Are there any laws against breaking a dam? Maybe not the easiest option but maybe the only one?
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Are there any laws against breaking a dam? Maybe not the easiest option but maybe the only one?
Nuisance beaver? There's a female CO around these parts that has that nickname.
Pointless to just break up a damn..they'll just rebuild.Quote:
Originally Posted by dean.f
I used to punch a hole in them around noon...then go back at dusk, sit in a chair with my shotgun and wait for them to come fix it. Took about 20 beavers out of my neighbours property that way.
I know a trapper that said he could quit his regular job and just do nuisance beaver trapping. He is hired by at least 5 different municipalities/towns.
Fur worth nothing but castor is still worth good $$$.
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That actually becomes more of a problem for a guy like me, I am now competing for the services of a trapper who is already on the payroll of several municipalities.I don't know if this trapper takes one beaver or 10 off the Lake I am on,but either way I cannot bank roll this.Its illegal of me to SSS and I have to much respect for my local CO's to do this,but basically right now the woodlot is being ruined (Its under forest management programme) and I am getting a tax break but not holding up my end of the bargain,because legally I cannot shot them,unless they are directly doing damage on MY LAND.Quote:
Originally Posted by SongDog
I would have to actually see one chewing on a tree on my land back 100 feet from the shoreline to shot it.Even then am I allowed to waste the pelt?
If your see them building it does that count as destroying? if they are building they are flooding when it floods it damages the property?
Knock out some of the dam when they are fixing it they are destroying your property. Do you really need to see them knock a tree down. The dam itself is damage to the property.
Seems like you need a few days to set up shop and watch them destroy the property watch them flood out your property.
Could that not give a clean pass when they are damaging property? What's causing the flooding the dam the dam will damage your property . I think there is away this route to take. .
The dam is damage you didn't put it there they are blocking and flooding it's is damaged the drain system .
I would think a working beaver is causing damage to your property. [emoji106]
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Our hardwoods are dying off from flooding from beavers. The farm across the road has massive drainage ditches and all the water on their side flows to our side and into the swamp. Swamp is over flooded and its spilling into the hardwoods. We could kill 10 beavers a year but new ones move in each year.
Good family friend that farms down the road is so mad at the big cash croppers across the road for their draining to our side, he traps, shoots beavers year round and on our property.
My buddy that traps that had his traps in the ditch on a sideroad. Lady seen a dead beaver in the trap and she swam out there to retrieve the beaver and trap. She is lucky she missed the other set trap about 4 feet away.
She called the police and MNR and wanted to trapper charged for trapping
Well Ministry just charged her for interfering with a trapping operation. I know this hippie, Shes the one that hated us for 30 years for hunting coyotes with dogs. She begged me to come to her property few winters ago and kill coyotes. No thanks I wouldnt hunt there if it was last property in Ontario after the way she treated us. We also gouge the living crap out of her for hay each year haha.
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Didn't know the dam was off you property [emoji28]. Just caught that.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishfood
Dig a new small pond on your property [emoji6]
"If you build it they will come" [emoji13]
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I wish the MNR would agree with you view.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishfood
That's essentially what the trapper I know did, without the gun. We made a hole in the dam and he set traps about 3-5 feet from the opening and both beavers were caught swimming towards the hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal