Hunting Beavers?

[suejoel]

I have a friend who has asked me to exterminate a bunch of beavers on his land. I'd like to give my Colt 1861 Navy a workout. Does anyone know the best techniques for hunting beavers (not trapping)? I'd like to try some recipes with them. In Ga., there is no limit or season on them. They are considered pests.

I'd appreciate any info y'all might have.

Thanks!

[Booger]

Keep your powder dry and spray some PineSol on your shoes. Just don't go to sleep on the stand!

Booger

[Flatcoat1]

I feel trapping is best here but if you want to kill with a gun so be it. I have eaten several in the past. Most IMPORTANT thing to remeber is to remove the castor glands orthey will taint the meat. I have had it mainly BBQed. Not bad. (I have read that back in the day of the trapper, they would try to trap a beaver first - not for the fur but for the meat.) Young is always better than old and female is always better than male. Good luck and let us know how it works.

[Buckbuster]

Not sure you'll get one to cook if you shoot it. I'm thinking that they'll probably sink before you can get it in the soup pot. However, if you do bag one, here's an option.

BARBECUED BEAVER

Tomato Barbecue Sauce

1-32 oz. bottle ketchup
32 oz. cider vinegar
1 lb dark brown sugar
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp ground red pepper (heaping)

Mix and simmer 5 minutes


Traditional Vinegar Sauce

1 gal cider vinegar
10 oz. texas pete
1-32 oz. bottle ketchup
1 1/2 oz. crushed red pepper
16 oz. honey
1 1/2 cups salt

Mix and simmer

Remove as much fat as possible from one small or medium beaver. Place beaver in a foil lined roasting pan and bake, covered at 350 degrees F. for 1 1/4 hours, starting with the back down and then turning over after half an hour. Add water if beaver seems to be drying out. Cover with sauce, inside and out and cook uncovered for about half an hour. Add sauce every ten minutes. Tomato sauce will burn easily.

[chet]

ummmmmmm ok

[BULLSEYE]

ya i agree with ne hunter go shoot a deer

[BULLSEYE]

my grandpa had a military helecopter come tear out his beaver dams while the marines shot umm when they swam

no joke

he was in the marines

but i think they might be kinda busy right now

[NE hunter]

thats cool . like i said before go right before dark or in the full moon.

[BULLSEYE]

Thoes bevers kill all the trees around my pond would any of u wand to come on a bever hunt with me and kill all of them i would bring a .22 or a .223 or shot gun 12 gauge

[BULLSEYE]

ya i would recomond a .22 to shoot the little fellers or a 12 gauge shoot gun

[smallgamehunter]

a dozen well placed snares would do the job just as good and u wouldnt be spending as much time lookin for them

[hunter168908]

hey bullseye i would luv to go on a beaver hunt w/ u where do u live if u wanna talk about it more email me at drivstang234@yahoo.com and we can maybe arrange something never hunted beavers before i be using a 12ga. it would be fun. so just let me no maybe we get together and shoot some. hunter168908

[Stumpjumper]

Of course beaver are nocturnal--One way to attract them is to find one of their dams and during early morning use a shovel and pick to break a section out so the water will flow--About an hour or so before sunset, position yourself within good shooting range and be patient as well as "still"--They will come to repair the dam--In case you did not know this, their dams are vital to their survival--They maintain the water level for their dwelling or "huts"--Beaver food consist mainly if not totally on the bark from the limbs that they cut to build their dams--The dams are constructed in a "network"--The largest will always be visible, with many at lower elevations "behind" the main one.--This allows only a partial drop in water levels in the event the main dam is breached--It is a shame that they are pests, because they are indeed brilliant engineers-------

[Jheadid]

im a professional beaver hunter

srry just had to say it