Well done, Beav. You know your geometry better than I do.
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
May 04, 2023, 06:38 PM
Sig2340
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
May 04, 2023, 06:56 PM
1s1k
I have a buddy that traps beavers for me every 3 years or so. They can do some serious damage in a very short time. 60lb beaver was the last one he got.
May 04, 2023, 07:00 PM
darthfuster
One thing I noticed about beavers around here, they fall the trees toward the water. Smart little bastages.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
May 04, 2023, 07:22 PM
ragman
I have lost about 30 acres to beavers in the last 5 years. Tried trapping them to no avail. What works best for me is a good light and my AR. I hate those damn things.
" I didn't fail the test,I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." - Benjamin Franklin
May 04, 2023, 07:27 PM
trapper189
I would have put money on both of those trees falling the opposite way.
May 04, 2023, 07:31 PM
old rugged cross
That is cool. It is amazing how fast they can work. I like them. I have a very cool beaver trapper hat. Incredibly warm.
"Practice like you want to play in the game"
May 04, 2023, 09:46 PM
David Lee
I have a friend who has trapped for many years. The pelts are worth money. He would get calls from the DEC about plugged up ponds and water ways, to trap them out. He was very skilled at beavers, scrats, mink, all of them.
May 04, 2023, 11:08 PM
rburg
I like beavers too... But most I've seen were after dark.
Unhappy ammo seeker
May 05, 2023, 05:17 AM
sourdough44
I used to trap, now more of an occasional assistant.
As to beavers felling a tree towards water, in most instances trees have a natural lean towards sunlight, or down slope. I’m not ready to give the beavers credit for figuring out how to drop a tree a certain way.
May 05, 2023, 10:04 AM
fritz
quote:
Originally posted by sourdough44: As to beavers felling a tree towards water, in most instances trees have a natural lean towards sunlight, or down slope. I’m not ready to give the beavers credit for figuring out how to drop a tree a certain way.
Bingo. I've felled enough trees to not know the count. Over a thousand, easily. Maybe approaching two thousand.
In the OP's opening video, those trees fell backwards to the way I expected them to fall. With a straight trunk and a balanced crown, they should have fallen close to 180 degrees away from what occurred.
May 05, 2023, 12:26 PM
cruiser68
In my younger days we put on an off-road motorcycle event in New Hampshire. Friday before the weekend event we would knock the dam down (4-5 feet tall) to lower the water level. After sending a couple hundred motorcycles through, it only took them a day to fix the dam.
