Skull to be prepared. Pelt on the wall. Didnt eat this one but will definetly try one someday.
First Beaver
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StephenToast
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Damn straight.
jthyttin
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Don't know about that. We have both, since European beaver was hunted to extinction in 1800s and Canadian beaver introduced in early 1900s, along with Europeans from Norway (it took few decades to understand that they're different species and cannot reproduce).
From what I've seen in Finland and Estonia (Europeans only), both species make comparable dams and the local conditions are what dictates the size. Of course there are no such areas in Finland that huge dams could be built like some in Canada.
That'll make for an interesting Google search history...
John Gryphon
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as i said 'but everything was raw' ha ha
Ali
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Now spreading up the River Brerachan , North of Enochdhu .
First time I've seen....enviro mentalists......Love it
I actually thought that people were now being paid to..'manage'. them??
John Gryphon
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Perhaps down the track a system of balloted hunting similar to our Hog Deer Ballot here in Victoria could be brought into it....oops green opposition will ruin that ffs.
Don't try to apply any type of logic to the way our governments think that wildlife should be managed.
HDShark
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Photographed these same trees a year or two ago. They seem to be just about surviving. Was back a couple of weeks ago on Murthly 2 and noticed a team of volunteers out wrapping the undamaged trees with heavy gauge wire. Pretty ridiculous that these are the measures we have to go to!
Bavarianbrit
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My partner once made a beaver goulash, delicious it was, surprised me.
The Earn the Allan seem to be present in a.great.many of our waterways.
They’re being reported on the Dean which comes out of Forfar Loch.
Wonder what will happen when the Glamis Castle estate starts flooding?
Of course, if we had agencies such as NatureScot and Natural England or even SEPA/EA who weren't blinded by the utter tripe that emanates from the re-wilding/conservation heroes, we would already have had a cunning plan in place to reduce and control the numbers of beavers legally (and illegally) introduced. Now we are stuck with the ridiculous situation of uncontrolled spread of beavers without any legal control methods - without having to go through the endless form filling required (funnily enough, just like the sh*t show that has happened with General Licences!). This is at a time when we are trying to plant more bankside trees to reduce water heating and flooding and reduce our reliance on increasingly expensive imported foods. Sadly , the more you see of Defra/Sepa/EA/NatureScot/NE/Marine Scotland et al, the more you realise that there needs to be a complete overhaul of our environmental bodies and a reduction in the insidious intrusion of our "much loved" Nature/Animal welfare charities!
They released beavers in the creek close to our house (northern Sweden) then I were a kid now we have a strong huntable population here. It took about 15 years from the release until the hunting were allowed. Now we have a hunting season from october-may15. We do usually hunt them in april-may15, sitting or stalking early mornings and late evenings, we do also hunt by canoe.
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I have a beaver hat.
I skin it, though to skin it takes two glas of Whisky. I have eaten meat from young beavers its ok but I prefer moose/deer tryed both pot stew and barbeque. Skull and teeth can be throphys, teaths are mounted as wildboar tusks.
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