Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Benjamin Catches a Beaver!

 

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When Ben checked his trap this morning he found to his delight that he had caught a beaver!

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His beaver trap is very powerful and it had broken the beaver’s back, so he died instantaneously and painlessly.

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Beavers can be very destructive to farm land because each year their dams flood hundreds of acres of crops.

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A friend/neighbor who is also a VERY experienced trapper and hunter showed Benjamin how to skin the beaver so that he could keep the fur.  Our friend was very helpful and did a great job of explaining the process to Ben and to the rest of us who were watching.  Later in March Benjamin will send his beaver skin in a package with a couple of other trapper’s skins to a tanning facility where they’ll be properly tanned and sent back.

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