Beaver Dam Removal Spring 2023!!

Ойын-сауық

The time has finally come. It's been a truly long winter for me. It's still pretty cold here and the ground is still partially frozen. The clay was difficult to get though on this one. It went well all things considered and I couldn't be happier to get back out there.

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  • @MarkHarding-sd1wg
    @MarkHarding-sd1wg Жыл бұрын

    Hi am Mark from Liverpool England 🇬🇧 its great to see you back at what you've so good ar till the next

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mark, 👋 Thanks, I am so happy to be back out there. Ontario, Canada. 🦫 🇨🇦 🌊

  • @christinegombas7490
    @christinegombas7490 Жыл бұрын

    WOW! 😮 Those beavers 🦫 did the hell of job built their big dam! That's a lot of work! 😅

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Christine, 👋 They sure did. This was a rather large one. Those 🦫 's are hard workers. Thanks for watching.

  • @christinegombas7490

    @christinegombas7490

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@geneplumley4136 I bet the 🦫🦫🦫 are laughing cuz they are giving you hard time to remove their BIG DAM! LOL! 😂😂 Just kidding with you.

  • @lindarokasky9568
    @lindarokasky9568 Жыл бұрын

    Great video to start the season off

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Linda, 👋 It felt really good to get back out there. Winter is far too long here. 😆. Thanks.

  • @DodgeWatt
    @DodgeWatt Жыл бұрын

    The audio on this is just so relaxing, great video!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, DodgeWatt, 👍

  • @sandratabron3677
    @sandratabron367711 ай бұрын

    Nice work

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Sandra! 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @ThatGuySammy716
    @ThatGuySammy716 Жыл бұрын

    Good job 👍🏻 bro 💪🏻

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Sammy. 💪 🦫

  • @JudyMenzel7
    @JudyMenzel7 Жыл бұрын

    Been a while. Missed ya👍🤗

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Judy. 👋 Thanks. It has been a while. 🥶. Winter is so long here. I am so happy to be back at it.

  • @camel1945
    @camel1945 Жыл бұрын

    Nice to see again thanks!!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, onmyway. It was a long winter, 🥶

  • @melissarodriguez1536
    @melissarodriguez1536 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing job!!!:😊

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Melissa! It was a good day.

  • @markleonard-pe3os
    @markleonard-pe3os Жыл бұрын

    That was tough packed mud!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mark. It sure was! A lot of the ground is still frozen here. The clay is really solid, even with the running water. Thanks for watching 👍

  • @kokudou399
    @kokudou399 Жыл бұрын

    お久しぶりです、オンタリオは春といってもまだまだ寒そうですネ、東京は桜の季節も終わり昼間は20℃くらいの気温です。 大きなビーバーダムですので腰を痛めないようにご注意ください  From Japan

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello again. It has been a long time Yes, there is still snow on the ground here. It is almost gone, though. 👍. I will be too hot very soon, 🥵. I enjoy the cooler weather. It was a big beaver dam, 💪. I will be careful, thank you. 🦫 🇨🇦 🌊

  • @fredrussell1823
    @fredrussell1823 Жыл бұрын

    Good to see you back on the job. I’m lookin forward to the future posts.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi there Fred, 🖐. Thanks, it's good to be back. It's been a long winter. 🦫 💪

  • @fredrussell1823

    @fredrussell1823

    Жыл бұрын

    @@geneplumley4136 gonna have to get yourself in shape

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @Fred Russell hahaha, I know right. I had to sit down for a minute. The first couple of dams are always rough. I call it getting my "bush legs" back. 💪 😆

  • @mariagdaws6083
    @mariagdaws6083 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Gene, This was so enjoyable I just watched it again 🦘❤️❤️❤️

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! 🦫 💪 🇨🇦 I should be pulling dams soon. It has been a really busy spring for beavers. They seem to be everywhere around here this year.

  • @glennmurphy1820
    @glennmurphy1820 Жыл бұрын

    Great video.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Glenn. Much appreciated. 🦫 🇨🇦

  • @tonisyarif9856
    @tonisyarif98562 ай бұрын

    Grettings from Indonesia ❤️🌹🌷

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    2 ай бұрын

    Hi Toni, 👋 From Canada. 🇨🇦

  • @fayedewitt4183
    @fayedewitt41838 ай бұрын

    That was a major undertaking wow awesome job 😊

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Faye! We just got our first real snowfall today. It's hard to believe that it's this time of year already. Seems like yesterday it was spring!!

