So hopefully that last one is the other adult and you'll be done with your issue after your hunting trip Unfortunately, they left a nice set up if another young pair finds your pond next summer. They'll be easier to remove (hopefully) if that happens though, a beaver pushing 50 pounds has been around a while.
I don't know for sure on the cattails but I would think most of what they use in the summer goes right back in the winter. Could be wrong there though.
They truly cleared out everything of the cattails, roots and all, gone. Nothing came back in that area this year. They took out quite a bit of root systems from some of the Lilly pads as well. (Those are quite the roots) The beaver I saw a couple weeks ago, was chewing on one of those pulled up from the bottom.
I am sizing up the house they built, not sure how to get rid of that easily.
Unfortunately, they left a nice set up if another young pair finds your pond next summer. They'll be easier to remove (hopefully) if that happens though, a beaver pushing 50 pounds has been around a while.
