fisherman attacked by beaver

Yeah rabies was the first thing that came to my mind. But I wasn't sure if beavers can get/carry it.

For dramatic effect

The video is hilarious, What a idiot for wanting the animal captured by authority's to save kids from being bit.:laughing3: May be he had a wooden leg the beaver wanted for his dam?

Don

I was crashed by a pair of beavers while running down along the bank of the Colorado River to retrieve some mallards we shot. The things are much bigger than you might think and definitely faster on land than I expected as well. When they struck me I was waist deep in the river and got knocked over filling my waders with December cold river water.:angry5:

OK Ill be the first.... I like Beaver .:thumbsup2::devil1:

DP

I want a beaver week.

:laughing3::laughing3::laughing3: Too Funny.

DP

hahaha... dang, can't help but laugh at this one. that's pretty funny and would be pretty nutty, no doubt. hmmmm, does chompin beaver have any relation to snappin pu$$y? haha

Alright,prepare for some great inuendo material but here goes...

I avoid 'em like the plague when diving .Not just cause of them but cause the areas they habitat.Snakes like to live amongst beavers ,they create great 'snakey' habitat . And I hate snakes.

But beavs' are highly territorial ,I've had 'em launch at my dog during waterfowl retrieves and I have been removing one from a trap only to have another hit the water repeatedly right next to me with no indication of leaving. I usually just reset and trap that sucker the next day.
I am kinda surprised their aren't more vids of this out there. It's really pretty common. It's kind of surreally funny when one get's after you. Funny when he's after me, not so funny when they are after my dog.

Thanks for the info Aaron. What can they do to the dog?

Why do you trap them?

They will be all over a dog...fighting and biting them. And beaver can get pretty big, most of the ones I catch are around 45 lbs. but my heaviest to date was over 60 . I have friends up North who have caught 'em over 70 .That's alotta beaver . :).

Anyway, beaver I catch are sold on the fur auction and the castor is sold off as an ingredient in perfume( think landlocked ambergris). I also butcher alot of 'em . I think can all agree that nothing's better than beaver and Pinot or a rich Merlot. But like any beaver,you have to watch for disease when eating. Forget the name of it, but it's the same nasty little fluke that you can catch from drinking untreated water. Similar to 'bilharzia', but that's not it exactly.

I wonder if my rott would fight the beaver or run away. i think if he saw the beaver as prey beaver don't have a chance.

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You think my rottweiler could take a beaver?

Probably so ... as long as he wasn't treading water .That's kinda the rub. I have heard of guys sending in terriers thru the top of a den or dam , but it's the swimming and fighting thing that concerns me. Most of the time that Fisher has encountered them has been while he was chasing a winged bird that climbed into the den/dam .So here he's been in 38 degree water chasing a hit goose, and they have always come out right as he grabs the bird and then turns towards to shore to return .So they have tried to hit him from behind.

It's common enough that I'll start towards him in the water when he's near their cover and watch his wake for sign of them.