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Do you think the beaver chewed on this tree before it was
cut down or after?
cut down or after?
Sniffer said:do you want pictures like this or the real thing?
I think your right about the tree being cut down before the beaver finished because the stump is tilted .Merf said:The beaver felled trees to build their dams, not for a stump.
Therefor I would have to say that loggers cut down the tree for lumber before the beaver finished his work.
When I was spending my youth in northern Ontario I often observed the beavers cutting and building dams. I saw dams that were 200 feet long and a few shorter dams.
Goodyguy said:One more bite and the tree would have fallen.
A logger would just have pushed the tree over or finished the beavers cut.
Either way it doesn't make sense.
Merf said:You may be right Goodyguy but loggers make a flat cut so that the trees can be cut up into lumber.
One other possibility is that it may have been a blind beaver.
Goodyguy said:Merf said:You may be right Goodyguy but loggers make a flat cut so that the trees can be cut up into lumber.
One other possibility is that it may have been a blind beaver.
I worked at a sawmill for awhile and we had to square up the end cuts regardless of what was done in the field.
Plus that cut didn't look very professional to me.
I'll go for the blind beaver
Beavers are cool 8)
Merf said:Eastern loggers use a notch and back cut as well as drilling the heart on hardwoods . 'Dutch cutting' as practiced in the west will not work on eastern hardwoods .Goodyguy said:One more bite and the tree would have fallen.
A logger would just have pushed the tree over or finished the beavers cut.
Either way it doesn't make sense.
You may be right Goodyguy but loggers make a flat cut so that the trees can be cut up into lumber.
One other possibility is that it may have been a blind beaver.
trikikiwi said:I'm with Merf
and not just 'cos he looks cool leanin' against the bar like he does
I think Beavers are amazing animals (amongst other amazing animals)
Mike