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[Apsterbobed]

Beavers have all day everyday to make a dam. Best option for you is trapping.

Or you could decide that you actually want a pond in that location and suddenly you no longer have a problem...:cool2:

 

[Btown]

Here are some dam pictures! <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=463460"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=463461"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=463462"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=463463"/> I completely removed the blockage on Saturday morning and on Sunday morning it was back -- and even bigger!

Have they flooded that whole area. That looks like a lot of water from just that small dam.

 

[Xfaxman]

From November 2004, beavers dammed the pond spillway. I had some flexible drain pipe, so I fastened them together, and a weight on one end and put them over the beaver dam.

Two days later, as long as the weighted ends were under water, it would siphon.

A week later, they have added more sticks, but water is still siphoning. :thumbsup:

A little ice on the pond at the end of December, but water is still flowing. The beavers gave up and moved on, some time after this picture was taken.

 

[sea2summit]

Well you can dig it out every day or kill them. Your call.

 

[the old grind]

This ^^

Check with local game officials to see if they are exempted from 'nuisance trapping' regs.

Trapping is fun thumbsup but can be labor/equipment intensive if you're new to it.
(Seasons are usually based on months that the fur is best)

Or ... hang around after you've busted the dam. As the water around the lodge drops they'll be out to repair & you can pick 'em off with a .22. ('Relocated' critters always come back. )

Rent a BH to bury 'em ... if you don't have a recipe.

 

[mrtwister]

I had the same problem when I first purchased my 160 acre property.....the "beavs" had gone unchecked for a few decades and as a result built two super-dams that subsequently flooded about 10-15 acres of farmland....it was basically a lake...great for duck and goose hunting but it actually cut me off from accessing about 30 acres of prime wooded and hunting land...essentially the back 3rd of the property....also, they were killing scores of huge viable trees just to get at the top branches for food....the rest of the tree just rots.....what they had actually dammed was a municipal drain that runs right down my property.....the drain superintendent got involved and the bottom line is that they encourage land owners to take action on their own property to take care of the problem by "relocation" of the varmints....especially in my case as this was also causing other problems upstream on other properties.....so the green light was given...it was spring-time....we proceeded to manually break down a 5-6 foot opening at mid-point of the dam, enough to cause a major drainage of the flooded area...this worked great to bring the water level down...of course as most of us who have dealt with a beaver problem before know, these critters are not only destructive but also industrious little buggers....the first thing that happens is the "re-construction crew" shows up around 7 PM to fix the leak....the dispatch crew (that's us) wait for them to arrive and proceed to send them to heaven....accelerated lead poisoning.....about 20 beavers over the span of about 2 weeks.....any remaining beavers got the hint and left, never to return....the entire area was drained, dried and is now green again....trapping works too but it's a lengthy and less effective process than a .22 mag. Unless you do it this way, as PILOON said, you'll never win....in the province of Ontario you don't need a permit to scare away, capture or kill most wild animals, if the animal is causing damage to your property, unless the animal is on the endangered or threatened species list....beavers are not on the list for obvious reasons...overpopulation....some people like having beavers around.....I don't.....this is the way the landowners in my neck of the woods take care of the problem.

 

[shogan]

I hear beaver is delicious

 

[kevin37b]

I worked for a farmer that was having issues with beavers in a major drainage area here . He got a phone number for a removal service . Two young guys show up in longjohns , t-shirts and tennis shoes . Mind you this is January in Il . They waded into the water with homemade fertilizer bombs and destroyed 3 or 4 dams and hutches , very impressive . When finished the boss asked if they would take a good check . The kid looked him square in the face and said I hope you don't write me a bad one ! The boss went lickety split to town and got cash . We laughed about that for a long time . And the beavers were gone .

 

[LouieJunior]

Have they flooded that whole area. That looks like a lot of water from just that small dam.

It is a small marsh, normally -- but the beavers can flood a lot of acreage by blocking a single culvert. Right now, the water is running over the road on the dyke and standing in a few fields. The beavers are also benefiting from frequent spring showers. They can build a tiny six foot dam and the water has no where to go.

I have a flashboard riser on my tile so I can block the flow in the autumn -- but the beavers have taken over my control.