Beaver job

Unplug the over flow, bust any and all dams that you can. You want to drop the water level as far as you can. Once you get the water level down you need to inspect and assess every thing you can. Look for entrance ways to lodges and dens. Once you have that established invest in conibear traps and a bunch of them. I suggest a good pair of chest waders too. Set the conibears in those entrances. If all else fails there is one more technique you can use but it’s time consuming. Go to the grocery store and buy carrots and celery. Locate some fresh chewed trees along the waters edge and sit down and get comfortable with a Major League Baseball bat. Start eating the carrots and celery as loudly as possible. The beavers will hear this and think another beaver is chewing on their wood and they will come to defend their turf. When they come out of the water and approach you hit them in the head. Some may take more than one hit. Be ready because they will sneak up on you.


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Listen to these 2 guys ,they know there stuff ....I've done exactly the same as them but have also gone in before touching a dam and used castor mound sets and blocked channels with 330s as well . I will include a couple sets I made last year that worked well ..good luck ..

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Not a great artist but I would try this with 3 snares on a pole like this with a bait stick or lure between each ...this set is similar to what guys use on ice but everything is below water / ice level ... I've tried onions and carrots both on 330 triggers with no success, both were labeled sure things by youtube guys ...lol.. potatoes or apples may work but haven't tried em .Use a 7 or 8 inch loop with about 3 inch above water..good luck bud .

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Anchoring is gonna be the problem ,I would anchor to the stick only if it was VERY solid ...but with that many cattails I'm guessing the bottom is gonna be quite soft so pushing the stick in a good foot or so shouldn't be real hard . Could even use a T post instead of the center pole if you wanted ,then it could be pounded and be could for sure .

It's always so easy for me and others to suggest what you should do ,we aren't the ones up against the problem at hand . Much like my problems at the golf course .. almost impossible to trap with ball hunters, dog walkers ducks and geese to try and avoid . Shooting is my best option but can't hunt after dark . Just yesterday a guy called and said I needed to get after the beaver cause there are trees down and some dams . Informed him that all that was down before I got the last ones ,the evidence doesn't disappear all of a sudden even when the beaver are gone. Kinda like a gopher hole ,shoot the critter but the hole remains . I fully understand your frustration.

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