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Muskrats - trapping winter rats under the ice #2838296
11/18/11 07:41 PM
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hey guys i was just wondering how you would set up a trap inside of the hut for muskrats with a foothold? would u put it on wire so they go out of there house and drownd? ive always traped them with conibears but found alot of new houses and dont have anuff conibears to trap all of them. any help will be greatly aprricated thanks.


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Re: trapping winter rats under the ice [Re: FoxTrapper98] #2838415
11/18/11 08:31 PM
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I use a #1 stoploss, I add about 6-8 inches of basic wire to what ever chain is on it, open the house up, and put the leghold about 2 inches back from the hole. The leg hold should be on the side of the house that has the biggest opening in it. If they are big houses they may have 2 or more exit's.
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Re: trapping winter rats under the ice [Re: FoxTrapper98] #2838490
11/18/11 09:00 PM
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thanks!


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Re: trapping winter rats under the ice [Re: FoxTrapper98] #2838526
11/18/11 09:22 PM
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i to would like to know about their huts and the ice.
i have seen some of the bigger huts that have two holes and some even more.

there is about about 10 inches to a foot of landing inside the hut between the two holes.

has any one ever set two traps inside, andwhat is your success on them? three in the bigger ones?

also the ice is just starting to freeze, and i have seen along a road way, where there is lake on one side and a smaller pond on the other. would they tunnel all the way under the road way from one side to the next?
even if its sand or rock?
also. i seelittle areas along the edge where it still looks like a rat run into the road way, that still has some water on top of ice. some are 15 to 20 feet apart, or more. would these be where muskrats, are tunneling under the roadway?

Re: trapping winter rats under the ice [Re: FoxTrapper98] #2838546
11/18/11 09:30 PM
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YOU can't open the house In Wisconsin.
You can cut a hole In the ice near the hut edge and then reach up through the plunge hole and place a trap In the hut. But you CAN"T access the inside of the hut above the water or the ice.
If you plan on doing this the small push ups are the ones to set.


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Re: trapping winter rats under the ice [Re: FoxTrapper98] #2838592
11/18/11 09:50 PM
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the beav thats wat i was talking about i think. this is only my 2nd year so i dont no much but the huts i trap only have 1 hole so im not quite sure if it is a push up or not but if it is a hut i guess im not doing that this year.


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Re: trapping winter rats under the ice [Re: FoxTrapper98] #2838648
11/18/11 10:13 PM
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I don't find alot of 2 hole houses, but when I do, I always double set it. Perhaps with a #1 Stop Loss and The other hole with a 110 conibear.
In the Manitoba Trapping Guide it states:
No Trapper shall break, probe or destroy a muskrat or beaver lodge. The same rules apply for a beaver dam.
Up here the DNR officer's are pretty flex on that rule because it's the best set to catch beaver. I can understand it being illegal to break in to a beaver lodge, you'd break such a big hole that it'd freeze em out possibly. We have to realize that some laws are really stupid, and that they can be broken. If you absoultly don't want to break in to the house.
Clean the snow off around the house, find out where the runs are then cut a hole in the ice, and mount a 110 on a stick and poke it down there diagonal of the run, if you understand me.
It is pretty hard to trap them outside the house in winter.

REGULATION UPDATED (2011-2012 Trapping Season):
Spear, probe, break or destroy a muskrat house, beaver lodge or beaver dam without authorization from the Minister of Conservation. A licensed trapper may probe or open a muskrat house in season for the purpose of trapping providing it is closed so the water entrance does not freeze.

Last edited by TheFurTrapper; 07/25/12 10:49 PM. Reason: Regulations Update

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