Dens, How Many and Who

Lives there?

Let some water out a couple days ago. It’s down about 9”.

Open door invite

Guess you can’t really see them too good in the photo.

On this end there are these.



And on this end there are these.



Or is it one big den with a lot of entrances?

Oh yeah, we also have this 50’ away.

Paradise for a Trapper

Did you actually check and see If they went anywhere? Or are they just under cut banks.
Or if at one time you had Ice they could be feed holes.

Undercut banks?

Those holes were underwater a couple days ago. Under ice for about a month prior. There were air bubbles to or from when they were under the ice.

Probably feed holes.
The beaver has these dead end holes where It rests carries feed and eats. They use these holes Instead of going all the way back to the main den. If they are feed holes there should be peeled sticks laying around by those holes.

Will they use each other’s or do they make their own?

I finally made the trip over to the mound. I don’t think all those holes are beaver feeding holes.

How many otter are you allowed? Requires a return trip this summer for trout, too!

10 but I ain’t killing them in this market.

Why do you say trout?

I thought it said dems for Democrats 😂

Trout will hang out in undercut banks and bank holes to ambush dinner. When the water rises again drift a worm past those during trout season and you can get dinner

Appreciate that nugget of info.

Watch your shadow

So much for the fishing. The water just continues to drop without the beaver.

Thought I was done Saturday then one of my farmers called. Looks similar to yours but they’ve apparently been there for years by the looks of it. How they never noticed before amazes me . Pulled 2 yesterday, won’t get there til late today.

Some down here actually like beavers. Talked to a couple boys about a spot and they said without that beaver we wouldn’t have a duck hole, lol. Talked to some county workers that mentioned a couple roads that kept getting washed out until the beavers showed up. They go in once a month or when expecting a lot of rain and remove a small section on a 100yd dam to let the water down and then let the beavers dam it back.

judging by the otter sign , id say that the fishing probably would not be the greatest even if there was more water!

did you trap the beaver? if so how many were there?

This is what it looked like when I started.

Took five.

Beaver leave a lot of sign. Much of what people see is old sign. I don’t waste my time unless it’s fresh sign. Walking a creek there are numerous locations for a beaver to get under, rest and eat. If you only trap those with fresh sign your catch percentage will be highest. I realize it’s not rocket science but few things in trapping are.

I've looked and looked, but I can't find the moccasins in those pictures.

Just to be clear, I took the beaver out of here a month ago.

We don’t have them here.