Attracting Beaver.

[TeeDee]

( Easy Guys - its a sensible question )


So , I now have a couple of Trail Cams and I'd like to see if I can get some Photos and Videos of the Beaver that are loose on the River Close to me in Devon.

Anyone have any ideas what one can do to entice Beaver to a certain area? I'm planning on setting the Cameras up and also sitting out there myself so I can see them in person.

Any lures? Scents ? Suggestions??



###edit - same question in relationship to Otters please ###

 

[Mesquite]

You can get castoreum on ebay.

 

[santaman2000]

I've never trapped either but I would imagine the same techniques trappers use should attract them to cameras. You might google beaver trapping tips?

 

[Robson Valley]

Beaver here like carrots. If you think you can get away with it, rip a foot-wide hole in the dam, maybe 4-6" deep.
They're very sensitive to the water level in the pond, should be a focal point for your camera.
Stay well away. Typical herbivores, they are unpredictably aggressive and silent besides.

I've seen the aftermath in a vet clinic: Beaver 2 0 Rottweilers.

 

[Macaroon]

Why don't you study them and go to where they are, as opposed to getting them to come to you? I always have a sense of unease about this sort of thing, it makes me feel I'm interfering with the animals if I try to lure them. I always learn the habits of whatever I want to observe and then do it on their terms.

I'm not being judgemental here, just expressing a point of view

 

[Drain Bamaged]

White Heather and lots of time coz you'll probably be relying more on good luck than good judgement.....There will almost certainly be a study group working in the area it might pay you to find a bit out about them and ask them for tips and suggestions, once they realise you are genuine they will probably appreciate both your interest and any help you and your cams can provide them with and no toes are unknowingly trodden on.

D.B.

 

[artschool]

Beaver here like carrots.

they also like cucumbers.

 

[Fraxinus]

Beaver here like carrots.

they also like cucumbers.

Sorry guys, but this struck my funny bone. I know I'm :werd: with an i.

Rob.

 

[peaks]

Fraxinus
In the same vein.. I thought Lynx is supposed to work??

 

[Robson Valley]

Beaver will not leave the safety of the pond unless they are dropping trees.
You can't lure them any further than the dam that they built themselves.
Put the bait on the dam and wait. They'll find it.
Rip out a little for increased water flow and they will be there in a hurry.

The lodge is effectively impenetrable. Unless caught out in the open on land,
they fear no predators at all. Even then, beaver teeth can drop a 12" cottonwood tree in a single night.
Predators fare no better.

The problem here as they will plug a culvert and use the rest of the logging road as a ready-made damn.
Next, the road bed gets water-saturated, goes fluid and slides off down the mountain side.

 

[JonathanD]

Fraxinus
In the same vein.. I thought Lynx is supposed to work??

No, Lynx eat beaver

 

[santaman2000]

.......Unless caught out in the open on land,
they fear no predators at all. Even then, beaver teeth can drop a 12" cottonwood tree in a single night.
Predators fare no better.......

You don't have gators do you? Of course, even then, relative size is everything. Big gator to smallish beaver = big problem for the beaver. Small gator to a big beaver = no problem. No reports yet of any encounters between beavers and the Burmese Python though.

 

[DocG]

No, Lynx eat beaver

My son just saw the title of this thread. He told SWMBO that dad was on a dodgy chat group. Love it!

 

[artschool]

No, Lynx eat beaver

lots of animals enjoy eating beaver.

 

[Arya]

Girl mauled by beaver while she was swimming 22 stitches!
http://www.aftenposten.no/norge/Elise-19-angrepet-av-bever---matte-sy-22-sting-398830b.html

Anyway, I agree with the others. Put the camera by their pond and sooner or later you will get lucky. I think that is the biggest chance you have to get a decent image or video

 

[Janne]

I have always wanted to eat beaver. The tail is supposed to be very good!

 

[Arya]

The tail? Seriously?

 

[Janne]

The tail? Seriously? ::

Yes, seriously!
Google it!

 

[artschool]

I have always wanted to eat beaver. The tail is supposed to be very good!

personally i am not fussed about the idea of eating beaver.

my wife says she would probably try it.

 

[Janne]

personally i am not fussed about the idea of eating beaver.

my wife says she would probably try it.

Yes, many ladies are quite adventurous, more so than most men!

You could always sit and watch and observe if she finds it tasty.