FIH, at Ron's place near you we put cyclone fence around the trees when the beavers showed up. We used "T" posts and staked the fence a good 2'-3' away from the trunk of the trees. But then again these trees were 24" dia or so...
Same here. I missed those because I had a 4 year gap between beavers showing up. All the newer trees have the T post and fence already. I did have to cut the chicken wire off 3 of the older trees, as they were a tad to tight, and I was afraid they'd girdle the trunks.
Rod, I've got no clue how many beavers, nutria, and otters I've whacked over the last decade. If there are water rat heavens, then they are there. I'm setting up 4 conibears and 3 racoon traps on my hatchery pond tomorrow.
