Remember, since they are considered "Furbeaers" there is a "Season" on them, which ended in March. Beaver are now "out of season"
DNR: Hunting & Trapping Seasons 2012 - 2013
Just don't eat them.
I was really expecting a blue waffle thread. DON'T GOOGLE THAT.
Are they not edible or just not palatable?
Neither.
Thanks. I have to confess that the thought of beaver for dinner had never crossed my mind.
I was really expecting a blue waffle thread. DON'T GOOGLE THAT.
Just don't eat them.
I was really expecting a blue waffle thread. DON'T GOOGLE THAT.
Right... tell me not to do something will ya?
Boy am I sorry..
Legal. On my fathers property we had big troubles with them. When we ran out of dynomite, we spent several seasons destroying dams manually...THAT is just not worth the effort. As soon as you break though and move to another area to cut it, they are already repairing the last break, right there as you watch.... We met with conservation officers about it after a few phone calls and got the advice from them to find a trapper that would run a line, or hire a trapper, or shoot them. We followed up with more phone calls and a line of questions we had and it boiled down to shoot them and let them lay. If an officer were to happen to witness this and then see you walking toward it, it could be construed to "hunting" and they would assume you were going to pick up your game. We shot quite a few but didn't even make a dent. Eventually we found a trapper that ran a line for us and took them out. It was fun walking the line with him, when we found a trap with a beaver in it, he used what amounted to a syringe filled with acetone at the end of a long stick to dispatch the varmint. One of those suckers weighd 85 pounds!!! You should have seen the smile on Bills face when he saw that sucker!Why not approach them? Safety reasons or legal?
I just found that. Thanks guys. When it says "any beavers taken must be reported to DNR, does that just apply to trapped or is that shot or trapped?