I am getting close to the point of declaring war. They have damned up one of my 4 foot culverts three times over the past month. I don't want to kill them if there are other options that I am missing, so I'm open to ideas.
quote:http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/rehab/protected/
Mammals Classified as Game or Furbearers
[ol]Wild Game Animals: (as defined in 63.001, Parks and Wildlife Code) License or permit required to take, trap, transport, possess, propagate or sell the animal.
Deer, collared peccary (javelina), pronghorn antelope, gray or cat; fox or red squirrels, desert bighorn sheepWild Fur-Bearing Animals: (as defined in 71.001, Parks and Wildlife Code) License or permit required to take, trap, possess or sell the animal or its pelt. [/ol]
Beaver, ring-tailed cats, otters, opossums, red and gray foxes, badgers, mink, skunks, or civet cats, nutria, raccoons, muskrats, weasels
quote:http://tpwd.texas.gov/business/permits/land/wildlife/furbearing/
Nuisance Furbearer Trap/Relocation: Anyone trapping and relocating nuisance furbearing animals must obtain a letter of authorization from the Wildlife Division stating the species to be trapped and their estimated numbers. Nuisance trappers must have landowner permission before releasing furbearing animals onto a piece of property. A monthly report is required whenever animals are trapped and relocated.
quote:Nope. Over the years I've also had the pleas...I mean I have also encountered them with blonde and red pelts too.
Question:
Are all beavers brunettes?
quote:Where are the civet cats and how did they get to Texas? Pets gone wild?
, or civet cats,
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My experience is that once you start hunting beavers, it rarely stops there. Often times the Beavers are found in prime cougar hunting territory. Then from there it's just a matter of preference: whitetail, blacktail, and exotics, which word on the street is that they taste better than the first two. Sometimes the lull between seasons causes you to go after some hogs, while many find this to be some of the best hunting they've done, most usually try to focus their efforts on the aforementioned species.
Hope this helps
quote:Beware the Mexican Hairlessquote:
My experience is that once you start hunting beavers, it rarely stops there. Often times the Beavers are found in prime cougar hunting territory. Then from there it's just a matter of preference: whitetail, blacktail, and exotics, which word on the street is that they taste better than the first two. Sometimes the lull between seasons causes you to go after some hogs, while many find this to be some of the best hunting they've done, most usually try to focus their efforts on the aforementioned species.
Hope this helps
Exotics FTW
quote:When we had an otter in our pond the GW said that we had a choice to make the guy who stocks our fish wealthy, shoot it as a nuisance and then burry it, get a hunting license and shoot it to keep meat/pelt for ourselves, get a trapping license to kill it and sell the pelt, or relocate it. Relocating meant that we had to get a letter from the landowner giving us permission to release it, and then we would have to submit a monthly report to the state from that point until forever. In other words, the choice was to buy fish and more fish, shoot it or shoot it or shoot it or way too much hassle. It seems like the state's preferred method of dealing with nuisance fur bearing animals is to shoot it. Lucky, for the otter, it was just passing through and has never come back.quote:
Nuisance Furbearer Trap/Relocation: Anyone trapping and relocating nuisance furbearing animals must obtain a letter of authorization from the Wildlife Division stating the species to be trapped and their estimated numbers. Nuisance trappers must have landowner permission before releasing furbearing animals onto a piece of property. A monthly report is required whenever animals are trapped and relocated.
quote:quote:Where are the civet cats and how did they get to Texas? Pets gone wild?
, or civet cats,
quote:quote:Beware the Mexican Hairlessquote:
My experience is that once you start hunting beavers, it rarely stops there. Often times the Beavers are found in prime cougar hunting territory. Then from there it's just a matter of preference: whitetail, blacktail, and exotics, which word on the street is that they taste better than the first two. Sometimes the lull between seasons causes you to go after some hogs, while many find this to be some of the best hunting they've done, most usually try to focus their efforts on the aforementioned species.
Hope this helps
Exotics FTW