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Originally Posted by Marty S
Dave, the secret is deep water beaver. Stay away from shallow water and you will take a much better quality beaver.
Shallow water beaver fur takes a beating every time they'd leave the hole, they push out and hit the bottom with their bellies, hit the sides of their shallow water runs, etc. A deep water beaver launches out of his hole and his fur simply pushes water.
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This. I find small creeks/rivers the worst, as throughout the winter the water level goes down. At some point they start sticking to the ice everywhere and ripping the guard hairs out.
The colony you are talking about sounds like they may have been starving as well, or lost all water in the winter.
Spruce