We found this odd for a beaver to be in this location. This is a tile ditch, that other than right where the beaver is at, is only 3" to 4" deep! You can step across it anywhere. This spot has a 30" tile coming out, and the beav. has dug a den RIGHT under the tile! In addition, it has chewed about 2' off the bottom of the tile. Its about 5' deep right there and a BEAR to get a 330 in the den. So, with both of us working at it in knee boots, and trying not to fall in, we got the 330 set. We also put in a steel trap at his attempt at a new dam. Farmer dug out the old dam last week. Tracks says its a large beav.
As you can see, the ditch is very small. It is also about a 1/2 mile off a road in the middle of corn fields, and not even close to a major tributary.


Here is Dad, who is almost 70 setting a 330 by hand! He wanted me to climb back up the bank, and walk back to the truck to get his setters. I told him "by the time I did that....just to let me have it, and I'll show you how NOT to be a sissy, and I'll set it by hand". I knew he still had it in him. Might have been a little grunting, groaning, and few choice words, but I didn't have to climb out of there to fetch the setters!!!


Creeks are still froze, so we didn't much set in the way of water sets. Hopefully, it will thaw out with the warmer temps next week. I'm basically working DP's, a couple bucket sets, and a couple coyote sets for now.