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Wonder what's living here
« on: July 30, 2011, 06:17:55 PM »
This is along a ditch on a King county road. Could be some Rats but might be rabbits.  :dunno:

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2011, 06:19:12 PM »
mountain beaver.
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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2011, 06:45:20 PM »
 :yeah: Looks like the mountain beaver holes I've seen.

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2011, 08:01:42 PM »
I think Rats ... Mt. Beaver live in the mountains and usually have vegatation stack piled around their holes :twocents:

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2011, 08:20:30 PM »
could be a marmot hole...

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2011, 09:54:25 AM »
  Mt. Beaver live in the mountains and usually have vegatation stack piled around their holes :twocents:



Well that statement couln't be farther from the truth.

I had Cylvertip come out and trap them at my place. I do not live in the mountain and they did not have vegatation stack piled around the holes.

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2011, 06:20:20 AM »
piles of feed can be found outside the hole they are using at the time, that is how I know which hole to set on..

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2011, 06:31:35 AM »
  Mt. Beaver live in the mountains and usually have vegatation stack piled around their holes :twocents:



Well that statement couln't be farther from the truth.

I had Cylvertip come out and trap them at my place. I do not live in the mountain and they did not have vegatation stack piled around the holes.
  Well I guess what I ment was ..if you live in Arlington you live in the mountains ...never heard of many mt.beaver in seattle  :chuckle:

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2011, 07:49:26 AM »
piles of feed can be found outside the hole they are using at the time, that is how I know which hole to set on..


I don't think I'm ready to mess with this in the sense capture yet. What would they be eating. I can see things change a bit but see no obvious trail routes. Maybe it's gophers.

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2011, 03:33:59 PM »
piles of feed can be found outside the hole they are using at the time, that is how I know which hole to set on..


I don't think I'm ready to mess with this in the sense capture yet. What would they be eating. I can see things change a bit but see no obvious trail routes. Maybe it's gophers.
not sure there,if its mt beaver you will find a hole somewhere with feed,here its fern tips,,but to be honest,I cant tell by the pics what you have there,what diameter is the holes entrance?mt beavers here are abot 4 to 6 inches dia at the entrance,,,

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2011, 03:51:41 PM »
piles of feed can be found outside the hole they are using at the time, that is how I know which hole to set on..


I don't think I'm ready to mess with this in the sense capture yet. What would they be eating. I can see things change a bit but see no obvious trail routes. Maybe it's gophers.
not sure there,if its mt beaver you will find a hole somewhere with feed,here its fern tips,,but to be honest,I cant tell by the pics what you have there,what diameter is the holes entrance?mt beavers here are abot 4 to 6 inches dia at the entrance,,,
Exactely  :chuckle: rat hole around 1 1/2 to 2 inches....

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2011, 09:33:53 AM »
piles of feed can be found outside the hole they are using at the time, that is how I know which hole to set on..


I don't think I'm ready to mess with this in the sense capture yet. What would they be eating. I can see things change a bit but see no obvious trail routes. Maybe it's gophers.
not sure there,if its mt beaver you will find a hole somewhere with feed,here its fern tips,,but to be honest,I cant tell by the pics what you have there,what diameter is the holes entrance?mt beavers here are abot 4 to 6 inches dia at the entrance,,,
4 to 6" + are the hole sizes. I'll bee looking for those fern tips. Think I better go ahead and get my license before the month runs out.

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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2011, 11:13:24 AM »
I agree - Mt Beaver.  They are pretty prevalent in a lot of the green belts/ native growth areas from Everett to at least North Seattle and Bellevue, especially if there is a gully/ small valley involved.  They are of course up into the foothills too.  They are probably working over any rhodies you have and even that ivy. They will climb up into the rhodies and cut off branches.  I've gotten a lot of calls from Edmonds and Mill creek to come take care of them.  Wish we could still use 110's on them :bash: 
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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2011, 11:27:57 AM »
I would agree with Mt. Beavers.  Look for chewed off fir branches or chewed of bracken fern near the burrows, a dead giveaway.  I look for whatever they are munching on and use that for bait in a Have-No-Heart trap.  Funny thing though, I've never found one alive in the cage traps, they were all dead by the time I got there.
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Re: Wonder what's living here
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2011, 11:37:19 AM »
  Mt. Beaver live in the mountains and usually have vegatation stack piled around their holes :twocents:



Well that statement couln't be farther from the truth.

I had Cylvertip come out and trap them at my place. I do not live in the mountain and they did not have vegatation stack piled around the holes.

:yeah: My parents had them in woodinville. Also they are all over in Pacific county which is right next to the ocean...
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