  • @kenadams8487
    @kenadams8487 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Gene, from New Brunswick Canada. Man you destroyed that thing. Love your videos. Stay well. Looking forward to more.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Ken. I am in Northern Ontario. 🦫 🇨🇦 Thanks, I will find more soon.

  • @amandaderasp1981

    @amandaderasp1981

    Жыл бұрын

    Northern Ontario here too

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @@amandaderasp1981 HI Amanda, 👋

  • @amandaderasp1981

    @amandaderasp1981

    Жыл бұрын

    👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 hi to u also, me and my 5 year old love watching these videos together ❤❤

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @Amanda Derasp Well, thanks for watching you two! It is a lot of fun doing this. More videos will be coming soon. 🦫 🇨🇦 🦫 💪

  • @lisavilanova1184
    @lisavilanova1184 Жыл бұрын

    Welcome Back ! Great job

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Lisa! 🦫 💪

  • @doctorsnuggles9740
    @doctorsnuggles974011 ай бұрын

    Great job ! 👍

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Doctor Sunggles! 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @brumby1653
    @brumby1653 Жыл бұрын

    Liked and subscribed from Australia ❤

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Brumby, 👋 Much appreciated from here in Canada. 🦫 🇨🇦 🦫 Thanks for watching.

  • @indojake100
    @indojake100 Жыл бұрын

    You are a Champion!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, j cc d! 💦 💪 🦫 🌊

  • @kayannefojtasek4198
    @kayannefojtasek4198 Жыл бұрын

    Great job ! That beaver is gonna be pissed

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Kayanne. Beaver 🦫 😠 😡 😤 🌊 🌊

  • @themousefiles
    @themousefiles Жыл бұрын

    Wow. Amazing job on that. That is one massive beaver dam.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! It was a good one to start with for the year. 🦫 💪

  • @rustienielsen6803
    @rustienielsen6803 Жыл бұрын

    Great job. That was one big beaver dam.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Rustie. Hopefully I find some more like that this year.

  • @noahmiller1655
    @noahmiller1655 Жыл бұрын

    Now that's a big ass beaver dam for sure took alot work

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Noah, 👋 It sure was. 🦫 💪 🇨🇦 🌊

  • @deejohnson2912
    @deejohnson291211 ай бұрын

    Wow! That was a really deep one, great work!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi Dee, 👋 Thanks, it was a good way to start the season.

  • @allanpeters4403
    @allanpeters4403 Жыл бұрын

    Just found your site - now this is beaver dam busting!!!!!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Allan, 👋. Thanks. I hope the beavers keep me busy this year. 🦫

  • @judytrahan6121
    @judytrahan6121 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, just wow!!!!!!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Judy. 👍 That was more water than I was expecting on this one. 🦫 🌊

  • @randycharest4507
    @randycharest45077 ай бұрын

    I TOTALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO GENE 😊

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Randy! Much appreciated 🙏

  • @beckyirvin2504
    @beckyirvin2504 Жыл бұрын

    I missed you!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Becky, 👋 Winter was looooong! 🌞 🦫 🌊

  • @camel1945
    @camel1945 Жыл бұрын

    This must be monster beavers to build this dam!! Thanks for your work!!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    They have been there for years. I visit here twice a year just to make sure the roads are OK. Keep those 🦫 out of trouble.

  • @itrack4u

    @itrack4u

    Жыл бұрын

    Determined to the end! New subscriber. Thanks for filming

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @Suze Glesky HI Suze, 👋 Thanks, I try, lol.

  • @dane140701
    @dane14070111 ай бұрын

    Nice work Gene thats how you drain a bever pond

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Dane. 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @anitacostanzo401
    @anitacostanzo401 Жыл бұрын

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏maravilloso y difícil trabajo ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Anita 🙏 🦫 🇨🇦 🌊

  • @davidscott3792
    @davidscott3792 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! Amazing job, how many calories did you burn lol? That is some workout, hopefully a steak dinner followed

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi David 👋 Thanks. It's funny you mention that. I usually start getting ready for this a month or 2 in advance. Eleptical & free weights, 💪. I used to wear a fit bit, but they don't last long for some reason, lol.

