A while back,,,,I noticed that something was scaring up my trees by the lake. I went several times in the afternoons and then at night.I never seemed to be there at just the right time. One day I waited until dusk , I didnt see anything until ,,,OH YEAH,,,,I saw something that appeared to be swimming across the water,,,,but,,it swam to where the trees were being destroyed,,,,I waited a few minutes and began to walk towards the end of the lake where it was. I heard a loud slap on the water and it was gone.I planed to be there when he appeared the day after next,,,,give it some kool down time. I got there about half past 5 and still had an hour or so until dark. Patiently I waited.Darkness arrived without incident,, then I saw them, the ripples,yes ripples in the water heading right toward me. I thought to my self,,,now is ,,NOT,, the time.My eyesight is a joke at best.No way could I deal the lethal blow that will ease the pressure of my expensive Sitka Spruce Trees. He had already lay waste to 3 or more at two hundred fifty each.I had to do something,,,but,,not tonight,,,I decided to let him kool off a couple more days,,, I waited on pins and needles until Monday,,steadily watching my young trees disappear one by one,,,I waited by the devastated stand ,,and then maybe ten minutes before dark,,He appeared,,the telltale row of ripples appeared on the lake as he came to finish off the last of my prize trees. I had a 12 ga. Mossberg three and a half inch magnum with number 4 buck,chambered and locked,,I had what it would take to put him,,,Out of my misery,,,,,I waited,,,,and waited,,,,my heart pounded and pounded and made the end of my barrel rise and fall like a maestro leading his orchestra,,,Through blurred eyesight,,,,and fading light dwindled by these old eyes I took my best shot,,,,,,the water came alive,,,he rolled and slapped his tale time and time again,,,and then he slipped into the darkness,,,and he was gone,,, Satisfied with the irrevocable and decisive end,,,,I went home and slept like a baby for the first time in a few weeks.I drove past the lake for the next several days and even ordered some new trees to replace the ones that we lost,,,,I ordered 12 new ones and planted them . I stopped by the next afternoon to check on them,,,and there was two empty spaces. I called the the farm supervisor and ask were there some trees that didnt come in. He replied,,,Nope,,,there all filled in,,every last one of em. I walked back to the lake that afternoon,,and looked very closely,,,yep,,,either his brother or his ghost was ,,,BACK,,, The anger rose up inside of me and I screamed,,,,,it aint over,,,,,you hear me,,,this,,aint over,,, I realized I had about one hour to get a plan before dark,,,then it hit me,,,,Im gona strangle him,,,,I want him to reap the reward of his disasterly deed,,,,but,,up close and personal,,,,, as I walked home the whole plan came together,,,kinda like a picture that kinda paints itself,,,I knew what I had to do. I had purchased a Jim Bowie some 30 years prior to that day and never ever dreamed it would ever come in handy,,,I eased back down to the lake and climbed the big willow next to the last remaining first plantings. I perched myself like a cat waiting for his prey,,,Not ten minutes later the telltale ripples appeared,,,the v shaped wake of my evil nemesis,,My heart pounded so loud,, Surly he will hear my telltale heart beat and sound the tail splashing alarm,,but,,no,,,he swam quietly,,,and straight to me..I peered down upon him some twenty five feet above ,, its now or never,,Its,,,NOW,,,,,or NEVER,,I released my grip from the tree and hurtled toward him at over one hundred feet per second,,,Looking down from my perch he looked small and insignificant,,,but, the father I fell,,,the larger he became,,,OMGsh,,,hes a monster,,,as I struck my knees when flying past my head,,,the Jim Bowie clenched,,tightly in my jaw.The giant male beaver came ,,,Positively Alive,,,I frantically ,grabbed for his head as he wheeled it toward my hand,,OMGsh,,,Look at those ,,TEETH,,,,they were at least 3 inches long,,He was the most powerful raging crazed thing I have ever witnessed,,,all I could think about was,,,were those trees even worth all this,,,,we rolled across that ground ,,rolling and screaming and screaming and rolling,,,I wanted him gone,,,I just wanted out of this,,,I want to practice,,,,Catch and Release,,,Yes,,,,thats it,,,Catch and Release,,,I want to release this thing so baaaad,,,He must have slapped me with that tail over three thousand times,,,,How do I get myself into these things,,,,Who dives out of a perfectly good tree onto a ,,CRAZED SEVENTY POUND BOAR BEAVER,,,,,OMGsh,,,,,,My heart was pounding so hard,,,My vision was fading,,OH NO !!!!! and then it was dark,,,surrounded by blackness,,,,I dont feel anything,,,UH,,,this cant be right,,,,,,I dreamed I was on the Ferris wheel at the fair,,,,that cant be right,,,,Light begins to appear in my left eye,,My senses begin to return. I look and the last tree was gone,,,and so was he,,,I walked slowly home and a sense of relief came over me,,,To heck with those trees,,there not worth all this,,,The next morning as I drove by the lake,,I saw he has come to the entrance gate and just chewed down my two Red Leaf Japanese Maples,,,,and just left them there,,,didnt even eat them,,,,,He never came back after that,,,,I guess he left me to wonder,,,,to worry,,,to wait,,,,until,,,,I dont know,,until,,,what ever,,,,,,What a ,,CRAZY A$$ BEAVER,,,,,,LOL
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 02:24:41 +0000
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