A Year In The Life - Day 104, September 2, 2014

Today signifies the first beaver castor mound set of 2014 that DIDN'T connect.  Up until now, 2014 was a 100% affair.  There always comes a time in late fall when the beavs say "enough" with that and get down to their more serious task at hand: storing up for the winter.  Who cares if there is an intruder around if you are going to starve, right?  Nonetheless, I think this 'zero' was more about the placement of the set than the timing.  Even though one had the chance to get in the trap beforehand, the mound was covered in mud overnight after the bank sloughed off during some rain and heavy wind.  Set is behind a log about 4-5 feet right of the lodge. We plan to set a bunch more at Kako camp this coming week, so those beavers better not have shut off yet...if so, this would be the earliest I've seen...