  • @ruthwright5395
    @ruthwright5395 Жыл бұрын

    Welcome back, love your videos. I look forward to them. Tennessee 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Ruth. I appreciate that. I hope the beavers keep me busy this year, 💪 🇨🇦 🦫 🌊 🎥

  • @robinmccarthy7462
    @robinmccarthy7462 Жыл бұрын

    That huge log towards the end was amazing

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Robin, 👋 I was surprised, lol. I thought it was going to get my leg on the way by. Thanks for watching 👍

  • @danielhylton4675
    @danielhylton467511 ай бұрын

    Bet em critters mad at you 😂😂😂Good job 🤣🤣

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Daniel. 🙏 Oh yea. They don't like me at all. 🦫 🌊 🌊

  • @kimberlytucker3278
    @kimberlytucker3278 Жыл бұрын

    Great job... just be careful

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Kimberly, I will. 👍 🦫 🌊

  • @dalehalliday3578
    @dalehalliday3578 Жыл бұрын

    some major league logs in there. Amazing how those little buggers can manoeuvre them into position. Well done. Hope you didn't hurt your back!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey, Dale. It is amazing how they do that. Some of this stuff weighs more than them. Back is all good 💪. Thanks!

  • @CryogenicFire
    @CryogenicFire Жыл бұрын

    Great to see you back at it Gene. That puppy looked hard packed as hell! Nice work! 👍

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    It's great to be back. 😁 🦫 🌊 Yes, I didn't remove as much as I usually do. A lot of the ground is still frozen here. Thanks!

  • @mamabajahanna
    @mamabajahanna Жыл бұрын

    new subscriber from Indonesia, and wow you did amazing job there 👏🏻

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mama, 👋 Welcome, and thank you! 🇨🇦 🦫 🇨🇦

  • @brendaeberly676
    @brendaeberly6769 ай бұрын

    Thank you for draining out all that water, but you left a great starting place for beavers yo start rebuilding. A few logs across opening add some grass and mud and it will be clogged again. You need to open more. Make a 2 or 3 part video yo showcase what you did. Keep at it and you will have a great following.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    9 ай бұрын

    Hi, Brenda 👋. Thanks! This was during the spring here. I could only open the thawed part that the water was running through. The rest was frozen. I will go back and see this place before winter. Maybe I can remove the whole thing this time, 💪.

  • @PaulHigginbothamSr
    @PaulHigginbothamSr5 ай бұрын

    I am not sure the material, dirt or clay this dam was made from but just watching how hard it was to pull individual fork full's from this dam would have been the best candidate ever to use an excavator on. Maybe the most compact and difficult to tear out ever. Mr beaver was very tenacious in zee building. Without a potato rake this dam would have been virtually impervious to your attempt. Good work my friend for good work. I could see from the snow line in the background it was down 3ft when halfway done.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    5 ай бұрын

    Hey Paul 👋. You're right. This was a difficult one. The reason it was so strong is that it was still frozen. 🥶. That's why I only opened up a small channel. It was thawed due to the water flowing through it already. Beyond that, it's like concrete toward the sides.

  • @southernbiscuits1275
    @southernbiscuits1275 Жыл бұрын

    You did an awesome job taking down that dam!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Southern Biscuits! It was a good time. Rain and all! 💪 🇨🇦 🦫 🌊

  • @maryannscott1765
    @maryannscott1765 Жыл бұрын

    I don't know what's more interesting. Watching beavers build dams, or watching you tear them apart. Poor beavers. I hope the beavers were able to find a new home. Yeah, development. You won't stop it and neither will beavers. Take care of yourself. Don't hurt yourself. Regards from Southern Maryland.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mary. 👋 Thank you! I will do my best. Take care, Ontario, 🇨🇦 🦫 🦫 🦫

  • @2sillygrams
    @2sillygrams Жыл бұрын

    Wow that damn was massive! Great to see you back Gene! Be safe out there darlin!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Cheryl 👋 It was a pretty big one. It's great to be back out there. Thanks, will do!

