Richer Dam Pull 4 (real-time)

Here is a pretty big beaver dam that I will remove by hand. The beavers have been removed and it is time to lower that water so the farmer can harvest his hay.
This one is for you(s) ‪@KatherineUribe-1‬ ‪@kevinheard8364‬ No music, just the sound of water lol.

[@erikacurran6811]

Another amazing video.. sending love all the way from England ❤

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Erika! 🦫 ❤️ 💪 🌊

[@margaretckamaka5552]

WOW Awesome hard work Thank you🌺🇺🇸🌴💯Aloha young man👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@geneplumley4136]

Your welcome, thanks for watching. 😁

[@williampfaff4647]

Your RAKE....NEEDS TO BE TOUGHER !!!!

[@kenball8526]

You have the same work ethic as the beaver! Great video, thanks

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Ken. 💪 🦫

[@igotmeonthis]

Great job. Real time is great. U r appreciated. Hope for more

[@geneplumley4136]

Thank you....and thank you lol. There will be more, 👍

[@vinceglauser4770]

I love beaver dam removal. You did good pulling out that big log in the middle.

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks Vince. You never know what you are going to find in a beaver dam. Thanks for watching.

[@user-zv1re7ne1l]

Good job gene ,take care godbless❤

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Avelina! 🙏

[@camel1945]

Hey man this really amazing and hard work thanks!! The Water flows that's nice!!

[@geneplumley4136]

Thank you. I am very lucky to have this job.

[@ntybeauty4588]

awesome job i'm clearing the damn. enjoying your videos. Thanks for the😁👋👋🤙🤙 content.

[@geneplumley4136]

Thank you for the comments, much appreciated. I love my job.

[@maxallen-macdonald8791]

Job very well done! I would have trenched it first where the water was already leaking through in the hopes that the pressure would have blown out the middle but that might not have worked anyway. I noticed towards the end where you stomped around on the top, the mud liquified and washed away with just the pressure of your feet so well done. Great video!

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks. I do have a method lol. It really depends on how much water I have to work with. I usually remove all the debris on the back of the dam first. It is hard to pull those sticks out once the water is flowing. Plus it keeps it out of the drainge ditch down stream. We are on clay pretty much everywhere here. The dams vary rarely let go. Once the sticks are gone that's when I use my feet to try to move the clay using the current of the water. It I had a helper I would have removed more from the back of the dam first. It makes the job easier as you go. Thanks for watching.

[@teresal5959]

Very good job!!!!! Your a very hard worker!!! Ignore negative comments!!

[@geneplumley4136]

Thank you. I don't mind the comments. It is a good opportunity to expand context and spread a little education. I much prefer one like yours though, 😉 Thanks for watching

[@natalieb.8548]

How do you keep fighting this!? One step at a time I guess! Awesome work you do! 😎

[@geneplumley4136]

Well, it sure beats a real job!!! 😆. Thanks! 🦫 🪵 💥 🌊 🌊 🌊

[@KatherineUribe-1]

Well, thank you! I'm honored! Good work, my friend.😊👍

[@geneplumley4136]

Your welcome, thanks for watching.

[@jeffreylowry7984]

Gotta tell you Gene, you're the man. I'm 66 and I would love to be doing that with you. You have the best channel I subscribe to. I'm guessing by your AY that your in Canada. Seen Musky Bay, but have no idea where it's at. Could you elaborate more. Keep going strong and have a great Xmas bro.

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, Jeffery. It's a lot of fun. Yes, 🇨🇦 lol. I am in Northern Ontario. Will do, 💪. Same to you and yours. I have to get back out there soon. 🦫 🦫 🦫

[@dolorescoelho4282]

Best video EVER❤❤❤❤

[@geneplumley4136]

Thank you. That was a big one!! 🦫 🦫 🦫

[@hdlim8753]

there is a similarity amount Gene Plumley and mstech86: they clear the beaver dam 100% clean!

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks for noticing. He has some good videos, 👍

[@sumaleekruwang1597]

👏👏👏👏❤️

[@geneplumley4136]

☀️ 🦫 🙏

[@cristinarocha9263]

Parabéns!!!!!! Um ótimo trabalho.....maravilhoso !

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks, it is a lot of fun.

[@lisavilanova1184]

This was a massive damn great job. How old do you think this damn was? Because these beavers definitely weren't playing around when they built this one.

[@geneplumley4136]

Thank you. Quite a while. I was there 3 years ago and it was there then as well. At least I got to paddle downstream on the way out. It was a good day.

[@ExSheriffFattyBoySkinnyArms]

This guy must really wanna go fishing!

[@geneplumley4136]

I definitely see fish go by all the time! Thanks for watching.

[@johnlaforte700]

👍👍👏😊😎🙏❤️

[@geneplumley4136]

Thanks John, 💪

[@joshsinko76]

Start taking you some half and quarter sticks of dynamite with you. Would only take long enough for you to strike the lighter. Well that's how we do it down here in Mississippi anyway lol

[@geneplumley4136]

Sounds like fun. I can't buy that here or I likely would lol. (Need a license). Thanks for watching.

