-bear traps on the beaver runs to his pond. So far he has caught 4 beavers one weighing in at 45 pounds! Don't know for sure how many there are but I'm guessing a lot more than 4.
