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Originally posted by larryb:
when they passed the no trapping law i contacted the game department and asked if it was legal to shot beaver to get rid of them it is they come out just before dark and are fun to shoot with a .22
If it was a nuisance animal and there was no other way to remove it, I can see shooting a beaver with a .22, and then only in mid-winter when the pelt can be utilized...assuming the beaver could be recovered after being shot.

A beaver, when wounded, will dive deep and generally try to drown whatever it thinks has ahold of it. If shot, it will dive and likely die on the bottom....what a waste of one of natures coolest creatures, IMO.

If doing damage, I got no problem with controlling them...otherwise I leave them alone. Yeah, they are a 50 lb. tree eating rodent...but a neat critter to have around.

Just the 2 centavos of a trapper with great respect for all animals.

Mike