Mountain Beaver

My uncle was in town this weekend from Washington state. His yard is infested with mountain beaver, that are digging many burrows. Anyone familiar with them and have suggestions on control methods? I had never heard of them. Thanks.

Scot

110's

The heck is a mountain beaver? Boomers?

X2

Google is your friend.

They are Aplodontias.

I had certainly never heard of them. Here is what one webpage said.

"Mountain beavers (Aplodontia rufa, Fig. 1) are considered by many taxonomists to be the world's most primitive living rodent species. They are not really beavers, but were so named because they gnaw bark and cut off limbs in a manner similar to true beavers.

Mountain beavers live in moist forests, on ferny slopes, and are occasionally found in damp ravines in urban areas. Their worldwide range is the coastal lowlands and coastal mountains of southern British Columbia (from the Fraser Valley to the Cascade mountains), western Washington, western Oregon, and south into California."

We call them things boomers. They eat bark like rabbits. Lady called me once and said she had beavers eating her trees. I showed up and it was a completely fenced in yard. Zero way for beavers to get in the yard. It was boomers.

USMC - so what did you use for control?

Fish, I used a mix of RBGs and even a colony trap in one area because of the way the tunnel system was open under some brush. I think it was an exposed section of tunnel I dropped the colony trap in. To be honest, I thought they were large gophers of some sort. Or RUS'.

Let's remember I was young and not running a professional business here. Lol. I was learning. But they're gone. Boomers=0 John=4

Well don't that just figure? I've heard of them, probably because I'm considered the most primitive living human by my grandkids!

If I recall, the lady had her landscaper protect the trees with some landscaping mesh in order to stop the damage while the buggers were being caught. It worked. There were both young and older trees which the mesh protected well. I suppose that weed cloth would work. Or buy one of them dogs that likes to dig. Lol.

As stated 110s work great for them.

A previous discussion on mountain beaver is found at http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthrea...ers#Post3970920

They look cute!

And tasty!

Our prison crews sets acres of replanted areas with 110s to keep the damage down.

110's are not legal in WA

Then use a 120!

Not to hijack the thread, but the raw skulls are worth good money so PM my if you get any and want to sell them!!

Vinke - if you can't use 110's in WA, can you catch them in cages, and which ones do you use? Skull guy, I am not going to WA, even for my uncle. My new lab flushed two pheasants for me this afternoon and my wife and I just had them for dinner. Wow, were they good. I forgot how good since last year.

AES 6X6X18 gopher trap that fits right over the hole! (it's a cage trap)

I use the lt 1 from little giant

Dangit, Viking, I was just in Juneau. You could have bought me a beer!

Last time i was there, we stayed in a bead a breakfast that the lady said she built her home on a bear trail to protect the bears,,,, I laughed

She also had white carpet,,,,,....I laughed harder.

Lmao. ^

What do you use for bait? Or is the open end placed in expected travel direction?

Use a muskrat colony trap. Run a short stick crossways thru the middle of the trap and hang half an apple on it. Salt.

Never have baited a M beaver trap

How but a mountain oyster trap?

Ouch,,,,,,,,,,,,,.....No more?

You can only bait them twice. Lol.

Body grip traps not legal in wa unless completely under water and you have permit.

Next time you visit, P.M. me. Always a few cold ones in the garage fridge.

Better like this,,,,,this is Howard,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he lived for 7.8 years.............lol

Hoho?