here's a tip for ya: get the come along out, make or get some sort of an large shovel like hook or anker hooking it behind a nice and deep chunk of the dam, hook the other end up to a down stream tree and start coming along till the dam breaches. Reset and repeat the procedure on several different spots to divide the beaver efforts to repair the damage.
We did this for about 4 years.We cut right of ways for power companies and when we came across one they wanted them destroyed.You had to tear at least 1/3 of it out and even then sometimes it still wasn't enough. Ever been chased (attacked) by one,at least 7-8 times here.Started carring my 9mm after I seen a pic of a big one a guy was holding up in a bar near the intersection of Rt 210 and 225 in Indian Head,MD back in the 90's.He was 5'6"-5'8" judging by him next to the bar and he had the head at chin level and the tail was laying flat on the floor.Huge MoFo!!!
I remember opening one beaver dam that was almost 7 feet tall in a narrow valley. Used this beaver dam to catch minnows for fishing but over time as the beaver dammed it higher caught less and less. Over a day lowered it almost 4 feet minnow fishing improved greatly !!!
I like this. He says “not gonna take the whole dam out “ he’s referring to keeping the watersheds connected, without removing the entire structure, which is good.
Hi, And many thanks for the upload of this considerately managed Beaver Dam removal. I am interested in all animals and where the accession is right and the water shallow this is the right thing to do. I have an acquaintance in Canada whom manages a stretch of a pretty small river and although the water is not much above 18" to 24" deep where the Beavers there build Dams it takes very little time before water raised by it is stopping everyday life like not being able to put washing out in the back garden. The manager used a pretty small back hoe to clear the two places the beavers seem to like to build their dams, they were pretty small and it could have easily been done by the managers two children go 13 and 11, and maybe they could have taken photo’s and made a school project you know. It definitely seemed like OTT to me when he first broke down lots of trees to gain access and then reaching the farthest side of the band, almost in one fell swoop moved the whole of the dam. Not really the way to act with such a pretty little river running across their back garden. Still I suppose it was quick and in his situation time is money? I must say I am very pleased that as you said, you are not putting any more effort into the removal than the Beavers put into building it in the first place. Using the machine when probably less than an hour by his two kids who are always playing in the river anyway would have been my choice. Thanks for the upload Take care mrbluenun
We always made multiple openings. If you can relocate them to an area that needs them it’s great. Especially dry areas with less vegetation beavers create wetlands and bring back habitat. They can over populate and flood areas quickly. So love hate relationship.
Mostly hate if your hay pasture is flooded and you lose a hay cutting. Or the pasture you were planning to feed your cattle/live stock on for the summer gets flooded. We won't even talk about the damage to food crops from flooded fields.
I love watching this from his perspective ... my brain is tricked into believe I actually did something instead of sitting on my couch watching someone else work 🤣
"how to unweave a beaver dam" I like it excellent responses to the comments - seriously : ) looked up your website - South Carolina cool ty for posting : )
Our Scout Troop used to go to area farmers and help them with dam removal, just like this. In about an hour, we could get a breach of about 10 feet wide and 4-5 feet deep.
This is so relaxing to watch and listen to. I love the sound of the water without any music in the background. The only thing I don`t love is the camera moving around so much, it gives me motion sickness...lol. Thank you for sharing. By the way, if you are interested, I just watched a short video showing salmon breaking through a beaver damn. I never would have thought they could but they did.
Believe it or not what the beavers do is also beneficial to the salmon. If you think about it, the salmon have been successfully dealing with beaver dams long before Europeans settled here and decimated beaver populations. It's estimated there were between 100 to 400 million beavers. Without the beavers the entire water system of the United States had been changed. Only in recent years has it been realized what a crucial role this keystone animal plays in the ecosystem and water system.
Done that many times! Always let the water help you pull the debris downstream. I use a fireman's hook or gaff, releases better than the potato fork, tho I've used that, too.
