Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Property Projects & Construction Bug lights and Beavers

Yes, they ARE smart, especially ones that had their toes pinched or their nose whacked. If the depth is correct by the breach in the dam, try placing a peeled stick sideways in the water so the beaver has to dive under it to get to the breach in the dam. Do that a few days in a row without the trap under the stick, so it gets used to going under it without seeing the trap. Then place the trap under the stick. It helps if the trap is dark in color, and not shiny new. Try spray painting it with Rustoleum brown or black paint, just cleaning off the area where the dog fits over the wire of the trap.

Or try a snare in the channel.

Or try a castor mound set with a foot hold trap, properly attached to a drowning wire slide that is in deep enough water to drown it once caught. Make this set away from the breach in the dam.