A neighbour is a trapper and has been hired by MNR to trap beavers in areas that are over populated.
This fellow was tapped in a pond not too far away.
Look at it's teeth, they are huge but totally need some GL70.
It's tail and back feet are awesome and powerful looking. No wonder they are such good swimmers.
The second beaver in his truck was much smaller and from the same pond. No doubt this beaver was underfed because they were all competing for food.
It's ears looked like little folds of leather.
The fur on both beavers was thick and warm looking. No wonder HBC and our country was founded on trapping beavers for their pelts.
These two beavers are going to North Bay where there are pelt buyers.
My guess is their fur will end up as hats.
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Healthy beaver are huge and it's amazing how much damage they can do quickly. We have had them show up occasionally in our pond where they bring down all the trees surrounding the pond almost overnight and then they dam up the overflow. I break down the dam before the water level gets high enough to breech the land dam and by the next morning it is once again up and water tight (how they do that is still a mystery). My husband has had serious talks with them (!) as they start their work in the early evening and then calls in our trapper friend. The big dog thought about approaching them but when one came out on the shore the dog reconsidered, wisely. Once one is trapped, the rest move on. Sadly, they cannot be relocated alive unless they have been raised by certified rehabilitaters (through the state program, which then uses them, and monitors them where man made dams need shoring up) as they will cause too much damage to pastures and waterways.
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