Video: This is What Blowing Up a Beaver Dam Looks Like

Tom Ainsworth of Manitoba’s Grandview Outfitters had a beaver problem.

In addition to his outfitting services, Ainsworth raises cattle. A local beaver dam had flooded some 40 acres of his pastureland, so he decided to take care of it using an interesting method: explosives.

Check out some footage of the explosion below. Thanks to Bernie Barringer for sharing the clip with us.

Per Bernie, “the blast threw debris 200 feet in the air and created a perfect channel to drain the 40 acres that were underwater.” The remaining beavers (and beaver remains) aren’t going to waste. They’ll be used as bait for Ainsworth’s bear hunts.

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