Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

They're not, generally ! But they can be very territorial, especially
if you get too close to a lodge or
dam ! Most beavers I've seen while fishing avoid human
contact, but getting too close
to their home (especially if they
have pups), can trigger an aggressive response !

Ivey Loc: South Central Tennessee, Tim's Ford Lake

Yes, Yes and Yes

6106b

We had a ranch in Colorado and I had a permit to shoot beaver but I could not pelt them,They are a real pain if you are trying to move water to grow hay.The beavers will stop up the ditches and every morning I would go unstop them.I used explosives to blow up their lodges but never got them all.I moved to Amarillo Texas and bought a lot on a Lake just outside of amarillo and the beavers started cutting down my trees there.I wrapped metal around the trunks of the trees and that stopped it.In most cases when you encounter a beaver on the water he will hit the water real had with his tail and go under. The tail thing is a warning to other beavers.

DonaldRotter80 Loc: St, Cloud, Minnesota

I live on the Mississippi River in Central Minnesota. Beavers made houses in and on the banks of my property and destroyed many trees. They have to keep chewing to keep their teeth from growing too long. They eat the small limbs but just girdle the large trees and destroy them. When I was fishing from my shoreline the beavers would come up or down the river and DID NOT WANT ME THERE! They would slap their tail on the water and swim in circles. I had enough and was tired of them destroying the big trees and going up into my woods and taking the finest saplings down to the river for their food and house. I carried my 17 HMR with me and finished them off with head shots when they circled in front of me. The HMR 17 bullet leaves the barrel at 2550 feet per second and is not much longer or louder than a 22 long rifle. The HMR 17 will NOT ricochet off of water, rocks, brush, etc., so is safe to shoot. It blows up on contact and is deadly on varmints. The next year I did find someone to trap the replacements who were again damaging my trees. The DNR and game wardens
would not do anything and we finally had to protect our own property. WARNING!!! This is not a joke! Beavers defecate in the ponds they have dammed up and if you contact the water you can die or get severely ill from what is called "BEAVER FEVER". This happens where the Ponds are not flowing and are stagnant. It does not take much contact and many who have fallen in or waded in to try to remove their dams have paid with their lives! Of course they CAN bite! I think they would have to be cornered but there are always exceptions, like infected with rabies?

The CDB is Awesome Loc: Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina

There's a lake near me called beaver lake and a guy got attacked by a rabid beaver. and of course in Typical Asheville fashion they put up a grave stone for the beaver! I can tell you what if I was attacked by a beaver there wouldn't be much to bury.

The CDB is Awesome Loc: Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina

that's why there called the pelted plague.

Graywulff Loc: Cortez,Co.

Rodents, no matter the size have been a bane to mankind from the beginning except for the ponds. Lotsa fish in those ponds.

fishinphil

As long as we're talking about the ones that live outside, in the wild........

Salmoneater22 Loc: I live in S.E. Washington state.

No, no, and oh ya

MadMac Loc: Marion (in Grant County) Indiana

I wanna see six beaver in a kayak attacking a fisherman.

JohnC Loc: Columbia, MD

LOL

On the fly Loc: Saint George Island, FL

Now that was funny!!!

Kerry Hansen Loc: Bremerton, WA

I have always been quite fond of Beavers, even though some smell fishy.

MadMac Loc: Marion (in Grant County) Indiana

I saw a few in high school music class.

Fishin Fool 69 Loc: Etowah, TN

Toro, welcome to the site. knew someone was going to go there..lol