Beavers!!!! Help!

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Sheila

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I can't believe it, I have seen several beavers in St. Mary's County in the past 2 weeks, and they were sitting in fields, and in MY YARD!

Have you EVER heard of a beaver digging a mound under the ground in someone's yard????

One is building a mass of tunnels in my yard! NO KIDDING!

I just knew that it could't be a beaver, after all, I only had a quick look at the one in the field, on the way to my property, but then I saw another one just walking down the road, so it had me questioning,

BUT....................

When I saw the one that is tunneling in the ground beside my garage, perched in my back yard eating something, and saw, you guessed it,

HIS FLAT PADDLE LIKE TAIL, I knew I was not seeing things.

He never moved either, even when I walked towards him. I stopped walking, he kept nibbeling, and paid no attention to me!!!!!!!!!!!

I had noticed the mounds, but they were not ordinary mounds, they are HUGE! no mole or even rabbit make mounds that big.

Beavers live in homes in WATER, what is he doing in my yard?

Anyone else see any beavers lately?

Do I contact the Humane society to get it off my property? Who do I contact?

Thank you for any help you can offer.
 
mingiz

mingiz

Horse Poor
Sheila said:
I can't believe it, I have seen several beavers in St. Mary's County in the past 2 weeks, and they were sitting in fields, and in MY YARD!

Have you EVER heard of a beaver digging a mound under the ground in someone's yard????

One is building a mass of tunnels in my yard! NO KIDDING!

I just knew that it could't be a beaver, after all, I only had a quick look at the one in the field, on the way to my property, but then I saw another one just walking down the road, so it had me questioning,

BUT....................

When I saw the one that is tunneling in the ground beside my garage, perched in my back yard eating something, and saw, you guessed it,

HIS FLAT PADDLE LIKE TAIL, I knew I was not seeing things.

He never moved either, even when I walked towards him. I stopped walking, he kept nibbeling, and paid no attention to me!!!!!!!!!!!

I had noticed the mounds, but they were not ordinary mounds, they are HUGE! no mole or even rabbit make mounds that big.

Beavers live in homes in WATER, what is he doing in my yard?

Anyone else see any beavers lately?

Do I contact the Humane society to get it off my property? Who do I contact?

Thank you for any help you can offer.
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Probably a ground hog not a beaver... Shoot it....
 
Vince

Vince

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mingiz said:
Probably a ground hog not a beaver... Shoot it....
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:yeahthat: Ground hogs have a small flat looking tail. If it's tunneling under your garage you'd better shoot it. Take one M-80 (ash can) and put it down the hole. When the little critter comes out the other tunnel be prepared to shoot it. Used to ground hog hunt every weekend. The farmers wanted them killed because of what they did to the fields.
 
belvak

belvak

Happy Camper
mingiz said:
Probably a ground hog not a beaver... Shoot it....
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:yeahthat: Well, except for the shoot it part. I couldn't do that myself. :ohwell:
 

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Bonehead

Bonehead

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It should be really easy to tell the difference between a beaver and a ground hog. A ground hog has a furry tail a beavers is wide flat and hairless. NEVER heard of a beaver burrowing in the ground.

I second the .22 to the head if it is a hog. They are very destructive. A beaver I would have moved by animal control or DNR.
 
SEABREEZE 1957

SEABREEZE 1957

My 401K is now a 201K
Once you've determined that you have a pest problem with groundhogs in your garden, you'll need to consider possible groundhog control solutions, which include the following:
  1. Frightening groundhogs away from the garden with motion devices.
  2. Discouraging groundhogs with repellent smells or tastes.
  3. Fencing groundhogs out of the garden.
  4. Bringing out the heavy artillery: tossing gas cartridges into the groundhogs' burrows, etc.
  5. Live-trapping groundhogs as they exit their burrows and relocating them to an area far-removed from your garden (illegal in some states).
Option #4 above may be unacceptable in all but rural districts. Option #1 simply entails installing pinwheels or other devices around garden areas to frighten groundhogs away (groundhogs are timid, and the motion will bother them). In relation to this strategy, I should make note of a preventive measure you can take. In order to reduce the chances of having to deal with groundhogs, deprive them of areas that have tall grass, tall weeds (such as Japanese knotweed) or brush piles; these will only serve as hideouts for groundhogs, from which they can launch attacks upon your garden. Timid animals such as groundhogs may never take up residence near your garden in the first place, if sufficient cover is lacking.
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This article mentions sprinkling Epsom Salt as one of the options for #2; I've seen many groundhogs around here, none in my yard. The damn moles are a different story......
Groundhog Control | Getting Rid of Groundhogs | Woodchuck Control
 
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