The ‘Stumpy Aqua-Deer’
Not really, its a Swedish Beaver.
There is no end to the work we put in to get out catch.
Well after 3 months of planning Andrew has finally done it in the north of Sweden, Lapland.
I spoke to him Friday and after 3 days trekking wearing 7 layers of clothing on snowmobile, X-country skiing, skating and snow shoes one finally showed up along the river which he waited 1/2hr for the beaver to get into the appropriate position to take the shot with a 7×33 sako (unknown obsolete calibre since the WWII). After the 1/2hr he reckons for the first time he had “buck fever” had to take a deep breath and calm himself (he didn’t do that with sambar?) …… the pressure was on and seriously on you cant track a beaver. For those of you who think hunting beaver in season is easy think again……..
They are nocturnal, when top water is frozen they live and sleep underground and the only time they come out or can be seen on land is too feed. You have to take a shot that anchors the animal on the spot or they go straight back into the water and are lost forever! They have sentry’s on guard when out feeding and are prey to many other creatures like the lynx and wolverine.
Tough well i say yes because i spent two days hunting them without success in one of the most heavily populated hunting areas, only seeing the sentry’s for a milli-second, and no he is not better than me, just luckier!
Now today and for the next 3 days, he is chasing roe buck in the south of Sweden! But they are a lot easier……
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