Before you start tearing out beaver dams you should establish the reason you are doing so. Just because it is there is not sufficient. Beaver dams are very beneficial.
Don’t know where you are, but in Texas there are always water moccasins (also known as cotton mouths) in and around beaver dams. We don’t climb around on them without a firearm!
In these areas with a lot of grass, I wonder if a pitchfork or mattock might be helpful? Kind of loosen up that hard-packed mud, maybe? I have no idea, I just know from gardening that those can be helpful sometimes.
Why are you trying to drain the pond? Did the natural resourses people tell you to? I understand if you bought a property and then found out 1/8 of it was beaver pond you might be pissed but just destroying their habitat is a really poor reason. You will never beat them without killing them all. My buddy tried for 15 years and they always won in the end. He thought he had killed them off a d for a couple of years all was quiet. Then one morning the water rose again. The fur traders almost erradicated them up here in Canada but recent studies there are more now than ever. Nice try!!
I really enjoy watching your videos. Do you think it would help if you invested in a pair of waders? Then you would be protected from the water up to your chest. Also maybe a shovel would help with the grasses. Just a suggestion. Keep up the good work.
Hey there! Its Fran Fine! Im glad your more determined than that mud! It was thick & compacted! Great job! I know the beavers are gonna be mad at you! Lol! Much love from Henderson Ga USA
while I understand the reasons for dam removal, I also think of the environment. Beavers are good to hold the water so that when drought happens its not so bad. The one stream looks to be tiny. Will the animals be able to still get enough water?
I can never understand why everyone doing beaver dam removals on RU-vid seem obsessed with potato rakes. (I wonder if Post10 started the trend 😅) The tines are so thin that you can't put your full strength behind it without risking at minimum bending the tines, if not snapping them off entirely. A garden fork has much thicker tines and can take a beating much better, albeit the handle is usually shorter than a rake.
It looks like you need to take a shovel with you when you go out there looking for the dams. It would make your life a whole lot easier. Just a suggestion. Good video 🤙😎🇦🇺
@jaxbronson9734 Not only beavers but all the aquatic life in the pond and higher life forms that drink from it. The ponds act as filters; slowing the water flow so the solids settle out. Eventually new fertile land is formed.