Most of the complainers below have very obviously never lived in an area where these little blighters frequent but they can theoretically flood vast areas of land that was not flooded before. PRO'S: Opening up wetlands and fosters new fishing areas,,,,,,CON'S: Floods ones cabin and outhouse so fast that people can literally wake up to it. Especially if the dam went up on a small creek with good flow. You city folks should stick to what you know,,,skateboarding.
Pretty much nothing, I've been on a bench 15 feet above highest recorded 100 year flood plane, river breaks up, ice starts pushing up the bank till it over flowed 50 feet away from river and took the trailer off the blocks. Go figure. Alaska living is different than anything you southerners will ever comprehend. And I stand by what I said, not all Beaver dams are bad, but the ones that are must be done away with. I've seen very knowledged and capable back woodsman that built beautiful sturdy cabins well off flood plains, but that didn't stop the avalanche from taking the cabin two years later. Shit happens. So taking out a dam or two lessens that threat. Stick scateboarding,,,lol.
You know it is easy for granola eating wannabe tree hugging eco warriors to spout about animal rights and all kinds of other environmental bullshit but the first real bout of winter in the North Lands (And Montana winters can be just as brutal as Alaskan winters) and these same folks whine about how cold it is. Then they whine about the bears. Then they will whine about the mosquitoes (and yours in Alaska are like a swarm of Vampire Sparrows). Then they complain about how dangerous guns are and in Alaska these same assholes have no clue that the bears there will break into your home and eat everyone! They also got no clue that your bears are the size of a VW bus! They also have no clue that is you like hiking and want to live forget the bear mace, get a .44mag at minimum and a good sporting breed of dog that likes cold weather. These same clowns have no clue how silent and ninja like a bear can be. These same people THINK they understand nature. Flooding can be a very serious issue they just do not want to get. I know why you break beaver damns. Its called Spring Thaw. This city boy knows country life and I am sitting back in agreement panning the other comments here and damn if some people just got no clue. Sit back and enjoy being right. But you are wrong about what most of these Emo city slickers are all about... it is not skateboards these days, They are all about Hugging that god damn rainbow and Gubbinent checks as well as being brand whores (Ambecrombie and Fitch anybody?). There is nothing wrong with peace and tolerance but even that can get over done. I would bet the first time most of these people had to kill the chicken they were going to eat themselves instead of buying frozen chicken at a grocery store they would turn vegan fast.
and that attitude is exactly whats wrong with humanity. one person thinks they know more than the other and will never listen with open ears to alternative solutions. I'm not saying your wrong about beavers here. all beavers do is cause trouble. but there are reasons for why beavers are on earth and they are not just there to piss you off. so open your narrow mind a bit old timer.
zeekthe hammer You hit the Nail on head. People think God gave us dominion of the world instead of us accepting stewardship of it. Then again Man made up the God we are taught so with that aside you are illustrating the same problem idiots have moving to Arizona. There are places in Arizona thick with Rattlesnakes and moving to these places and knowing there are poisonous snakes in the area and complaining about it is stupidity and ignorance incarnate. Same thing with retirees that move to Florida and act surprised when walking their their little Foo Foo an Alligator hops out of the pond they are walking by and eats their dog. If you live in Beaver country be ready to have to break beaver damns. It is one thing to be resigned to the fact you will have to act on what Beavers do but to gripe about how messed up Beavers are and want them exterminated is probably as about as dense and ignorant as a person can be. Its acceptable when a human damns a river but a Beaver dams a creek like nature intended them to and suddenly people freak out and cry about the disasters the Beavers are causing when people develop in areas that by all rights maybe they shouldn't. if some of these folks are worries about their cabins being flooded maybe they should build them on stilts.
We used to break Beaver Dams open back in the 60's. We would come back the next day, and it would be totally repaired. We used hand tools back then to bust the dams. You could hear the Beavers slapping their tails, all P-d off. It wasn't until a few years later that I learned to build Black Powder Bombs.
Mosparx78, if you cant catch the beaver use some napalm of sorts, take 2 empty water bottles fill one with black powder the other with gasoline, put the fuse in the powder and bam, fried beaver +bonfire, depending on the wetness of the wood
That is interesting how the beaver does all that hard work to make a habitat for raising his family and man has to come back and release the water so the trees can grow. I guess this is just another example of the environment at work. Thanks for sharing
That was so nice of you to throw his building material right next to the dam. It will be very easy for the beaver family to rebuild their dam. It would have been much more difficult had you thrown his material in the stream and allowed the large current to carry it away. You must really like those beavers.
