Giving a helping hand to catch some problem beavers. They are causing a lot of property damage, digging out the road and plugging drains.
Saw one swimming when I pulled in this morning and another slapped the water while I was relocating traps.
First catch out of the gate is a 20 lb, 2 oz little guy. He was caught in the Bailey, baited with a stick of rubbed alder and pushed into the mud next to the trigger. Guess it looked like a snack! Here's a few pictures of the catch, location and finally the reset. I have some Comstocks guarding a mock castor mound and another covering the slide into a lower pond.
