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Originally Posted by Torkdiesel
Oh poisoning them is effective, no doubt about that.
But if one tried to wipe them out by snaring I think big numbers could be taken. Far more then 15% if one applied himself.
I'm about to start a similar project myself in a couple days, time will tell just how many can be eliminated!!!
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I agree. I know it can be done on a local scale.
Not wiped out but reduced to a fraction of what they were.
I was county Beaver tapper for a number of years. Even with the limitations of the Beavers normal movements, it is nearly impossible to wipe out such a population.
You can wipe out some colonies, you could wipe out some packs. But there will always be one pair, one colony, one pack you don't find, or that move in from somewhere else.
I've seen two packs wiped out in recent years. Not 100 percent killed but reduced to where they were no longer a viable pack so the survivors moved away, looking for mate I suppose.