Beaver activity
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From: horsethief51
25-Apr-15
A week ago this little island was connected by a narrow spit of land to the bank. It was 2 feet wide, a foot above the water level and dry to walk on. The geese always have a nest on it. It is actually a beaver den.
From: horsethief51
25-Apr-15
In just one week the beaver have filled in the leaks on the old dam and the water raised up enough to flood over the little isthmus.
From: horsethief51
25-Apr-15
I walked out on dry land and jammed this stick into the ground a week ago.
From: horsethief51
25-Apr-15
This is the dam the beavers built a long time ago. About 12 years ago, after a bad winter and spring it sprung a leak. I filled in some holes with big rocks and some of the old building tiles you see here. It sprang a leak after some heavy melt off and rain again this spring. I didn't knoe the beaver were back until recently and I wondered if they would start working on the dam.
From: horsethief51
25-Apr-15
They did as I found out this morning. Filled it back in with mud and sticks. Pretty amazing what a couple of these little critters can do.
From: horsethief51
25-Apr-15
From: horsethief51
25-Apr-15
Anyone for a 2D fishing derby this summer?
From: horsethief51
25-Apr-15
Quite a few deer have fallen around here over the years. (Just in case anybody wonders what this has to do with bow hunting.) LOL.
From: mixed bag
26-Apr-15
beavers are great for creating good habitat for a lot of different critters.Some of my trapping areas just had an influx of beaver show up.Amazing what they can do when you really look at their work
From: horsethief51
26-Apr-15
We have a back dirt road near here with a 100 yard dam along it and the water level is 7 feet above the road bed.
I have also seen the beavers knock out a dam when they move down stream and start over because they have depleted the kind of wood they like best.
From: horsethief51
16-May-15
Thursday evening Kathy and I caught 3 different kinds of fish, watched 2 beavers, 2 adult geese and their 6 kids, a snapping turtle, and, had a deer snorting at us from about 50 yards away.
From: PAbowhunter1064
18-May-15
Very cool, Art! Glad to hear your dam beavers are back! LOL! Looks like you have an amazing property! :-)
From: horsethief51
17-Jun-15
The beavers have been hard at work this past 4 weeks. The old beaver house is almost under water. Looks like the pond is 2 feet deeper.
From: horsethief51
17-Jun-15
Good dam builders.
From: horsethief51
17-Jun-15
Those 2 red blocks (from up top) are at least a foot under water.
From: RC
17-Jun-15
Shoot the some beech:)
From: Boothill
18-Jun-15
how many rubbin trees did they use?......bucks are gonna have to use the ol pine tree more than ever now eh?
From: horsethief51
25-Jun-15
We had fun catching fish yesterday.
From: RC
25-Jun-15
Didn't happen without fish pictures:)
From: Metikki
25-Jun-15
Yeah really.... I went surfing yesterday.
From: Rut Nut
25-Jun-15
LOL! :)
From: RC
25-Jun-15
See?
From: Dave G.
25-Jun-15
Nice bass there RC, but it looks awfully skinny.
Whatcha use for bait, Slimfast?
From: horsethief51
25-Jun-15
No matter how hard I tried, it still doesn t look big. LOL.
From: Rut Nut
25-Jun-15
It's got a big mouth! ;-)
From: RC
26-Jun-15
It's just a little one, 21" @ 6#...
Rut, it's not the only thing around here with a big mouth... LMFAO
From: Rut Nut
26-Jun-15
Yeah, and we got plenty of dedicated fishermen too! ;-)