Fascinating. I must admit that part of the fascination was that I kept wondering if you would stick your hand in the water and have a beaver grab it or if all the water upstream would suddenly break through the dam possibly making you end up on your backside. You truly did "drain the swamp". I enjoyed watching.
Well, you can see how people would find that to be odd not knowing the local situation. Perhaps it is overpopulated because the natural predator has been removed from the ecosystem.
+darthspeaks It's illegal to take an animal that has become a destructive pest and dump it somewhere else. I'm not sure why that's government overreach. I guess it might be an issue if you had a problem animal and knew someone who wanted the thing, but I suspect that that is not the norm. It's not illegal for him to get rid of the thing or its dam...
Your accent is delightful, sir -- a beautiful thread in the great tapestry of American English! (Of course possibly you think us Westerners are the ones with an accent...and you're right.)
Nice work! I agree with you that getting water to move again is fun! I grew up in coastal Northern California hunting, fishing and hiking through the woods. I respect wildlife and I also understand man's need to re-adjust wildlife a bit in a controlled manner as you have done. I'm sure I raised a few eyebrows saying that I'm from California. I know, it's embarrassing. I had no control over where I was born. Believe it or not, there are still three or four of us left in Corruptifornia that have old world values.
You haven't seen beavers in California because they were all trapped out as throughout the United States. However, they provide a crucial role in the ecosystem and are considered a keystone animal. In recent years it has been acknowledged that they are actually a vital part of the water system, especially in replenishing aquifers which drought stricken western states are now painfully aware of and are reintroducing beavers in many streams. If you're interested there are lots videos that demonstrate the benefits that beavers their dams, ponds, and wetlands they create provide, that's not to say that are places where they cause problems. There are also videos that demonstrate various ways to mitigate those problems.
If you own the land where the beaver are damming it is good conservation to remove parts of a dam that the residents will repair. It is one of the best ways to take a beaver census so that you can plan population control, gasp that's right folks I mean fur coats.
Before anyone jumps gown my throat. I would not want a beaver dam on my property and in many places they are a nuance and or danger. Having said that, I find the law stupid about transporting them. Many areas and or regions they are beneficial. I heard that Nevada is importing beavers. Their dams provide water in semi-arid regions year round. This great for other wildlife.
Out of curiosity, would a chain saw cutting vertical cuts every 4-10 inches or so apart, starting from one edge of the of the dam, working towards the other side, speed up the dislodgement of the wood? Just asking.
Beaver its one of the intelligent creature on the surface of the earth and its engineering abilities should be respected. It changes the entire course of the river flow.
They can also attack sometimes...seen it done it. You do not want that set of chompers taking a hunk out of your shin..that's for sure. These things aren't just the little cuddly PETA type animal that they show in documentaries etc.They can be huge,I seen a pic of one a guy was holding up in a bar near the intersection of Rt 210 and 225 in Indian Head,MD back in the 90's.He was 5'6"-5'8" judging by him next to the bar and he had the head at chin level and the tail was laying flat on the floor.Huge MoFo!!! I quit carrying the brush axe when we were busting dams for SMECO and carried my handloaded 9mm XTP's instead after that.
I bet the beaver is standing on the bank like “seriously?” LoL
And the neighbors downhill were wondering why their house flooded all of a sudden!!
What Neighbors you hear the way this guy talks if their were neighbors theyfone in a hurry
Why would a neighbor build in a dry creek bed..
@@LORDSTRISH-PSN That is just down right rude.
Not his dam problem anymore
*Beaver comes back home and sees all of its hard work destroyed*
*DAM!*
got kids yet? cause with jokes like that...
when you realise beavers don't live the the dam you idiot
when you realise beavers don't live the the dam you idiot
when you realise beavers don't live the the dam
+xxlukehart99xx They live behind the dam.
