If you have a beaver that sinks and you know where, take a long pole with a 2” butt and split the butt about 4-6” high on one end. Wedge the split slightly open using a wooden match. Feel along the bottom with the split end until you find the beaver. Rest the pole on the beaver and slowly turn it in circle until you feel resistance. That will be the beavers long guard hairs getting twisted and snagged in the pole. Lift the pole up slowly and grab the beaver while it is just below the surface water. If you try to lift it out of the water using the pole the beaver may slip free when out of the buoyancy of the water.
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