2015 at the Hammond Barn

[Perry Kitson]

My money is on the beavers!

Merry Christmas gentlemen.

Perry

[Bob Carriere]

..... they can fix it overnight faster than we can take it apart furing the day.

My goal is to keep lowering the water level so that the vast majority of the food cache in the stream will freeze above water.... than let the watr flow on top and freeze again thereby starving the little SOB....

We had the beaver popupation in control but theyhave come back with a vengeance this year,,,,,some area have been mowed down like a bad 2 day growth of beard...... punji sticke everywhere......

Even tried to shoot them and sat there for over an hour at sunset after breaching the dam..... no show.

I am PO because they preventme from getting some good firewood out of the low areas.

Have not given up yet.... may not win the battle but at least can try to slow them down.

All the Best for the Xmas Season....

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Perry Kitson

My money is on the beavers! Perry

There are a few provocative establishments in the Ottawa area that would love to hear that quote, Perry!


Have a great CMP Christmas.

[Perry Kitson]

Ooooh! Do tell.

[Robert Bergeron]

Bob,

Hire a professional trapper.

That is what we do around here.

It works. It keeps the populations under control.

Beavers can be a pest.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bob

Will gladly trade flying squirles for beavers, at the current rate I'm trapping them can take 10 beavers. Have caught 4 already to night, make that 5 just heard the trap go again. Score right now is people 23 squirels 2.

Have been transporting them 2 miles from the house before releasing them, mark each one with a big RED S on their chest before releasing them, want to be sure I don't have homing squirels that are coming back.

I've got a use for beavers they are planning to build a 36" diameter gas pipeline near us figure that a couple of pair of beavers in each wetland along the 80 mile route should help contruction.

Wouldn't really mind the flying squirels accept they like the ceiling above our bedroom.

If you don't want flying squirels also willing to trade president canidates, how many would you like?

Telephone polling has gotten so bad we already started telling them that we have already voted for Prime Minister, they say what and we reply yes you've reached the Watermans in Toronto.

Cheers Phil

[David Dunlop]

Wpuld a radar trailer and search lights help with the squirrels, Phil???

David

[Bob Carriere]

The county would provide names of professional trappers and even pay a "pelt" fee to them..... both the fees and trappers have disappeared. No money for the pelts anymore..... most of the beaver in semi rural areas are infested with ticks and othe crawly bugs/parasite. Canadian tanneries are all shut down..... pelts are now frozen and shipped to China.

Bottom line it is hard work to set traps and do regular trips to check them out and very little money for it.

Last trapper I knew has now moved to New Brunswick..... where apparently you can still make a living.

Would simply like to reduce their numbers with some plinking but the little buggers only come out at night..... may have to do some jack lighting after all it is all on my property.

Cheers

PS.... all our squirrels are well grounded and under the control of 5 very healthy cats.......

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

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Telephone polling has gotten so bad we already started telling them that we have already voted for Prime Minister, they say what and we reply yes you've reached the Watermans in Toronto.

Cheers Phil

That will teach you to live in NH where the primary is so closely watched.

[Phil Waterman]

That will teach you to live in NH where the primary is so closely watched.

Hi Terry

Primary has gotten so bad you can't swing a beaver without hitting a presidential candidate. Now maybe if we can get couple of beavers to start daming up the streams on the mountain we could flood out the highway running through town one of the major east west roads in the state.

We're the polling services as bad for the Canadian elections, we can expect to have our dinner interrupted 2 to 3 times a week by election campaign or polling calls?

Cheers Phil