Beaver Dam Removal Musky Bay 2023 #4

Well, day 4 was a wet one!! They can't all be nice days but I kind of like the rain...
I had an interesting visit from a hawk. He followed me in my truck the whole way out of the bush, so I got out and caught some pictures.
Until the next one. Stay dry.
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[@2sillygrams]

Another amazing relaxing video again for all of us thanks to you Gene! From the sound of the water to the beautiful birds and scenery at the end! Well done! 😊🤩

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Cheryl. I appreciate that. 🙏

[@camel1945]

Nice work, nice rain, nice water flow thanks!!

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks! 🌧 🌦 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

[@martinmarsola6477]

Another fine dismantling today. Great water flow! See you on the next, Gene! ❤🙂👍🇺🇸

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Martin, 👍 🦫 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🦫

[@MarkHarding-sd1wg]

Fantastic once again rhe wild life is beautiful till the next one lad take care 🙂

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Mark! 🌧 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊

[@user-zv1re7ne1l]

I realy like your work gene ,good job ,but its cold and have a rain,take care your self gene ,god bless you ,god guide you ❤

[@geneplumley4136]

Thank you, Avelina. 🙏 It's fun and I enjoy it. I just keep moving to stay warm, 💪. Take care.

[@lightwavz]

Where I grew up, we would've called that rain a frog strangler, or a gully washer, or just said that it was plain old pissing down rain! Thanks for this one. It was both great fun as well as incredibly relaxing!

[@lightwavz]

Big thumbs up on the rock collecting too! Looks like some great puddingstone there as well as others!

[@geneplumley4136]

Hey, lightwavz, 👋 It didn't let up at all. Lol 🌧 🌦 ⛈️ I kind of like the rain, definitely not every day, though. Having the right gear helps. Thanks, I have always collected rocks and finally got some rock polishers. 🪨 There were no pudding stones, but definitely some cool ones. I might go for a drive one day just to go get some of those. I did get a chunk of epidote, though! 👍🤓

[@lightwavz]

​@@geneplumley4136epidote is a good one! My father worked in a geology lab and took me rock-hounding through my childhood. I wish I had all those finds from way back when, but I might need a museum to put them all in. 😂

[@geneplumley4136]

​@@lightwavzThat's really neat. I still have quite a few rocks from my childhood. Now I can do something with them. I find myself picking them up everywhere. Lol.

[@user-bq3gs6ke6u]

Nice work. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Tucker!! 🦫 💥 🌊 🌊 🌊

[@dalehalliday3578]

nice contrast seeing you working in the rain. Good job!

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Dale. I rather enjoy the rain, just not every day. 🌧 🌦 ⛈️ 🦫 🦫 🦫

[@deeanderson4440]

LOL I would be picking up rocks too if I were there 😊 I saw some really nice looking ones when you were panning the camera around 😉 Great job clearing the dam 😊

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Dee. I got into rock polising a while back. I have 2 rotary tumblers going and 2 vibratory ones. 🪨 🪨 🪨 It's funny how often the beavers use rocks in their dams.

[@deeanderson4440]

@@geneplumley4136Nice, that is fun to do. Rocks can be very addicting LOL and yes, I have seen many dams removed that had rocks. The beavers aren't messing around 😅

[@sophiagavra2872]

Very good job 👍

[@geneplumley4136]

Thank you, Sophia, 👍 🌧 🦫 🌧

[@jeffreylowry7984]

Now that's what I'm talking about!!!! These other sissies tear a hole in the middle and let it drain. You make the 🦫🦫🦫 work 4 their swimming holes. 👍👍🤠🤠🤣🤣

[@geneplumley4136]

Hey Jeffery, 👋 Yes! I make them work for it, lol. 🦫 💥 🌊 🌊 🌊

[@markleonard-pe3os]

Nevermind you told us at end Thanks !

