sets muskrats on a big river
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02/13/24 07:46 PM
02/13/24 07:46 PM
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That.darn.coon
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what kind of set do you guys use on a big, slow moving river? The only muskrat trapping I do is in ditches and in marshes and i just set bank dens and toilets.
******* I save my sick days, because come winter, I'm gonna have a bad case of trappin fever *******
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Re: sets muskrats on a big river
[Re: That.darn.coon]
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02/13/24 08:57 PM
02/13/24 08:57 PM
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slides, undercut banks, toilets... maybe bait/kure sets on a fake slick spot..
Deep in the heart of Appalachia....
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Re: sets muskrats on a big river
[Re: That.darn.coon]
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02/13/24 09:07 PM
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If open water & much fluctuating water, as most rivers can be, a FLOAT is the way to go. Tie off to a low overhanging tree limb or bush or whatever your river offers.
Some of my largest rats come out of the rivers
TILL THAT DAY.....
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Re: sets muskrats on a big river
[Re: patrapperbuster]
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02/13/24 09:10 PM
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If open water & much fluctuating water, as most rivers can be, a FLOAT is the way to go. Tie off to a low overhanging tree limb or bush or whatever your river offers.
Some of my largest rats come out of the rivers Float is a good point especially when you get those side creeks and other little still areas where the water barely moves..
Deep in the heart of Appalachia....
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Re: sets muskrats on a big river
[Re: SNIPERBBB]
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02/14/24 01:56 PM
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Until the racoons find them! I would be okay with a few of them. They might bring a buck or two more than the rat.
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Re: sets muskrats on a big river
[Re: That.darn.coon]
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02/14/24 03:15 PM
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I wish I had marsh's to trap but I dont. I creek and big water trap so I have to anchor everything like it will hold a coon or even beaver
Deep in the heart of Appalachia....
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Re: sets muskrats on a big river
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02/14/24 04:27 PM
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I wish I had marsh's to trap but I dont. I creek and big water trap so I have to anchor everything like it will hold a coon or even beaver still get random raccoons and beaver in marshes.
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Re: sets muskrats on a big river
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02/14/24 05:11 PM
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I wish I had marsh's to trap but I dont. I creek and big water trap so I have to anchor everything like it will hold a coon or even beaver still get random raccoons and beaver in marshes. oh no doubt, just wish I had marsh's.. This will sound funny to some guys but one of my dream trapping trips is a trip somehwere I can trap a big marsh for rats, maybe a week.. I love rat trapping maybe above all else but I live in a declining population where its all creeks.. Once those creeks were all lined with corn fields but not now...So a week just trapping a big marsh for rats would be a bucket list trip for me
Deep in the heart of Appalachia....
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