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bob
Member
Post Number: 35
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 9:01 am: | 
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Does anybody know how to get rid of Beavers |
franklin
Member
Post Number: 16
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 11:22 am: |
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If your on lake temagami, Dean Potts can take care of them for you. |
erhard
Member
Post Number: 38
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 10:33 am: |
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I personally always welcome beavers. They are part of nature and most of the time an asset: e.g. navigating a shallow creek is possible when beavers maintain the water level (the dam is easily pulled over with my canoe) and many a low lying areas have been converted into ponds with interesting things living in it.
I used to have a cottage and a beaver lived nearby. To prevent the beaver from messing up my place, I took things into my own hands. I got a roll of chicken wire and wrapped the base of the trees that I cared about. The rest s/he could have...
Would that work for you as well?
(Message edited by erhard on July 27, 2010) |
bob
Member
Post Number: 36
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 6:35 pm: |
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Thanks for your suggestions |
dan_carpenter
Moderator
Post Number: 71
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:31 pm: |
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From personal experience, I can attest to the chicken wire routine. When you wrap the tree, make sure it's tall enough so a large beaver standing upright can't reach above it. And check in a year or so and loosen the wire if necessary - I've seen trees outgrow the wire covering and become girdled and die. The beaver seem to prefer birch and poplar, but they will go after a conifer if it suits their fancy. So make sure you wrap all the trees that you don't want bothered. |
bob
Member
Post Number: 37
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 10:41 am: |
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Thanks though but thats not practical when dealing with well over one thousand trees of variou sizes. I have the issue resolved. |
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