[@geneplumley4136]

👍 🪨

[@linato1855]

Breakfast with Gene today! Same miserable weather here for days on my newly Magic Sanded 40x30ft. paver side patio and it wasn’t in the forecast until yesterday. Strong resolve in being out there and good job. I noticed some little pieces of granite stones in that water, I know it’s a common find up north. Hope you have a bailout bucket in the canoe! 🤪👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@geneplumley4136]

Good morning, Lina. 🥚 🍳 🥓 🍞 🌧 oh no. I hope it didn't wash away all the magic sand. That is a big area to cover. Thank you, I don't mind the rainy days. It helps to have the right gear 💪. Yes, we have lots of granite up here. I also found a lot of quarts and even a chunk of epidote. I took at least half of a 5 gallon pail from here over a couple of weeks. No bail-out bucket, haha. I just had to tip it over, 🛶 🌊. The 🌞 came out for the next one....

[@linato1855]

@@geneplumley4136, thank you…I do hope I don’t have to redo all that work, especially with the pressure washer turning me into a mud statue! 🤮 I do have some huge granite pieces given to me by a relative, in my flower garden. 🥰

[@kokudou399]

さすがにオンタリオの雨は冷たそうです、風邪をひかないよう気をつけてください

[@geneplumley4136]

Thank you, 🙏. I keep moving so I stay warm. 👍

[@user-vy8lp1zv8z]

That looks cold , dam cold?😮

[@geneplumley4136]

It's all about having the right gear and clothing, 💪. Oh, and just keep moving... lol Since recording, I noticed that I move much quicker in the rain.

[@excession3076]

Hi Gene, You need a nice hot bath after being out in the rain all day. Oh and if you are looking out for rocks, keep your eyes peeled for some ***GOLD***. (You have gold in Canada don't you? All those crazy gold rushes we learn about, men starving in the wilderness and eating their shoes...that type of thing. Plus there's a whole genre of YT videos about gold prospecting. Something to keep in mind should the beavers go on strike, lol.)

[@geneplumley4136]

Sounds good!!, 🛁 🛀 I have been looking, 👀. We have lots of quarts around here too, so hopefully, I find some one day. I watched some of those prospecting videos a while back. I like the ones where they pull it out of streams. Wetsuit, goggles, and just keep moving rocks and looking. Some of them do pretty well.

[@markleonard-pe3os]

What do keep throwing in canoe?

[@geneplumley4136]

Rocks! This stream has an unusual amount on nice rocks. 🪨

[@georgelane6350]

Are these specifically drainage ditches rather than streams?

[@geneplumley4136]

Hi George. 👋 Great question. Some of these places are completely man made. Dug with equipment and all. This system is a natural water way. But it is deemed a municipal drain. Meaning it's critical for it to stay open and moving. Many properties and hiways cross it/drain into it, and if the levels rise, bad stuff happens. It also prevents private landowners from blocking access to the drain. Maybe they decide they like high water and beavers. But upstream, it's flooding someone's cash crop, or flooding roads & homes.

[@dalehalliday3578]

I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for the added info. @@geneplumley4136

[@georgelane6350]

@@geneplumley4136 thanks for the detailed reply! I agree that it's critical to keep these drains open. It would be awesome to see some of these municipal drains changed back to wetlands, but we need to undo a lot of historic engineering first!

[@allanpeters4403]

Any color in those rocks??

[@geneplumley4136]

Hi Alan, 👋 Yes, there were some quarts, pyrite, granite, green rocks, and even a chunk of epidote.

[@suesmith7267]

What is in the river 😢 stays in the 😢 river not on the field🎉

[@geneplumley4136]

Well, I didn't get paid to go do this because it was fun.....🙄 A farmer literally had to call our township and go in there to file a complaint. That's what gets me sent there. I hope to get a drone one day to better show this. Just to be clear, you're wrong.....The water was absolutely flooding farm fields. 🚜 Yes, fields. As in more than just one filed/property. A beaver dam can affect properties miles upstream of the drain. One foot of water rising here can travel inland for miles. If you have any actual questions, let me know.