[@purabolea3744]

You do need help plus it's safer in two's, they must have had that one up a long time when you get through take great care of that amount of water it's a powerful force and let that power take on and do its thing learn when to step back and appreciate What you have done for land owners owners and the environment saving other animals together clean water in essential.

[@geneplumley4136]

Hi Pura. It was definitely a few years old. You are right about the water being powerful. I will get washed away one of these days. Hopefully while filming lol. Thanks for watching.

[@kayannefojtasek4198]

Beavers are so destructive, causing so much damage and flooding.

[@geneplumley4136]

They definitely know how to change a landscape and offer a different view. 😆

[@dionmartin3218]

So I know they weave the sticks, but the mud gets deposited by the beavers as well? I'd say you are lucky they don't sniper.

[@geneplumley4136]

Hello, Yes the beavers pack the dam with mud, clay and rocks as well. They dig long tunnels into the banks as well for additional places to live as opposed to just their beaver huts. It all usually gets added to the dam. Lol, if they did I am sure I would be part of a dam somewhere by now 😆 Thanks for watching

[@trebormx50]

How long did it take the beaver to rebuild the 4 dams that you destroyed

[@geneplumley4136]

The beavers were gone before the dams got pulled. If they were still there.....pretty quick. Thanks for watching.

[@jdsmotoadventures3956]

Normally I’d be all up for tearing down one but just think of the ecosystem they create.. fish habitat. Birds and frogs.. just saying not always a bad thing

[@geneplumley4136]

I get it but hear me out.... This is municipal drain responsible for draining water from roads and farm fields. I got called here due to the farmer not being able to harvest their hay because it was now under water. The water is still there for the other animals that live there. It flows year round. I just returned it to the level it was before the beavers moved in. It may not look like it but this water runs parallel to a road. A few more inches higher and the roads people use to access their homes would be under water as well.

[@LouisJones-bp6wg]

HELLOW GENE, WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR A DAM BUST. THIS IS A LONG HARD ONE, MABY A 2 PART ONE.🛶

[@geneplumley4136]

Hey Lois, 👋 It was a nice day. There are a few feet of snow here now. 🥶 🧊 ☃️ We will see if they come back in the spring. I can't wait for the warmer weather.

[@marilynhemingway5219]

Anybody have a few sticks of dynamite they don't need?(LOL).

[@geneplumley4136]

😆 I will get my hands on some one day, haha. 💣 💥 🦫 💥 🌊 🌊 🌊

[@tinawilliams4284]

Everything has a right to life , even beavers , the habitat they create is awesome, it encourages other wildlife to exist where we selfish humans that we are have destroyed everything we touch , we destroy for our own selfish gain ,beavers do so to survive, we have persecuted them for centuries maybe it’s time for a rethink , it’s time humanity took a good hard look at itself !!

[@geneplumley4136]

Correct you are right, everything has a right to life. Unfortunately these particular beavers took up residence in a municipal drain causing farm fields to flood. If left unchecked the road was next. All the wild life that was there is still there, except the beavers. The water was just returned to the level it was before they recently raised it. The water flows year round there. We have the right to survive as well. We are dependant on food, travel, infrastructure and shelter. This is not destroying for selfish gain, it is surviving. We NEED our food, the ability to travel and access to our homes/shelters. For the people who live along this road their shelter, income and food was getting affected.

[@tinawilliams4284]

@@geneplumley4136 that I understand. And I applaud you for that answer ,but I am concerned about the indiscriminate destruction that is happening where it is not strictly necessary ,I fully understand clearing drainage ditches to keep farmland productive , but while we do have to eat to exist , so do other creatures , we as human beings seem to have forgotten that , and that is so sad as we are not so slowly destroying our own environment as well.

[@geneplumley4136]

@@tinawilliams4284 Not gonna lie, I was dreading your response, lol. We seem to agree for the most part. I am glad to live where I do, we have lots of space to co-exist. At least where I live these beavers are pretty well protected. I have to hold a license and stick to strict quotas to manage the population. Believe me, we have a very healthy population, lol. I grew up in the city (Toronto, Canada) so when I moved north to a small town it was a shock. I completely understand what you mean by destroying our environment. I am never going back, lol Cheers, nice talk. 👍

[@kayannefojtasek4198]

They also destroy crops, and forests . They have no place on farms, or urban areas !

[@geneplumley4136]

@@kayannefojtasek4198 HI, They can certainly be hard to deal with when they are damaging your property... I enjoy spending time with them though.

[@LouisJones-bp6wg]

I AM WITH YOU GENE I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU BEFORE, ON THIS DAY YOU TOOK OUT THE WHOLE DAM. I KNOW YOU REMEMBER ME WON'TING A RIDE IN YOU BOAT. GENE I BELEAVE I SEEN SOME ONE ELSE ON THIS SAME DAM.IT'S LOOKING REAL GOOD MABY YOU CAN TAKE A TRIP DOWN STREAM, THAT SURE IS SOME CLEAR WATER EXCEPT, WHEN HE STIRS UP THE MUD.🦮🛶💎

[@geneplumley4136]

Hey Louis 👋 I do remember, lol 🛶 Soon enough, I will be out there again. 🥶 it is -32 here right now.