Its legal to trap them; why would it be illegal to shoot one with a .22 during the trapping season?

They will indeed clean out a pond in a short time if your water gets low in the fall of the year. My dad used to keep conibear traps out all the time around his catfish pond for beavers. If an otter happened into one, he would release him immediately if it wasn't trapping season. You can trap beaver any time. Of course, the conibears were not good for the otter's health, but he still released them. wink


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