Beavers are jerks.

One pasture I rent has a beaver problem. It is a very wet piece of property, with a large creek, and several small streams. The landowner drained it (years ago, before the government cared) and made a large pond. The pond has a 12" pipe at the top of the dam for a spillway. The owner is now his elderly widow, so I do my best to keep it draining. In the last few months, beavers have appeared. They love to plug up the 12" pipe and flood the lower part of the property. If I clear it, it's completely plugged two days later. They are really making a mess of the place. I've yet to actually see a beaver in real life. Any ideas?
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The spillway, with a pile of stuff that I cleared out.
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Beavers are jerks.
 
Stop attending sci fi conventions.













Sorry. Very obtuse humor....

Around here my state has become hostile to agriculture and very tree huggy. But, they still do beaver control on Ag land. They are very destructive creatures and the state will bless trapping or sometimes relocating them when they cause problems.
 
Jerks yes, but they do make good mittens! Trap them and get the hides tanned or you'll have lots more of them.

Dave
 
The scifi comment was really funny but I cannot catch how it applies to your post. Made me chuckle though. Get up above the water somehow, camo yourself, have your gun pointed and ready. They have to breathe...shoot them in the head. Doing one may clear the whole place. Works with geese. One dead goose on the pond and the rest fly over to the next field.
 
Beavers became a big problem here in the wet years. Plugging culverts and flooding roads. I wasted a lot of time breaking dams, staked out trying to shoot them. The municipality eventually started paying a bounty per tail which helped a little. Trappers took out some. But the only real solution was when the dry years came back. No water=no beavers.
 
Can you locate their lodge and destroy it?

Your post reminded me of an episode of Duck Dynasty and Si's beaver cure. I always wondered how they got that much dynamite.
 
That could be a long term problem. It might be time to look into renting some other ground, or ask for a reduction in rent fees.
 
Make the pipe turn down 90degrees and go down in there pond about 2 feet. They will never plug it again. Dig the pipe down from the top of dam a little and make it go about 10 ft into the pond then down. Burry it on top of dam and leav it be the out side of the pipe must be 2 ft off the ground so you may have to make it longer on that end as well. This system never failed me yet.
 


Google Beaver Deceiver. It puts the water inlet BELOW water level so the beaver don't know that it is there. They take a some effort but they always work.
 
I made a triangle tube guard out of three cattle panels, turned upside down. I clipped the bottom rail off, so the cross braces stick down into the dirt. works well.
 
Been there done that.you can trap them,shoot them or for short term relief clear the dam or obstruction by day then by night a battery operated radio covered with plywood to keep it dry WILL not let them get close.make sure the station plays lively music .i used the rap/hip-hop stations.after 2 or 3 days the water level should be low enough.they are like squirrels:you can?t get them all ask me how I know
 
It probably depends on where you are located, but here in Middle Tennessee, beavers can be problematic, but not a major issue. I have a good friend with a really nice pond. He has occasional beaver problems. I don't know what he uses for traps, but whenever he does have a beaver problem, he traps them and shoots them. I think he uses a live trap with some kind of bait in it.

Good luck. They can be a real pain in the neck.

Tom in TN
 
We have a large pond which my now deashed father-in-law installed--it has a serious beaver problem. last year we hired a fellow to "remove' the beaver. I suspect this is going to be a continuing issue.
 
Being from Minnesota I grew up really disliking beavers, and I still feel the same way. I was surprised to learn recently that there used to be beavers in Arizona, don't think there's enough water for them any more, all used for irrigation.
 
i been fighting the rascals for several years. heres a pic of two we trapped this year ignore the squirrel, dunno how that got in there the bigger is 51 pounds. biggest i ever got was 65 pounds. i use 330 connibear traps and foot hold traps with drowning sets or snare sets in water . for trapping supplies check out fur harvesters trading post www dot fntpost dot com. or murrays lures.

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Would you like some more. The back of ourland has a big beaver pond that goes across ours and the neighbors on each side. I estimate the pond covers at least 180 acres. Trappers get 30 or more out of it every year. I would like to get a permit to shoot some of them as they are now flooding out some of my trails
 
here is how i fixed a tile outlet that they kept daming up. for some reason, i can only post 2 or 3 pics at a time, so bear with me. here is the outlet with the yellow screen it was about 5 feet out into the water. the beavers filled all that dirt in. you will see in later pics how the pipe has a tee in it
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step one, built a cage from cattle panels, 2 lengths of 12 inch plastic drain tile, some cinder blocks, dug the outlet clear with the backhoe
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next step, install the plastic drain tile to the outlet tee, and run the tile into the pond, weigh the ends down with cinder blocks or what have you. the cage fits over the entire outlet
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thebeavers hear the water running at the outlet pipe and try and plaster stuff around the cattle panel cage. the actual water intake is underwater about 10 feet or so out in the pond. they cant hear the water splashing there, so they dont try and dam up the plastic tile.
 
if you want to see the critter, open the tile about noon so it starts to drain . return about an hour before dark with a lawn chair and sit quietly. just before dusk they will appear and start to repair the dam. they will work thru the night. they have keen eyesight , so kind of cammo yourself a little. they detect movement extremely well, so no quick movements.
 
in illinois, you need a class a nuisance wildlife permit. pia to get one, all kinds of restrictions. it was way easier to get a trapping license and winter trap. a buddy of mine was having deer problems destroying his crops. looked in to a nuisance permit for deer. game warden came out to inspect the problem, said yes you can qualify for one. but, you shoot the deer and leave them where they drop. he said too the warden isnt that a waste of the animal? warden said " thats the law" he didnt get the permit.
 
They move in on my pond every 4 or 5 years. Amazing how fast they can start dropping trees you don't want dropped. Canoe or pontoon with trolling motor after dark. 410ga and headlamp. Sit quiet and listen for gnawing sound, when they're working on a tree they're almost in a trance and you can get in close enough.
 

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