  • @2sillygrams

    @2sillygrams

    Жыл бұрын

    @@geneplumley4136 looking forward to your next one and to a new season!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @Cheryl Gauthier Thanks, Cheryl. 😁

  • @mariagdaws6083
    @mariagdaws6083 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Gene So happy to see you , love your work and videos, eager to watch them all I see you got caught in the rain but that didn’t stop you😅 Greetings from Melbourne Australia 🦘❤️❤️❤️

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mariagdaws, 👋 I kind of like playing in the rain. 😉 💧 It makes you appreciate the nicer days anyway. 🦫 🇨🇦 🍁 🌞

  • @hevzlloyd
    @hevzlloyd Жыл бұрын

    I love when you show angry beavers 😁 Heather in UK

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Heather! I will try to 🎥 more this year, 👍 🦫 🇨🇦 Thanks for watching.

  • @pasc-chrisnous1429
    @pasc-chrisnous1429 Жыл бұрын

    Agréable à regarder, beau travail 👍

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Pasc-chris Nous. 🦫 🇨🇦 🌊

  • @christopherort2889
    @christopherort2889 Жыл бұрын

    You did an amazing job

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Christopher! It was fun, rain and all. 🦫 🌊

  • @noname-gr7lf
    @noname-gr7lf11 ай бұрын

    That was a well packed arrangement. Nice job busting it loose.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks! That was a big one. 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @kaycrawford1128
    @kaycrawford1128 Жыл бұрын

    Very smart to remove as many sticks as possible by hand. Great use of the potato rake. I see those sticks and think; firewood!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Kay! I always start that way. Once the water starts flowing, it's hard to get those sticks out of there. The potato rake is definitely the way to go. This dam could likely heat someone's house for a year! So much 🔥 wood! 🦫 👍

  • @connieeberle5862
    @connieeberle5862 Жыл бұрын

    Tough going with that frozen dam! Glad to see you back but it doesn't seen very warm yet where you are at.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Connie, Thanks! It is getting warmer by the day! Northern Ontario. Winter is hold on this year....

  • @linato1855
    @linato185510 ай бұрын

    That was so deep, I feared you might go sailing downstream! Lol…Any guesses how soon the beavers will build it back up again? 😅

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    10 ай бұрын

    Hi Lina, 👋 A wrong step or 2, I might have, haha. 🌊 🌊 🌊 If they rebuild this one...it won't take long. I will go check it out in a few weeks.

  • @moms79
    @moms79 Жыл бұрын

    That was one back breaking project you had going on there. Good job

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Soultouched. It was fun.

  • @moms79

    @moms79

    Жыл бұрын

    @@geneplumley4136 I can imagine. 😁

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @@moms79 I am on my way to go do another one now, 🦫 💪 🇨🇦 The 🦟 's are terrible, lol.

  • @moms79

    @moms79

    Жыл бұрын

    @@geneplumley4136 Ohh.. Have some fun for me too 🤣

  • @user-fb4jr6og6v
    @user-fb4jr6og6v11 ай бұрын

    У ЭТОГО ЧЕЛОВЕКА СИЛ НЕ ХВАТАЕТ ОТБРОСИТЬ ПАЛКИ ПОДАЛЬШЕ.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    😂. I guess you will have to show me how it's done. 💪

  • @todddebick9160
    @todddebick916011 ай бұрын

    If 🦫 beavers could talk. They'd probably say. Hey the homewreckers back.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi Todd, 👋. They might even have a few other things to call me, too. haha. 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @natalieb.8548

    @natalieb.8548

    9 ай бұрын

    It's a dam not their lodge!

  • @diane_alworth
    @diane_alworth Жыл бұрын

    That thing wasn’t just 8’ tall, it was 8’ thick! New subscriber here. Looking forward to your videos.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Diane, 👋 Yes, I was pretty happy to see this one when I got there, 😁. Thanks, there will be more to come soon. 🦫 🇨🇦 🌊

  • @cristinarocha9263
    @cristinarocha9263 Жыл бұрын

    Parabéns pelo seu trabalho lindo! Deus abençoe!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Christina, 👋 Thank you, 🙏

  • @shesablue4243
    @shesablue424311 ай бұрын

    awesome job!!!!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi Shesablue, 👋 Thank you! It's hard to believe that it was spring there, and summer is coming to an end already. 🌞 ❄️