This gentleman is on the MOST WANTED LIST... of the Beaver FBI!
At least you're honest about it:) I think deep down we're all still little boys at heart.
here's a tip for ya: get the come along out, make or get some sort of an large shovel like hook or anker hooking it behind a nice and deep chunk of the dam, hook the other end up to a down stream tree and start coming along till the dam breaches. Reset and repeat the procedure on several different spots to divide the beaver efforts to repair the damage.
The beavers had that completely repaired by morning.
LOL, yes they will. They aren't fooling around with their dam construction.
This video is over 2 days. Didn't look like any repairs were made overnight.
@@LadyFigment 2days, i thought the title of the video said 30minutes?
@@crp9985 Only if you can't get someone to trap them out while the attempt to repair the damage. The pelts are valuable and they are great bar-b-que.
@@LadyFigment It is an old dam. Look at all the damage the back water has done to the trees, and pasture.
Familie Beaver comes back and closes the dam in less than 30 minutes.
It's something very satisfying with watching water that just started flowing...
Did this for work one summer, best job I ever had.
We did this for about 4 years.We cut right of ways for power companies and when we came across one they wanted them destroyed.You had to tear at least 1/3 of it out and even then sometimes it still wasn't enough.
Ever been chased (attacked) by one,at least 7-8 times here.Started carring my 9mm after I seen a pic of a big one a guy was holding up in a bar near the intersection of Rt 210 and 225 in Indian Head,MD back in the 90's.He was 5'6"-5'8" judging by him next to the bar and he had the head at chin level and the tail was laying flat on the floor.Huge MoFo!!!
I remember opening one beaver dam that was almost 7 feet tall in a narrow valley. Used this beaver dam to catch minnows for fishing but over time as the beaver dammed it higher caught less and less. Over a day lowered it almost 4 feet minnow fishing improved greatly !!!
Beaver Engineering is astonishing.
Nice technique..... Let water out slow.... No down stream scrubbing.... Healthier fish and fowl and neighbors!!!
I love getting water flowing like that too
I love to see water getting started. If you keep making videos, I'll keep watching!
I like this. He says “not gonna take the whole dam out “ he’s referring to keeping the watersheds connected, without removing the entire structure, which is good.
Hi,
And many thanks for the upload of this considerately managed Beaver Dam removal. I am interested in all animals and where the accession is right and the water shallow this is the right thing to do. I have an acquaintance in Canada whom manages a stretch of a pretty small river and although the water is not much above 18" to 24" deep where the Beavers there build Dams it takes very little time before water raised by it is stopping everyday life like not being able to put washing out in the back garden.
The manager used a pretty small back hoe to clear the two places the beavers seem to like to build their dams, they were pretty small and it could have easily been done by the managers two children go 13 and 11, and maybe they could have taken photo’s and made a school project you know.
It definitely seemed like OTT to me when he first broke down lots of trees to gain access and then reaching the farthest side of the band, almost in one fell swoop moved the whole of the dam.
Not really the way to act with such a pretty little river running across their back garden. Still I suppose it was quick and in his situation time is money?
I must say I am very pleased that as you said, you are not putting any more effort into the removal than the Beavers put into building it in the first place. Using the machine when probably less than an hour by his two kids who are always playing in the river anyway would have been my choice.
Thanks for the upload
Take care
mrbluenun
mrbluenun shut the fuck up libtard
We always made multiple openings. If you can relocate them to an area that needs them it’s great. Especially dry areas with less vegetation beavers create wetlands and bring back habitat. They can over populate and flood areas quickly. So love hate relationship.
Mostly hate if your hay pasture is flooded and you lose a hay cutting. Or the pasture you were planning to feed your cattle/live stock on for the summer gets flooded. We won't even talk about the damage to food crops from flooded fields.
Excellent work, thanks for making the effort to share it. Your diction is music to me!
I love watching this from his perspective ... my brain is tricked into believe I actually did something instead of sitting on my couch watching someone else work 🤣
"how to unweave a beaver dam" I like it
excellent responses to the comments - seriously : )
looked up your website - South Carolina cool
ty for posting : )
Need you in DC drain the swamp lol
@Achilles 1776 Amen to that!!! Lock them ALL up!
