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Post by trapperrick on Jan 10, 2015 17:29:29 GMT -5
I caught my first muskrat of the season in a bottom edge set. Too bad the season ends tomorrow.  I decided to pull the rest of the sets since tomorrow is the last day. This is what happens when the water level drops and ice up begins on the bottom edge sets.   |
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Post by Dutch on Jan 10, 2015 19:50:13 GMT -5
Rats sure are rare compared to when I was growing up.
I remember we put 25 conibears at a pond. Checked them at 11 PM and had 24 rats. Next morning, had 10 more. Pulled the traps at that point to leave seed.
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Post by redarrow on Jan 10, 2015 20:53:48 GMT -5
I didn't trap for them the past two years on the stream that flows through our property because of so little sign. When I was growing up, every rock and log a the water's edge had droppings on it, now it's hard to find and sign of them at all.
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Post by trapperrick on Jan 10, 2015 21:10:36 GMT -5
Yes, muskrats are very rare these days. The traps were set primarily for mink but caught a muskrat. Last year I caught 3 which was the most I caught in a season in the 21st century. Back in the 1990's, I used to catch that many or more with only about 6 or 8 traps set in the creek behind the house where I used to live.
Sorry for the poor picture of the muskrat but I had to chop him out of the ice and even though I had gauntlets on, my hands were froze. |
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