  • @user-ou2ut2ye8f
    @user-ou2ut2ye8f Жыл бұрын

    I admire you at 78 I couldn’t do it anymore

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Ralph. It's a lot of fun. Best job I ever had. 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @excession3076
    @excession3076 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Gene, So I drank half a bottle of Baileys while watching this. It's a hard life watching clearing these dams, but we do our best.😜 If you keep this work rate up, one of us is going to turn into an alcoholic. Great job. I was watching the water level going down on the tree behind but I didn't expect it to end up so far out of the water. And then there was that big tree in the middle going downstream!! Quick question, is the water so high because of the "spring melt" Post 10 is always going on about? I saw the little piles of snow around.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Excession! Maybe I will make a funny video one day. Call it drinking with beavers! Set up a campfire and bring some chairs, lol. Sit right on the dam!! Thanks. The water was deeper than I realized. I set up a camera on the top side of the dam, but it died before I was finished. I might do a follow-up video for it anyway. I thought that log was going to hit my leg and tear my weighters. It was hard to tell how big it was until it started to go. Yes, we definitely have a spring melt. We go from 6+ feet of snow to nothing in a month. If it rains during this time, bad stuff happens. This particular place is like this year round, though. There is a spring somewhere feeding it. Rivers here rise by several feet every spring. It can be quite dangerous. 🍻 Cheers.

  • @scottmcmeeko9651

    @scottmcmeeko9651

    Жыл бұрын

    I was also watching the level on the tree it amazes me how fast the level goes down but I guess with water flowing out so fast not surprising.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @scottmcmeeko9651 It dropped pretty quickly! There was another dam just upstream.

  • @richardphelan8414
    @richardphelan8414 Жыл бұрын

    I'm new to your channel and I like what I see ,those beavers packed that one really tight ,that dam is holding a Lot of water judging from the height of it .Keep up the good work, That was some telephone pole size log you got out of there

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Richard, 👋 That was a huge log! I thought it was going to rip my waiters... Thanks!

  • @Reviloj

    @Reviloj

    Жыл бұрын

    I give this video a 10 out of ten rakes. Beavers are amazing.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @Reviloj Thanks for the rakes! 🦫's are the best! 👍

  • @camel1945
    @camel1945 Жыл бұрын

    A creek in the forest is a creek in the forest and not a swap for Beavers!!

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    They sure make it their own space! 🦫💪 I would hate to be without them. They make some really nice landscapes out there. They just need to stay out there, lol. Not in our drainage systems, 😆.

  • @marilynhemingway5219
    @marilynhemingway5219 Жыл бұрын

    This was bigger than it looked at first looks like he's getting tired. That is a lot of work done great. Beavers can be good for the environment and at the same time bad also. Is this the only time this has been dismantled?

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Marilyn, 👋 Thank you. I don't think this one has been opened yet. Maybe by someone else at some point?? I am not sure. They are very beneficial for sure. Just in the right places....😬😆. 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @JudyMenzel7
    @JudyMenzel7 Жыл бұрын

    Gene, what state do you work in?

  • @christinegombas7490

    @christinegombas7490

    Жыл бұрын

    I think Gene is from Ontario, Canada. I might be wrong.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    I am actually up in Canada. Northern Ontario. What about you?

  • @JudyMenzel7

    @JudyMenzel7

    Жыл бұрын

    @@geneplumley4136 I'm down south, in NW Oklahoma 🤣. Altho, I've lived all over the USA, this is where I've landed for my "golden" years.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JudyMenzel7 Then it must be nice there. 👍.

  • @JudyMenzel7

    @JudyMenzel7

    Жыл бұрын

    @@geneplumley4136 I did spend 3 weeks in Northern Ontario back in the mid 90s on a fishing trip on Lake Ontario. It was crazy beautiful. I lived in Northern Wisconsin for 9 yrs, and it's very similar, yet not as wild. I loved it.

  • @matabudinchannel9717
    @matabudinchannel97175 ай бұрын

    good effort. can reduce the problem of stagnant water overflow that causes flooding in the surrounding area. please help me thank you.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    5 ай бұрын

    Hi Mat, 👋 Thanks, you're right. 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @marynewman7221
    @marynewman7221 Жыл бұрын

    👏👏👏😊

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Mary. 🦫🇨🇦 💪 🌊

  • @ponkkaa
    @ponkkaa Жыл бұрын

    Those beavers are gonna be pissed...