Really need to appreciate the Engineering skills of Beavers.
good workout - now you can do it again first thing in the morning. Leaving all the building materials handy for the night shift to rebuild with.
Terry Kyte I already trapped all the beavers and two they never reuse the material I take out.
thank you for fixing the creek
Removing dams by hand avoids leaving environmental foot print from backhoes and trackhoes. Usually takes less than 30 minutes per dam.
PeeDee WildlifeControl But explosives are so much more fun.
+Pat McBride Was going to say I've seen it done in a matter of seconds with a couple of sticks of dynamite. 8-)
+carmium 1 gallon pale of shockwave and a 303 round :)
Mrbigcanuk maybe 2 or 3 lbs of tannerite and a 308 round.....
Darn, I was just going to suggest Tannerite and then I saw your comment. Tannerite might have been a lot more fun!
I wonder what the beaver thinks when he sees it, like "damn! My damned dam! !"
Be for the bevers were killed off for there fur they build and maintained most of the lakes at least in ny.
Your jump in: in stink hole
Redundancy!
@@gerizim14 reDAMNdency
Ward, you were awfully tough on the beaver dam last night!
I'm also good at dealing with wet beavers!!
Wynona's got herself a big brown beaver and she shows it off to all of her friends
Uh, that's not her beaver, it's her snappin' turtle!
those kind get you into trouble hahahahaha
Have you ever even seen one?... honestly?
That's not what _she_ says…
The ninja beavers will get you while you sleep 😂😁
Beaver dams help clean water and hold it for later, dryer times.
Our Scout Troop used to go to area farmers and help them with dam removal, just like this. In about an hour, we could get a breach of about 10 feet wide and 4-5 feet deep.
Ward, you were pretty hard on the beaver last night
That's good it lets it go slowly so it doesn't cause damage downstream
Erosion
This is so relaxing to watch and listen to. I love the sound of the water without any music in the background. The only thing I don`t love is the camera moving around so much, it gives me motion sickness...lol. Thank you for sharing. By the way, if you are interested, I just watched a short video showing salmon breaking through a beaver damn. I never would have thought they could but they did.
Believe it or not what the beavers do is also beneficial to the salmon. If you think about it, the salmon have been successfully dealing with beaver dams long before Europeans settled here and decimated beaver populations. It's estimated there were between 100 to 400 million beavers. Without the beavers the entire water system of the United States had been changed. Only in recent years has it been realized what a crucial role this keystone animal plays in the ecosystem and water system.
Done that many times! Always let the water help you pull the debris downstream. I use a fireman's hook or gaff, releases better than the potato fork, tho I've used that, too.
It's amazing what those little critters can accomplish in a short amount of time.
I want to see a video of the beavers coming to the cleared up dam and watch their faces.
That was real interesting. Nice job!
Smart I live on a farm and we had drainage problems with them little rascals glad to see u get rid of em
Most of the complainers below have very obviously never lived in an area where these little blighters frequent but they can theoretically flood vast areas of land that was not flooded before. PRO'S: Opening up wetlands and fosters new fishing areas,,,,,,CON'S: Floods ones cabin and outhouse so fast that people can literally wake up to it. Especially if the dam went up on a small creek with good flow. You city folks should stick to what you know,,,skateboarding.
Pretty much nothing, I've been on a bench 15 feet above highest recorded 100 year flood plane, river breaks up, ice starts pushing up the bank till it over flowed 50 feet away from river and took the trailer off the blocks. Go figure. Alaska living is different than anything you southerners will ever comprehend. And I stand by what I said, not all Beaver dams are bad, but the ones that are must be done away with. I've seen very knowledged and capable back woodsman that built beautiful sturdy cabins well off flood plains, but that didn't stop the avalanche from taking the cabin two years later. Shit happens. So taking out a dam or two lessens that threat. Stick scateboarding,,,lol.
