Water Trapping Archive


No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers *** No Politics
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum


~Catalog~

Print Thread
Hop To
Question about muskrat hutches #860891
09/01/08 12:06 PM
09/01/08 12:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 207
Ohio
B
behcon Offline OP
trapper
behcon  Offline OP
trapper
B

Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 207
Ohio
I did some pre-season scouting of an area I trap rats at. All the rat hutches were gone and the marsh water was extremely low. Do rats stay in hutches year round? Build them in them fall only?

I'm trying to make sense of what is up and whether I need to scout again in the fall.


Coons
Coyotes
Skunk
Opossum
Fox
Mink
Muskrats
Re: Question about muskrat hutches [Re: behcon] #860900
09/01/08 12:12 PM
09/01/08 12:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,639
Scottville, Michigan, US
D
Dostal Offline
trapper
Dostal  Offline
trapper
D

Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,639
Scottville, Michigan, US
I see them in the hutches more in the winter. But if I were you I'd check for bank dens. As for scouting again I'd come out about a month before season starts.

Re: Question about muskrat hutches [Re: Dostal] #860959
09/01/08 01:17 PM
09/01/08 01:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,264
Lakeland,Minnesota
B
Bogmaster Offline
trapper
Bogmaster  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,264
Lakeland,Minnesota
Most of the rat HUTS, are destroyed by spring flooding and rains. Geese and ducks also help beat them down,by nesting on them.
The new huts are built in the fall, you probably have at least a month before they get going on them.
Tom


If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping.
Tom Olson
MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
Re: Question about muskrat hutches [Re: upstateNY] #860971
09/01/08 01:24 PM
09/01/08 01:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,639
Scottville, Michigan, US
D
Dostal Offline
trapper
Dostal  Offline
trapper
D

Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,639
Scottville, Michigan, US
bogmaster we call em hutches here

Re: Question about muskrat hutches [Re: Dostal] #860985
09/01/08 01:43 PM
09/01/08 01:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,264
Lakeland,Minnesota
B
Bogmaster Offline
trapper
Bogmaster  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,264
Lakeland,Minnesota
We call them huts or houses.
Yes NY,hutches here,are where the special dishes are kept.Or where rabbits are kept.
Were Starsky and Hutch muskrat trappers?
Tom


If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping.
Tom Olson
MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
Re: Question about muskrat hutches [Re: Bogmaster] #861064
09/01/08 02:56 PM
09/01/08 02:56 PM

G
gil turner
Unregistered
gil turner
Unregistered
G



dostal, no we dont.lol.just hacken on ya dostal. what ever gets your point across.

Re: Question about muskrat hutches [Re: ] #861070
09/01/08 02:57 PM
09/01/08 02:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,639
Scottville, Michigan, US
D
Dostal Offline
trapper
Dostal  Offline
trapper
D

Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,639
Scottville, Michigan, US
lol gil your in south michigan((I think))
we rednecks say alot of weird things lol

Re: Question about muskrat hutches [Re: ] #861106
09/01/08 03:31 PM
09/01/08 03:31 PM

G
gil turner
Unregistered
gil turner
Unregistered
G



CT cant do that in michigan, we can set on the house. but not molest it. dostal I am almost a buckeye, bout 20 miles from the border.

Re: Question about muskrat hutches [Re: ] #861112
09/01/08 03:35 PM
09/01/08 03:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,639
Scottville, Michigan, US
D
Dostal Offline
trapper
Dostal  Offline
trapper
D

Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,639
Scottville, Michigan, US
Figured you were right down there. Thats right we cant molest a ((House)) in any way

Re: Question about muskrat hutches [Re: Dostal] #861952
09/02/08 08:09 AM
09/02/08 08:09 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 714
PA
M
Mike Taylor Offline
trapper
Mike Taylor  Offline
trapper
M

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 714
PA
Here in Pa.we call them muskrat houses, except for the larger ones......they are apartments.

Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

Moderated by  Wolfdog91 

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1