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Ponkkaa, 👋 This will keep them busy anyway 💪 🦫

  • @dsabre4990
    @dsabre4990 Жыл бұрын

    Dynamite would have been easier :) how long till the beavers filled the gap and got the water back level back up?

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi D Sabre, 👋 You're right! 💥 🌊 I am not sure. There was nothing there the next day anyway. 🦫 💪

  • @carolb29
    @carolb2911 ай бұрын

    this looks like it's out in the middle of no where. What was the purpose of removing the dam?

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi Carol, 👋 I live in 🇨🇦....it is in the middle of nowhere! Lol. I live in a small town, so it pretty much looks like this all over. This is someone's private property. They are developing it and selling parcels of land. My purpose here is to keep the population of beavers low but not gone. Once the water gets high enough here, it threatens the road going in. Also they want to protect their 🌳's. Let me know if you have any questions.

  • @geoffreylee5199
    @geoffreylee519911 ай бұрын

    Like Arnold, they’ll be back.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi Geoffrey, 👋 I hope so, 😎 🦫 🦫 🦫 🌊 🌊

  • @tracywilson1356
    @tracywilson135611 ай бұрын

    As big as that is, I think I’d go for some well placed tannerite charges and a few rifle shots.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Maybe one day..... 💥 💥 💥 🌳 🪵 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @meredithhill4259
    @meredithhill4259 Жыл бұрын

    Wow all that and you wrestled an alligator 😂

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Meredith, 👋 That log was definitely alligator like, lol 🐊 🪵 I was waiting for a piece of it to get my leg and tear my chest waiters. Thanks for watching 👀 👍

  • @katmalone3696
    @katmalone3696 Жыл бұрын

    Darling this is kat down in Birmingham Alabama. You need to get you a potato rake and a shovel if you gotta do Beaverdam removal. Will continue to watch you because you’re a new station and I haven’t seen you yet I am a new subscriber and as long as you keep the continent come in I’ll watch you dismantle beaver dams. Good luck and thanks for doing what you do.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Kat, 👋 I use a potato rake. I just start by removing as many sticks as possible first by hand. Then, I use the rake for mud and weeds. Thanks for subscribing, and there will be more videos coming for sure. We're just about thawed out up here. 💪 🦫 🇨🇦 🌊

  • @berndwust3796
    @berndwust37967 ай бұрын

    Ich wünsche dir nenn Spaten,weil du fleißig und sauber Arbeitest

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I could not remove more of the dam because it was still frozen. It was early spring here at this time.

  • @howardwest1347
    @howardwest134711 ай бұрын

    Won’t they just come back and fix the leak in the near future?

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Hopefully, lol. 🦫 💪 Normally, the beavers are trapped before the dam is removed. On this particular job. Only a couple were removed in an effort to control the damage they cause while still having them around. I will go see in the fall. Their house was upstream above a dam I did not pull. So I am sure they will be back.

  • @denisemurray412
    @denisemurray41211 ай бұрын

    Wonder how long it took the beavers to build it back.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi Denis 👋. We shall see in the fall. They might just maintain the dam upstream. We'll find out soon.

  • @owentaylor9884
    @owentaylor988410 ай бұрын

    We do the opposite in UK to reduce flooding

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    10 ай бұрын

    Hi Owen. You must live or work downstream of a beaver dam. I am out here helping the people who live upstream of the beaver dams. Where the new dams are causing flooding.

  • @nickreyes4570
    @nickreyes457010 ай бұрын

    Has anyone thought of using dynamite? It would also scare the beavers away.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes, that would be fun. I don't think I can just go buy that here, 🇨🇦.... I have never really tried, though.

  • @nickreyes4570

    @nickreyes4570

    10 ай бұрын

    Back when I was young, farmers were able to get explosives to remove tree stumps and boulders.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    10 ай бұрын

    @@nickreyes4570 I have heard lots of people around here talk about that as well. The good old days.....I will ask around, but I bet I will need a license now.

  • @user-qx2xb9ed7i
    @user-qx2xb9ed7i2 ай бұрын

    Is it true beavers will not use the same stuff they used on the first one they built

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    2 ай бұрын

    I have seen them use the same sticks. But generally, they go get new sticks every time. 🦫 🌳

  • @user-qx2xb9ed7i
    @user-qx2xb9ed7i2 ай бұрын

    You forgot to pull the one strap on your left shoulder

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    2 ай бұрын

    Hey Toni, 👋 I didn't forget. It is actually a tip I learned from a viewer. If you put one strap across your chest and leave the other one off. The waders stay on instead of falling off my shoulders all the time.

