I don't have a backhoe. I could rent one, but I'm wondering whether tannerite could be effective for beaver dam demolition.

Anyone try that?

What do you suggest to destroy and clear out a beaver dam?

Fightin TX Aggie said:

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I don't have a backhoe. I could rent one, but I'm wondering whether tannerite could be effective for beaver dam demolition.

Anyone try that?

What do you suggest to destroy and clear out a beaver dam?

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Not specifically tannerite, but I am pretty sure USFWS uses explosives at times to remove beaver dams on bayous in NE Texas.

As JJ used to say…Dynomite!!!

Unless the dam is causing flood damage to your property, why destroy the dam and kill the beavers? Wouldn't it be cool to have a beaver dam on your property? There are so few of them left

Had some beavers build a dam about 15 feet from a wooden bridge and the dam was destroyed using a backhoe or track hoe, forget which. The beavers built it back. Tore it out again. They then built it under the wooden bridge itself, so it could not be destroyed with equipment or be blown up. Had to tear it apart by hand. But traps were set and the beavers eradicated.

So, unless you remove the beavers, I don't think removing the dam is going to solve your problem long term. They are not hard to trap, but if you don't want to attempt that, you should be able to find some folks who do nuisance trapping and get them to kill the beavers.

one safe place said:

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Had some beavers build a dam about 15 feet from a wooden bridge and the dam was destroyed using a backhoe or track hoe, forget which. The beavers built it back. Tore it out again. They then built it under the wooden bridge itself, so it could not be destroyed with equipment or be blown up. Had to tear it apart by hand. But traps were set and the beavers eradicated.

So, unless you remove the beavers, I don't think removing the dam is going to solve your problem long term. They are not hard to trap, but if you don't want to attempt that, you should be able to find some folks who do nuisance trapping and get them to kill the beavers.

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Killing beavers was pretty much an every Friday and Saturday night sport back when I was in school.

zooguy96 said:

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I hear beaver tastes excellent fried - or so Ursus told me.

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Rinella has an episode about cooking beaver. Didn't look bad at all.

Also, tannerite, while a lot of fun in the right situation, doesn't have a whole lot of explosive power. You would need a heck of a lot of it to do any significant damage, and you would have to do a lot of work getting it inside the dam in the first place.

I was a bit let down in the explosive/destructive capabilities with it when I used it the first time. Sat a 1lb jar of it at the base of a cholla cactus and set it off thinking that cactus would be no longer of this earth after the explosion. There was noticeable damage done, but aside from a couple of the little barrel leaves and a decent amount of thorns stripped from it - not a whole lot of real damage done.

A 2.5lb jug of it did send an old turkey fryer pot approximately 100' in the air though, that was pretty entertaining.

zooguy96 said:

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I hear beaver tastes excellent fried - or so Ursus told me.

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No need to cook it

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Killing beavers was pretty much an every Friday and Saturday night sport back when I was in school.

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I do believe you went a'huntin', but I don't believe you was always a'killin'.

Hell beaver's out of season several days a month any way, I know you're a liar!!

Apache said:

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Killing beavers was pretty much an every Friday and Saturday night sport back when I was in school.

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I do believe you went a'huntin', but I don't believe you was always a'killin'.

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Some hunters are more successful than others. The rest of us just lie about it.

Ogre09 said:

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zooguy96 said:

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I hear beaver tastes excellent fried - or so Ursus told me.

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No need to cook it

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Taste better if you pluck it a few days before you eat it.