Post by: sse on April 11, 2013, 03:46:32 PM
Got him in an artery...good night irene...
Post by: Uncle Russ on April 11, 2013, 04:03:42 PM
Mama Bear has even chased 'em off our back deck, back down into the lake with a broom....they cut-down all her little Cherry Trees, just left a "nubbin" so she was after 'em all the time.
I've seen a lot of Beavers, and likely seen a lot of the same one, but I have never seen one that was aggressive.
For the most part they were rather timid, or shy, and just hurried off out of the way.
I have always respected them, had something in my hand, or kicked them with a boot, but I never dreamed of something like this.
Betcha I have lot more respect for those fellas after reading this!
Uncle Russ...
Post by: sse on April 11, 2013, 04:06:30 PM
Post by: Fletcher on April 11, 2013, 04:45:06 PM
guess the guy had his hands full!
But things are also a little different over there.
For instance, we look at the 'Where's Waldo'
books. In Russia - Waldo finds you!!!
Post by: rollingb on April 11, 2013, 11:34:38 PM
The same goes for coyotes, coons, mink, and badgers.
Post by: greyhunter on April 12, 2013, 09:42:23 AM
Post by: Muley on June 10, 2013, 11:54:08 AM
Never read stories of the MM/trappers being attacked by beavers. Have you?
Post by: sse on June 10, 2013, 01:11:11 PM
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Never read stories of the MM/trappers being attacked by beavers. Have you?I haven't seen this in any of my reading, but I wouldn't doubt it has happened. Maybe not considred noteworthy enough to record.
Post by: Captchee on July 09, 2013, 07:44:46 AM
the thing with the video is that we dont know what happened prior .
looks to me like the guy was following the beaver to closely and maybe for to long then tried to get in front of him .
maybe also there was no water close at hand for the beaver to escape .
I have seen beaver here that were cutting cross country . thus some ways from even a small creek .
as was said , there is a big difference between wild animals and petting zoo animals / even a chipmunk will put up a fight if it thinks its cornered .
Post by: sse on November 19, 2013, 05:10:30 PM
http://outthere.bangordailynews.com/2013/11/19/hunting/beaver-steals-hunters-rifle/
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“I had to go to the bathroom but I had no toilet paper,†he explained.
Luckily, he was hunting right across the road from his family’s St. David home.
“I walked out of the woods and got on my four-wheeler and I went home,†he said.
Another thing he did (which, for the record, we’ve got to advise everyone to avoid): He leaned his Remington .30-06 rifle against the tree, next to the chair he had been sitting in.
“And when I got back, I couldn’t find the gun,†he said.
Nathan said he stood up from his chair and began looking around in the woods. Then things got interesting in a hurry.
Nature had called again … in a different way.
“There was a stream that was running about 100 feet away from me. I look, and there’s a beaver hauling that gun into the water,†he said.