Inefficient, I agree to disagree. In an almost froze out marsh situation, you ain't planting green poles or plotting strategic bodygrips, no way, no how! Even if you magically found an ice chambered run down into the depths of a mud tunnel, how many mushrats will that lead too? How many spear holes are you willing to cut out in a day? The goal is to manage the surplus population by any legal means necessary. And to be honest, if my fingers were physically fit, I would be demanding 100/125 day checks. No different than open water. Keep it rolling 4 months straight!

If I am considered in the banana belt, south east Wisconsin is the tropics! Totally different in many ways.

A bit invasive? Are you looking for a pet muskrat? I have the upmost respect for you Chris, you are a true trapper, and wealth of hidden information... and between you, Rich, and Steve, I have been very fortunate to pick up the cookie trail left behind. But I know when is enough to stop asking. Time will learn me the rest I suppose.

Now if I can only succeed in persuasion, us Minnesota hut busters might finally be learned in the many things revolved around the true spring thaw, floats and all.

YoY! What a difference 4 months does.



Not sure I seen such semetric leather detail on a triple juvie.

Rich, your words ring truer than I think you realize!

Just remember like the Beaver says he two step traps, but really it's like 50 steps, I would be happy to be be your old broken bone crutch!

Still want that battle axe hut buster! Been sitting on a skol Vikings helmet just waiting to plunder!

Nimzy, sign me up for lessons! I need to see this 80 rats/day thru 20" cloudy ice with a ft of snow on top of it, with a tubfull of rusty 110;s Boy scout hatchet or a dull jiffy ice chisle?

I found one deal im gonna have on boat next year....theyve got undercoatings, real slick stuff for air boats but mudmotor guys are using now too,,,,gator glide and frogg snot are 2 brands.....

down here, what ive seen youd be better off having traps UNDERWATER for most part, they just dont climb out on stuff like up north as much, and for sure will avoid a fair amount of traps sitting above water....or i should say, climb up on something not quite natural to them in their habitat....they will eventually, but takes them a while to get used to it....but theyll still avoid uncovered traps and more climb up on the center of float to avoid them