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Muskrats - rats in farm ponds
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11/21/11 08:18 PM
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k. miller
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headed east for a four check coon/rat line.... i have one dozen 11os and some ought jumps for rats... need some ideas for open pond rat trapping with the jump traps... will have runs covered with the conis... no huts or feed beds so set footholds on... open water ponds
anybody ever just drive a 4' piece of rebar and wrap no. 9 wire around it and leave enough for the little trap to set on right under the waters edge and then just wire some corn or apple to the rebar????
take me to where the blacktop ends.. then go further with me
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Re: rats in farm ponds
[Re: k. miller]
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11/21/11 08:45 PM
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muskrat floats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect situation for them, can be make in 10 minutes with some scrap lumber! Look in the archives
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Re: rats in farm ponds
[Re: k. miller]
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11/21/11 08:53 PM
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Or simply slick some mud up on the bank and set your trap in front of it, stake in deep water.
Mantei 2012-2013 Trapping Catches/Goals Muskrat-114/614 Mink-6/2 Coyote-5/1 Beaver-0/5 Weasel-2/2 Raccoon-4/5 Skunk-2/5 Rabbit-3/0
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Re: rats in farm ponds
[Re: k. miller]
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11/21/11 08:55 PM
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not sure what the regs are there but if the rats have huts thats a good place
you just cant fix stupid!!!!! not even with duck tape
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Re: rats in farm ponds
[Re: k. miller]
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11/21/11 09:47 PM
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more than likely the rats are eating roots along the bank or grasses set them spots with a 1 1/2 coil or 11 some that will drown em quick and hold the blundering coon if he happens by
you just cant fix stupid!!!!! not even with duck tape
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Re: rats in farm ponds
[Re: k. miller]
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11/21/11 10:34 PM
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ya can mock up a feedbed. kick in a flat spot for your foot trap attach to drowners; pull up some grass wash off the rots pile em in front of traps-attractors anise or carrot oil or your favorit rooty tooty rat lure.
Gone will be those whom have allowed themselves to be disillusioned beyond their primal instincts.
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Re: rats in farm ponds
[Re: k. miller]
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11/21/11 10:53 PM
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I've had good luck with platform sets, limited success with floats.
The muskrats around here tunnel into the bank to make their dens which is why there aren't any huts; the dens will have 2 or 3 runs coming from them with one being the main run. if you can identify the main run and put a colony trap on that run you can catch 2 or 3 at a time.
setting the approaches to feeding areas can be good too.
Town & Country Wildlife Control www.towncountry.bizHusker by birth, Cyclone by choice, Kansas because you have to make a living somewhere.
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Re: rats in farm ponds
[Re: furgotten]
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11/21/11 11:05 PM
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ya can mock up a feedbed. kick in a flat spot for your foot trap attach to drowners; pull up some grass wash off the rots pile em in front of traps-attractors anise or carrot oil or your favorit rooty tooty rat lure. x's 2
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Re: rats in farm ponds
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11/21/11 11:08 PM
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michael_obrien
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Kirk,
I am not sure if i was you id be building floats for this fall. the post set you speak of seems to work well.
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Re: rats in farm ponds
[Re: k. miller]
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11/22/11 12:20 AM
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no huts mo'trapper
just farm ponds with runs in the dam.... wish i had more 110s but no reason to have them in the desert LOL If you have dens left and run out of 110's, just set a jump up inside the den entrance and wire to deeper water. Their feet are still touching the bottom when they are coming out of the den. I have caught hundreds of 'rats with footholds in dens, long before I ever heard of a Conibear.
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Re: rats in farm ponds
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11/22/11 12:54 PM
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[quote=k. miller]If you have dens left and run out of 110's, just set a jump up inside the den entrance and wire to deeper water. Their feet are still touching the bottom when they are coming out of the den. I have caught hundreds of 'rats with footholds in dens, long before I ever heard of a Conibear. Or make a pocket set. Rats love holes. Dig a pocket or kick the bank at the waterline w/ your boot. A little rat lure back in the pocket and place a foothold in front like Bismuth said.
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Re: rats in farm ponds
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11/22/11 12:59 PM
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muskrat floats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect situation for them, can be make in 10 minutes with some scrap lumber! Look in the archives Don't go all crazy now. Floats don't work everywhere. Not all rats are SD rats. Some won't climb onto a float to save their lives. They won't here...and I/ve caught plenty of rats off floats. Pockets if you have the bank for it will take most rats most places.
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Re: rats in farm ponds
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11/22/11 03:00 PM
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muskrat floats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect situation for them, can be make in 10 minutes with some scrap lumber! Look in the archives Don't go all crazy now. Floats don't work everywhere. Not all rats are SD rats. Some won't climb onto a float to save their lives. They won't here...and I/ve caught plenty of rats off floats. Pockets if you have the bank for it will take most rats most places. the first rat you catch with a coni take and rub his butt all over your float that and their turds are pretty good lure
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