Jim,

I feel for ya. I have otters within a half a mile of my fish farm and have to wonder if it's just a matter of time before they show up. One thing I have going for me is I have no streams on the property, and I'm at a much higher elevation than the lake they are in, but I do run into a ditch at the lower part of the property. I've had a beaver and muskrats come in via that ditch!

Trouble is my state has reintroduced them and is estactic about their success (yeah right). I have to wonder how sympathetic they will be if they start eating me out of my profits and hard work. I would almost bet they would drag their feet on allowing me to trap or shoot them.

If that would be the case it would be shoot, shovel, and shut up.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.