  • @juliab.8200
    @juliab.8200 Жыл бұрын

    Hey buddy, your tool should really have a different color, so that it can be seen between countless branches.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    That is a really good idea, Julia. 🙏 Thanks! I have left one behind before, and I definitely wasted time looking for it, haha.

  • @juliab.8200

    @juliab.8200

    Жыл бұрын

    @@geneplumley4136 i discovered such channels only a few days ago. It's more fun than ASMR. I subscribed to them right away, at least 3 of them. Thanks for the quick reply, I would not have expected. 😀

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @@juliab.8200 of course, 👍 🦫 💪 🌊

  • @howardwest1347
    @howardwest134711 ай бұрын

    I think I would just put a stick of dynamite in it to get it started. Donna Michigan

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    I will do that one day, lol. 💥 🌊

  • @user-zv1re7ne1l
    @user-zv1re7ne1l10 ай бұрын

    Good ,nice work gene ,take care ,ipray for you god bless❤❤

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Avelina.

  • @peterkohl1863
    @peterkohl186311 ай бұрын

    You did this dam last year or the year before

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi Peter, 👋 I have never pulled a dam here before. I frequent this property every spring and fall but never removed a dam. The landowner usually uses equipment.

  • @jamessublett665
    @jamessublett665 Жыл бұрын

    Partner you do a jam up job on the dam removal, you might want to watch ms TECH 86, and remove all your sticks and then take you dam apart from the top down, keep up the good work, enjoy watching you, Be Aware and Be Smart God Bless

  • @markleonard-pe3os

    @markleonard-pe3os

    Жыл бұрын

    msTECH gets paid for all his removals

  • @mariagdaws6083

    @mariagdaws6083

    Жыл бұрын

    @@markleonard-pe3os Spot on 😀

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey James. I watch TECH 86 as well. He does a good job. Thanks, I will give it a go. 💪 🦫 🇨🇦 🌊

  • @lt.guppypatrollt.guppypatrol
    @lt.guppypatrollt.guppypatrol3 ай бұрын

    now thats aflow

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Lt.guppypatrol. That's was a good one. 🌊 🌊 🌊

  • @kayjohnston202
    @kayjohnston202 Жыл бұрын

    Where are you located? US?

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Kay, 👋 I am in Northern Ontario, 🇨🇦 What about you?

  • @kayjohnston202

    @kayjohnston202

    Жыл бұрын

    @@geneplumley4136 north Georgia mtns

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    @kayjohnston202 Nice looking area Kay. 👌

  • @lindaali6703
    @lindaali6703 Жыл бұрын

    👋🏻🌻🇺🇲😉👍🏻🦫🦫

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    👋 🌞 🇨🇦 🦫 💪 🌊 🌊

  • @user-ei2qn9kv1m
    @user-ei2qn9kv1m10 ай бұрын

    🦫🧤🪠⛑️  Great work! 😇

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you, 🙏. 🇨🇦 🦫 🦫 🦫

  • @TimMcSwain-bs4nq
    @TimMcSwain-bs4nq10 ай бұрын

    Beaver is pretty good eating, just saying

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    10 ай бұрын

    I know, lol 👍 🦫 🍖 🥓 🥩

  • @kandychapman5578
    @kandychapman5578 Жыл бұрын

    2 words M-80

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Kandy, 👋 It's not the worst idea....lol 💥

  • @user-ei2qn9kv1m
    @user-ei2qn9kv1m10 ай бұрын

    There are no good tools?

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    10 ай бұрын

    Hi, 👋 Yes, there are good, maybe even better tools for this job. I prefer this method. Most places I go to are difficult to access. For this reason, I only bring what's necessary.

  • @berndwust3796
    @berndwust37967 ай бұрын

    Hallo einen Meter Breite geschaft, der Biber macht das in drei Stunden wieder zu

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes, they will. I removed a couple 🦫 , but they will re build it.

