On the river that runs through my property they have caused a lot of damage(currently one dam and two lodges) but our water level in the spring comes up 4-6 feet and will usually wash out most dams.

Ive been trapping for about 10 years as a hobby and have never been able to get rid of all the beaver in a particular lodge, even at the smallest pond with only one lodge I took four beavers, sure enough, the next year, fresh cuttings all around.

Its best to blow them up, our county will do it for free if the damming causes a problem for a roadway. When I started trapping, most land owners were more than happy to give me access to their ponds or streams, once I told them I was trapping beaver(even opened up other hunting opportunities at a couple of farms.)

We have wrapped several tree trunks with hardware cloth which they wont chew through but it is expensive and time consuming.

I have also taken a couple of pokes at them with a .45, with out sucess Time to break out the NVG's and the 22-250

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