You know it is easy for granola eating wannabe tree hugging eco warriors to spout about animal rights and all kinds of other environmental bullshit but the first real bout of winter in the North Lands (And Montana winters can be just as brutal as Alaskan winters) and these same folks whine about how cold it is. Then they whine about the bears. Then they will whine about the mosquitoes (and yours in Alaska are like a swarm of Vampire Sparrows). Then they complain about how dangerous guns are and in Alaska these same assholes have no clue that the bears there will break into your home and eat everyone! They also got no clue that your bears are the size of a VW bus! They also have no clue that is you like hiking and want to live forget the bear mace, get a .44mag at minimum and a good sporting breed of dog that likes cold weather. These same clowns have no clue how silent and ninja like a bear can be.
These same people THINK they understand nature. Flooding can be a very serious issue they just do not want to get. I know why you break beaver damns. Its called Spring Thaw. This city boy knows country life and I am sitting back in agreement panning the other comments here and damn if some people just got no clue.
Sit back and enjoy being right. But you are wrong about what most of these Emo city slickers are all about... it is not skateboards these days, They are all about Hugging that god damn rainbow and Gubbinent checks as well as being brand whores (Ambecrombie and Fitch anybody?). There is nothing wrong with peace and tolerance but even that can get over done. I would bet the first time most of these people had to kill the chicken they were going to eat themselves instead of buying frozen chicken at a grocery store they would turn vegan fast.
DUH!
and that attitude is exactly whats wrong with humanity. one person thinks they know more than the other and will never listen with open ears to alternative solutions. I'm not saying your wrong about beavers here. all beavers do is cause trouble. but there are reasons for why beavers are on earth and they are not just there to piss you off. so open your narrow mind a bit old timer.
zeekthe hammer
You hit the Nail on head. People think God gave us dominion of the world instead of us accepting stewardship of it. Then again Man made up the God we are taught so with that aside you are illustrating the same problem idiots have moving to Arizona. There are places in Arizona thick with Rattlesnakes and moving to these places and knowing there are poisonous snakes in the area and complaining about it is stupidity and ignorance incarnate. Same thing with retirees that move to Florida and act surprised when walking their their little Foo Foo an Alligator hops out of the pond they are walking by and eats their dog.
If you live in Beaver country be ready to have to break beaver damns. It is one thing to be resigned to the fact you will have to act on what Beavers do but to gripe about how messed up Beavers are and want them exterminated is probably as about as dense and ignorant as a person can be.
Its acceptable when a human damns a river but a Beaver dams a creek like nature intended them to and suddenly people freak out and cry about the disasters the Beavers are causing when people develop in areas that by all rights maybe they shouldn't. if some of these folks are worries about their cabins being flooded maybe they should build them on stilts.
I totally get how you say that its fun for you to do stuff like that, I find doing stuff like that relaxing lol
Nice work. Thank you 🙏
there is something fascinating about making water flow.
Great Job! Honest Work! Thanks for the Video!
We used to break Beaver Dams open back in the 60's. We would come back the next day, and it would be totally repaired. We used hand tools back then to bust the dams. You could hear the Beavers slapping their tails, all P-d off. It wasn't until a few years later that I learned to build Black Powder Bombs.
PeeDee WildlifeControl, yes you trap them, relocate them then have fun blasting there dam to peices
Mosparx78, if you cant catch the beaver use some napalm of sorts, take 2 empty water bottles fill one with black powder the other with gasoline, put the fuse in the powder and bam, fried beaver +bonfire, depending on the wetness of the wood
That is interesting how the beaver does all that hard work to make a habitat for raising his family and man has to come back and release the water so the trees can grow. I guess this is just another example of the environment at work. Thanks for sharing
10 beavers come back and beat the crap out of you 😂😂😂
Part two: When Pissed Off Beavers Attack
I would think a half stick would move more faster, LOL
Gotta love your accent, PeeDee :-)
That was so nice of you to throw his building material right next to the dam. It will be very easy for the beaver family to rebuild their dam. It would have been much more difficult had you thrown his material in the stream and allowed the large current to carry it away. You must really like those beavers.
Larry Ehrlich they never reuse this for dam construction!
man that's going to be one pissed off beaver
i suggest you start to love getting water flowing on contour.