  • @kokudou399
    @kokudou399 Жыл бұрын

    o

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    👋

  • @TurboLoveTrain
    @TurboLoveTrain6 ай бұрын

    Why on earth someone would remove a beaver dam is mind boggling--especially in a Riparian forest. I don't know why google suggests these videos to me these landowners don't know anything about their property. Cut it down and build a McMansion.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    6 ай бұрын

    It's hard to know where to start with this one, lol. I am not really sure where else you would find a beaver dam for starters. They live in the water..... 🦫 🌊 🤔 Anyway. I remove beaver dams because that is part of my living. I get commissioned by our government to do this. I also offer services to private landowners as well, but I mainly work for our township. Now let's try to un boggle your mind a bit. The places you see me working are part of an engineered drainage system. The water levels in these waterways must be kept low or else things flood. Mainly roads, culverts, bridges, farm fields, homes, etc. Each of my videos are of the result of a flood complaint from one of the above-mentioned problems. I hope to get a drone eventually to better show this. We have an enormous protected beaver population here. I have a license and special permission to do this. Do you have any actual questions instead of ignorant statements? I choose the word "ignorant" carefully. I am not sure why you think my community doesn't know anything about our properties, but I assure you. You're wrong. I don't speak for everyone doing this, but these are reasons why I remove beaver dams.

  • @TurboLoveTrain

    @TurboLoveTrain

    6 ай бұрын

    @@geneplumley4136 "I remove beaver dams because that is part of my living. I get commissioned by our government to do this." Yes, that's what the guys working for Hitler said as well--just doing my job. I've seen municipalities all across the country fill wetlands and I've seen endless karens in urban dead zones complaining about nature encroaching on their manicured lawn. I understand what you do better than you do. Engineered drainage system is a government whitewash of an eradicated wetland. There is nothing more inconvenient to a developer than a wetland and ultimately you work for the developers, not the city, in eradicating these wetlands. I would ask what considerations are taken before obliterating riparian forests and wetlands but I already know the answer: how much money the landowner has or how connected the developer is.

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    6 ай бұрын

    You're trying to compare what I am doing to what Hiltler did??? Dude, that's terrible. You should be ashamed of yourself. That's shows such a terrible lack of respect for the holocaust. These are not wetlands nor subdivisions. I assure you, there are very few manicured lawns around here, 😆. Although, I have gone to sites where beavers were swimming across people's front lawns. Those beaver had to go. The places I am at are established and beavers have moved in and are causing property damage in one way or the other. You're trying to make it sound like I am killing the beavers so construction can begin. It's very manipulative and incorrect. How can you say that you know more about what I do, when don't really know what I do. It's so ignorant. You're unreal. To answer you actual question. "What considerations were taken?....." The landowner or whoever reports the problem, contacts the town. The drainage supervisor goes out to determine what the issue is and if it is or is not part of the drain system. If it is not considered part of the drain system then it is left alone. The landowner has to deal with it on their own. If it is part of the system then I get the call to go in. The only reason I get the job is because the existing water levels cannot rise in the area without causing existing property damage. So again, ignorant. I guess you didn't know the answer after all right. 😬. I am curious. What part of the world are you from? I am in Northern Ontario, Canada. 🇨🇦.

  • @giles-df9yu
    @giles-df9yu Жыл бұрын

    If not your property how do you get off trespassing on it??

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a bit of a strange question, lol. I am not trespassing if I am paid to be there?? This is my job.

  • @phillipmckinney7906
    @phillipmckinney7906 Жыл бұрын

    Why not just set the thing on fire

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    Жыл бұрын

    😆 🔥 🔥 🔥 The 🦫 's wouldn't know what to do, lol. Plus, it's pretty wet there.

  • @user-mm5mt8df9n
    @user-mm5mt8df9n2 ай бұрын

    GOOD SCOPING OUT THE AREA,NOW OFF TO WORK.ITS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN ,ALLWAY IN SMILES.STICKS,STICKS HAY BEVBERS LINHTEN UP, NO MORE STICKS HA.HOW IS THE WIFE AND KIDS THRESE DAYS? AS FOR THE WIFE AND i WE ARE FINE AND GETTING FAT.NO WORK AND ALL PLAY IN THE SLAKE DAYS,

  • @geneplumley4136

    @geneplumley4136

    2 ай бұрын

    Hey Louis, 👋 They are good. Don't get too fat now. You won't fit a canoe! Lol 🛶

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