Beaver scent mound.

[nastygunz]

This is a pic of a beaver scent mound I took:

Scent Mounds (or Castor piles): How a beaver marks territory. The piles are started by placing mud and leaves in a clump in a prominent area near the pond, and then a yellowish substance is deposited on the top if it. This substance is called castoreum and is secreted from a scent gland near the tail. If you find a scent mound, smell it. This is a sure sign that there are beavers in the area.

[FinsnFur]

Interesting, but I'll pass on the scratch and sniff part. Thankyouverymuch

[nastygunz]

Jimbo if you have a weak nose give it a little lick...tastes just like butterscotch......

[Silencer]

I duck hunted a swamp last fall that stunk sooo bad of beaver scent my buddy was gaging   
Bear tracks were everywhere, I think ole blacky wanted some beaver.   

[Coulter]

Ah yes....nothing better than the smell of fresh castor in the morning.

[Okanagan]

Very interesting.  Thank you.  I've seen those before and knew that a beaver had worked on the pile but did not know what they were.  My nose does not work, hardly ever.  That's often a blessing.

[FinsnFur]

I just got back from a little river bank tour. I've never realized what they were either, and your right they do taste like butterscoth when you lick them. That is so weird. 

[HaMeR]

I just got back from a little river bank tour. I've never realized what they were either, and your right they do taste like butterscoth when you lick them. That is so weird. 

  I can't believe you actually got away from the computer & went outside Jim. 

[FinsnFur]

I can't either....but I really went to work. shhhh

[HaMeR]

 

[Todd Rahm]

I was fishing a remote lake one year and had very little camp space, so I set up on the bank right next to a castor mound that was probably 2-3 wide at the bottom and about 20 inches tall. Well our sleeping bags were on the only real dry spots and as the evening went on and it got chilly, I started looking for a place to build a fire. I ended up kicking the top off the castor mound and building the fire on top of it. I think I fell asleep in my bag around 2:30 AM with the fire still going and I woke up around 5:30 or 6:00 AM to what I thought was my fire smoldering out. Well it was................with help. The fire must have died down enough that one angry beaver came in and re built the mound, right over the top of the what was left of my fire, and only feet away from where we slept.  I never heard or seen that sucker either.

[5 SHOTS]

Jimbo if you have a weak nose give it a little lick...tastes just like butterscotch......

Do you know if they are fattening? I should start watching my calories. 

[FinsnFur]

I think were gonna need some breath mints