Nuisance animals

[deadeer]

I read where it is ok for a landowner or tenant to take a beaver under the nuisance law. But can a "lesee" take one with written permission from the landowner that is damming up their drainage ditches? They asked if we would just go and shoot them dead right now, but I said we would have to check with DNR first. Wouldn't damming the ditches and flooding the crop fields be considered damaging property? Thanks for your response.

Jay

[morrison]

The landowner would need to contact the Division of Fish and Wildlife to obtain a FREE permit where he could list you as the person going to deal with the situation. The landowner could do this without a permit but since you are not the landowner, the permit would be required. Again, there would be no fee for this permit.