Damn, nothing gets past you, does it?
Have you ever been told that your voice is a spot on match for the late Slim Pickens ?
One of my favorites.
Fascinating. I must admit that part of the fascination was that I kept wondering if you would stick your hand in the water and have a beaver grab it or if all the water upstream would suddenly break through the dam possibly making you end up on your backside. You truly did "drain the swamp". I enjoyed watching.
Beavers are amazing creatures.
JD scrips They taste pretty good also
yes they are but just like everything else in moderation
what did the fish say when it hit a swam into a wall?
dam
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Like a kid in the old creek busting open the beaver dams. Stay young my friend. I enjoyed the video.
Removing the dam while leaving the beaver insures you will always be able to come back again and have more fun busting up the dam.
Some of you need to read before you post! In SC it's illegal to relocate beavers or any other problem animals!
+PeeDee WildlifeControl But it's legal to just kill them? How is that a logical solution?
+John Maxwell we live in an area overpopulated with them and it's against the law to relocate them
Well, you can see how people would find that to be odd not knowing the local situation. Perhaps it is overpopulated because the natural predator has been removed from the ecosystem.
+darthspeaks It's illegal to take an animal that has become a destructive pest and dump it somewhere else. I'm not sure why that's government overreach. I guess it might be an issue if you had a problem animal and knew someone who wanted the thing, but I suspect that that is not the norm. It's not illegal for him to get rid of the thing or its dam...
+PeeDee WildlifeControl JUST GEET A DIGGER IN TRHEER,YA GOOF
Does anyone else think this guy sounds like Slim Pickens? Lol
Your accent is delightful, sir -- a beautiful thread in the great tapestry of American English!
(Of course possibly you think us Westerners are the ones with an accent...and you're right.)
Beavers are incredible Engineers and Weavers. It takes a ton of time to Reverse-Engineer a solid Beaver Dam.
There was no engineering involved here on either end.
no it dont...and beaver dams are not solid... thats why they leak. and can be removed with one person and 20 mins of work.
When beavers take over the world...this video will come back to haunt you
They already have ;)
Any homeless beaver that happens to wander by will close that back up in 30 minutes.
there's nothing like a hardy beaver
otto skorzeny Nothin better than a hardy beaver, I say leave em natural. : )
If you don't kill the beaver you will never win.
@@deannelson9565 beaver stew.
beaver for president!
Cool video. thanks for posting.
Nice work! I agree with you that getting water to move again is fun! I grew up in coastal Northern California hunting, fishing and hiking through the woods. I respect wildlife and I also understand man's need to re-adjust wildlife a bit in a controlled manner as you have done. I'm sure I raised a few eyebrows saying that I'm from California. I know, it's embarrassing. I had no control over where I was born. Believe it or not, there are still three or four of us left in Corruptifornia that have old world values.
Michael Preyer thanks
You haven't seen beavers in California because they were all trapped out as throughout the United States. However, they provide a crucial role in the ecosystem and are considered a keystone animal. In recent years it has been acknowledged that they are actually a vital part of the water system, especially in replenishing aquifers which drought stricken western states are now painfully aware of and are reintroducing beavers in many streams. If you're interested there are lots videos that demonstrate the benefits that beavers their dams, ponds, and wetlands they create provide, that's not to say that are places where they cause problems. There are also videos that demonstrate various ways to mitigate those problems.
Amazing how much work those critters put into building these.
sounds like Slim Pickens LOL
Don't insult Slim. He would have just used a sh*tload of dimes. Bye bye dam.
everybody loves a beaver.
Great work. Bet your back felt it afterwards. I heard traffic in a highway. Hope there was a good culvert so this water could flow evenly.
In the good old days, 3 sticks of dynamite worked just fine, and was allot more fun!!
fuck the good ol' days we got nuclear missiles. Just shot two or three of those fuckers at the damn!
Randall Wickus hell ya makes it fun
Randall, what is allot?
wait for the water going down, let the wood dry up and then set the fire to finish the rest.
