Post by rockintheocean on Mar 17, 2012 22:05:39 GMT -5
I went upstate today for my first beaver trapping adventure. The situation was a lake was backing up from the beaver plugging up the 4 culverts that were on a mall property. The residents who live around the lake were concerned that the next couple rain falls would bring the level of water to their houses. I get in touch with the mall after a couple of weeks ,and they wanted me to get liability insurance before I could trap the beaver for recreation.The mall manager said that the mall would reimbursed me for the cost of the insurance. I get it .jump threw all the hoops and finally get the OK. All along my phone is ringing off the hook from different residents ,offering every thing from lunch to tours around the area in assistance for assessing . This morning after talking with the mall manager ,I start scouting around .culverts plugged up half way . all 4 Size of each 16 sq feet a piece.I see trees fell and chew marks in a bunch others. I start setting my 330s ,and a man pulls up by the culverts.One of the residents on the lake. I had talked with him on phone before ,and he was the one offering to show me around. we talked for a bit . Keep in mind that these people have been dealing with this since Irean.I explain the game plan . trap beavers and if mall wants to pay me I'll clear out culverts.He leaves some what pissed I sensed.I spend all day setting ,stop around 3 to go get some food . I come back ,and the man with three others are there with a rake on long metal pole clearing out culverts. I said to him that it is a waist of time as the beaver will plug them up again. The beaver were using the culverts as their dam . The man claims that there is no way an animal can do all that and it was from the debris from Irean. I point out that the branches and such had chew markings on the ends and in points in between.I also said thank you for now ruining all my work as my 330s are at this time half out of the water. I claim that the beaver are not even going to go for my sets ,but rather spend the time replugging up the culverts. All this not to mention he was trespassing on mall property that I had to go threw hell just to get on to trap.I can understand his frustration ,Am I wrong about the beavers plugging the culverts ,or will they leave them alone now and find some where else to live?