Got plenty of 140 grain Berger VLD hunting bullets loaded up but am thinking I would do better with the 12 gauge and some, maybe, coyote loads for the beaver. Will likely have to shoot them while swimming ....... thinking it will be very unlikely to catch them sitting still for the 260 rifle. I know I could develop a better rifle load but it is hardly worth the effort. They attempted to invade some 12 or so years ago. We killed 2 of them and had not seen them again until now. They are building a "home" in the 3.5 acre pond and a log dam across the stream a ways down below the pond dam. The beaver dam has potential to flood a good size bottom that we have better uses for, other than a beaver pond.
I will take the rifle and shot gun and wait for them late in the afternoon. What shell would you get for the shot gun, size shot etc, and do you think the Berger 140 VLD hunting bullet will just pencil through without expanding? How would you approach this pest elimination project.