+CC zag I was thinking the same thing set the wood alight after 3rd day to remove barrier.
Maybe you can't do it as a control item?
+Dandybound Dandybound Beaver Dams are composed of 25% sticks and 75% mud so it's almost impossible to burn.
Imagine being a beaver and this guy comes around 😆
Ya ever save any good sticks for hiking sticks.looked like some good ones.
You have do give it to the Beavers that they can build dams better than us humans
The British/korean Guy I dont see a hoover dam built by beavers tho.......
But you do see a dam twice as big AS the hoover dam though.
If you own the land where the beaver are damming it is good conservation to remove parts of a dam that the residents will repair. It is one of the best ways to take a beaver census so that you can plan population control, gasp that's right folks I mean fur coats.
Beavers can only use wood though.
I'd like to see you take Hoover Dam apart by hand.
I'm sorry, the perverse comments here just made my day. Thank you internet people
I enjoyed this video!
GREAT JOB! PROFESSIONAL JOB!! Have you ever found any gold after releasing a dam? Take care and GOD bless!
Before anyone jumps gown my throat. I would not want a beaver dam on my property and in many places they are a nuance and or danger. Having said that, I find the law stupid about transporting them. Many areas and or regions they are beneficial. I heard that Nevada is importing beavers. Their dams provide water in semi-arid regions year round. This great for other wildlife.
John Bango , in the entire Southeast, they are overpopulated and no where to move them!
PeeDee WildlifeControl I am sure that is very true. I am just am sick and tired of the government sticking their noses into everything.
+ArtificiallyFlavord true
I never tear one out til all the beavers are dead. They will rebuild in one night.
Lots of sticks & water!! Great job!!
This is the best way on the dams on my land and it the quietest way to do it where I deer hunt at.
All the dislikes are from people who haven't done their research.
exactly! I still have trees dying and falling from beavers 4 years ago.
Eat a beaver save a tree lol
actually it's "eat a beaver, save a bush".
Out of curiosity, would a chain saw cutting vertical cuts every 4-10 inches or so apart, starting from one edge of the of the dam, working towards the other side, speed up the dislodgement of the wood? Just asking.
They pack it full of mud and rocks too. You would dull a chain probably on the first cut.
:34 cross between working with nature and having fun along the way 👍🏻🤠
C'mon the Beavers!
Beaver its one of the intelligent creature on the surface of the earth and its engineering abilities should be respected. It changes the entire course of the river flow.
Arctic Circle They taste good too
7:49 Johnny said it best “ one piece at a time “ 👍🏻🤠🇺🇸
Heeey man! I’m from Pee Dee too! Live right on big Pee dee between pamplico and Johnsonville. Good video
A&R Farms this was shot on RiverRoad right out of Pamplico! Be sure to subscribe to my channel!
The beavers will not like that. They will come back as soon as you are out of there and repair the dam.
and they will not use old wood but go cut down more new wood
They can also attack sometimes...seen it done it.
You do not want that set of chompers taking a hunk out of your shin..that's for sure.
These things aren't just the little cuddly PETA type animal that they show in documentaries etc.They can be huge,I seen a pic of one a guy was holding up in a bar near the intersection of Rt 210 and 225 in Indian Head,MD back in the 90's.He was 5'6"-5'8" judging by him next to the bar and he had the head at chin level and the tail was laying flat on the floor.Huge MoFo!!!
I quit carrying the brush axe when we were busting dams for SMECO and carried my handloaded 9mm XTP's instead after that.
I want to do this for a living.
Maybe now you do,after a while you say F no.... I'll lay $$ on it.
You want to destroy homes from beavers?
4:20 have you found the lodge? We used to trap them when I was in my teens back home.
Why are you doing this ? Does it improve something ? Just curious.
Nice video man, I don't get the hate.
Give me the location of a beaver dam and Ill help tear it apart free of charge
While it may be satisfying to do the physical labor, explosives are a lot more fun!
yeah should've shot a nuclear missile into it
As my Drill Sergeant used to say, "Never send a man to do a bomb's job."
The architect are gonna scold you for tampering with their work lol
Smart man let the water work for you.