Re: Muskrat trapping question
[Re: Gary Benson]
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08/13/23 05:01 PM
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i checked the trap this morning to no luck but id still like to know
Henry
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
[Re: Henreeee0]
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08/13/23 06:33 PM
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I don't think a little fencing could hurt. There is lots of places for them to go other than right over the pan.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
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thanks in your opinion would you say this is a slide?
Henry
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
[Re: Henreeee0]
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thanks in your opinion would you say this is a slide? It could be but I don't pay much attention to rat sign in August.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
[Re: Henreeee0]
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08/13/23 07:13 PM
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Might want to readjust your trap ....have that dog at 3 O'Clock ...so the critter goes between the jaws.. ...and not ovah the jaw.
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
[Re: Nessmuck]
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It appears to me their is to much vegetation at the hole level to have been under water much, if at all. I would suspect mink den possibility. I would also center the trap directly under the hole at the water level with some blocking on both sides.
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
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08/13/23 09:10 PM
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no but this is on my land and they are eroding the banks by chewing roots and ive got permission from municipality
Henry
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
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thanks for the info I spotted one near it like maybe a meter or 2 away and it jumped in the water and disappeared in the holes area so my guess is they are still using it
Henry
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
[Re: Nessmuck]
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good idea but 3 or 9 because at 3 the longspring would come first and I think that would shift the trap
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
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good idea but 3 or 9 because at 3 the longspring would come first and I think that would shift the trap Not if you bed it solid.
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Re: Muskrat trapping question
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08/14/23 08:09 PM
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I've only trapping rats a few years, but I would say no, it is not a slide.... BUT they be going in a hole up there to cut roots for food. It also could be where a mink went into a hole either after mouse or muskrat. I am going to send you a PM so check them shortly.
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