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 Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
[Re: pegasaurus]
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02/28/11 07:28 PM
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scot
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So.....
The weekend is over.....
Did you pop that beaver yet? sneaky beaver! Stood on top of the lodge for 20 minutes jumping up and down with a shotgun and AR. No beaver. Then started taking the lodge apart but them things are pretty good engineers. After about 20 minutes of pulling sticks off of the lodge I gave up and went after other varmints. Plan to finally make an evening strike as all attempts thus far have failed.
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
[Re: scot]
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02/28/11 07:37 PM
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Take Wynona with you...or is that for porcupines...? 
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
[Re: scot]
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02/28/11 09:05 PM
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Rollin Shabbos
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So.....
The weekend is over.....
Did you pop that beaver yet? sneaky beaver! Stood on top of the lodge for 20 minutes jumping up and down with a shotgun and AR. No beaver. Then started taking the lodge apart but them things are pretty good engineers. After about 20 minutes of pulling sticks off of the lodge I gave up and went after other varmints. Plan to finally make an evening strike as all attempts thus far have failed. This sounds like one of those "hey, hold my beer and watch this!" moment. THis needs documenting. i can film it for you.... 
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
[Re: Rollin Shabbos]
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02/28/11 09:20 PM
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I thought I had it all figured out too. There are about three entracnces into the lodge plus the water entrance. I got extra smart thinking I'll just start around the door and tear my way into living area. Except these must be some Gifted and Talented beavers because as soon as I opened up the entry way there were three very large logs blocking entrance into the rest of the lodge. They have some sort of trap door situation becuase I couldn't tell how they got in from the door to the water.
I will post some pictures this evening as I don't think you can appreciate just what I am working with here.
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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02/28/11 09:40 PM
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mattfox
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Is it in an area where you can light the dam on fire? If so, light it and wait for them to come out. Maybe you could smoke them out somehow.
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/01/11 01:59 AM
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scot
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 I'm a slim 6'1 220 and it goes about three times further back into the bank. The kimber was poised and ready for action but I was far too slow on the draw to get it done.
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
[Re: East texas deer hunter]
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03/01/11 06:46 PM
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That's a pretty sizeable lodge.
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/03/11 02:35 PM
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has he dammed up the spill way of the tank yet? beavers hate and i mean hate the sound of running water. if they have dammed it up un stop the the dam right before dark and when they pop out for their nightly rounds one of their first priorities of the night will be to stop the running water. sit close enough and pop them as they swim up. got 3 in one night in like an hour by doing that.-- they hate the running water sound so much that in studies, researchers placed a recording of water running in a dry field close to a known beaver colony and they placed mud over it until they couldnt hear the noise anymore lol I don't know about the covering a recording part  A buddy of mine has them on his place so last night we went out and tore a hole in the damn to let water out about two hours before dark and sit back and waited. Right at sundown we had several swim up and start to repair the leak. I got this one at about 15 yards with a shotgun used a red XLR-250 light and they never saw us 
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/04/11 12:22 AM
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Anybody having Caddy Shack Flashbacks?
Got to find a way back home, to the Top Posters Board & 16512 previous posts...
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/04/11 04:14 AM
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Has the OP been arrested yet for asking for someone to build him a pipe bomb?
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/04/11 05:50 PM
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bobcat9095
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/05/11 05:54 PM
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Is there any far bearing laws when it comes to hunting beavers? A friend of my is having a problem with them destroying his trees.
If I'm not hunting something I must be dead.
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/05/11 06:04 PM
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only if he is trying to sell the pelts. Then he needs a res trappers license
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/05/11 06:29 PM
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If I'm not hunting something I must be dead.
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/08/11 03:39 AM
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Good Hunting,
Gary
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Re: So I found the Beaver Dam
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03/08/11 04:03 AM
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I'll take care of any problems in the Tyler/Troup area if need be!!!
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