Ever get the feeling someone is watching you

[Machias]

Had a funny thing happen tonight. So far I have caught three good sized beaver from one small beaver pond. It's a damage job for a landowner whose road to his back hay fields is under three feet of water. I thought maybe I had them all, or maybe there was some youngsters left. Anyways yesterday I punched a hole in the dam and went back tonight to see if it had been repaired. It hadn't so I figured I had them all. So I spend about 15 minutes and punch a huge hole in the dam. I drop the water level about a foot. Stand up straight and stretch my back and turn around and there about 7 feet behind me is about a 45 pound beaver giving me the evil eye.        I think I saw it standing there with it's hands on it's hips going WTH?? Bad part is was right in the spot I already caught two other beaver. Would and should have had number 3 in that spot. Oh well I'll take care of it this weekend.

[hardkorrhunter]

Right on that's pretty cool.

[wildmeat]

 

[BOWHUNTER45]

some good shots Fred 

[Jonathan_S]

Kind of eerie feeling isn't it?  I had that happen when I was in rib-deep water once while I was carrying mink traps.  There was a 50# beaver about 10' away just staring at me and I was thinking about how it would feel if he torpedoed me and latched on   

[pianoman9701]

Do you eat the tails, Fred?

[pianoman9701]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/29/beaver-kills-man-belarus

[jackmaster]

Sneaky little bastages, using water to sneak up on a fella I thought you southern boys wrestled them things, you dont need no traps, strip down and jump on there.... make sure you get it on video though

[Jonathan_S]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/29/beaver-kills-man-belarus

I remember that happening and getting the chills just thinking about it

[Machias]

I don't eat the tail.

Check this out guys, I am trapping in the exact spot this happened.

http://www.nbc29.com/story/19047209/two-girls-attacked-by-rabid-beaver-in-lake-anna

[pianoman9701]

Ouch. Rabid beavers...ewwwww!

[furiouzgeorge]

While hunting last year I came within a couple of feet of a Beaver. Neither of us knew the other was there until we both freaked. It leapt into the water and boogied...I thought of both of those news stories as I stood there shaking...imagine, a grown man afraid of a Beaver...

[KFhunter]

I had a beaver try to make love to the top of my head once

[furiouzgeorge]

I had a beaver try to make love to the top of my head once

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[Machias]

 

[KFhunter]

I was spear fishing for a non-game species of fish,  somehow I had gotten between two beaver and as I came around the bend of the river this beaver swam right up to me.

I didn't even notice as I was looking at fish below, but it must have thought my snorkel was a stick and my brown hair was it's mate.  I noticed it just inches from my head and brought my spear up to it's belly as it looked like it was about to climb aboard....

I jumped up out of the water and fanned my arm yelling "BOO!"    that beaver squeeled! 
I never heard one squeel before   

then it tail slapped and swam as fast as it could away