This is an excerpt from Tom Berg’s article “Paddling for Muskrats,” which appeared in the November 2013 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Tom Berg Obviously, the first item on your gear list should be a stable canoe. Any canoe … [Read More]
Muskrat Trapping
Fur Handling 101: Skinning Your Catch
By Jim Spencer Well-prepared, properly stretched and dried fur pelts are usually worth more than green fur, but a poorly handled pelt is worth far less because there aren’t any do-overs. Here’s a step-by-step guide for getting it right.
Muskrat Bites Miniature Dachshund
A tangle with a muskrat nearly cost Nathan, a miniature dachshund, his life. The dog, who is owned by Robert and Michele Bashore, of Pittsburgh, suffered a severe bite wound close to the jugular from the encounter with the ‘rat. … [Read More]
Illinois Adds Muskrat Season
There was good news for trappers in Illinois earlier this week as legislation passed to create a spring muskrat trapping season. Prairie State Outdoors has the details: Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation creating a muskrat trapping season in Illinois. … [Read More]
Muskrat Slump Has Experts Stumped
From DemocratandChronicle.com According to various studies, the trapping harvest of muskrats in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic region is down 75 percent to 80 percent since the early 1980s. New York’s harvest fell from 539,196 in 1982-83 to 108,324 in 2007-08, … [Read More]
Addressing Nuisance Muskrats
This video from the Missouri Department of Conservation will show you how to identify nuisance muskrats and how to trap them. [Read More]
Gang Setting vs. Blitz Trapping
Here’s the buzz on two multiple-set techniques that help savvy trappers take more fur. [Read More]
Indiana Man Traps White Muskrat
A 71-year-old Indiana man trapped a white muskrat recently. He says he has trapped for 60 years and this is the first he’s trapped like it. From the article, it sounds like it was not fully albino, but a white … [Read More]
The Accidental Long Liner – Part I
Those that catch the full-time trapping bug are anything but “normal.” [Read More]
Muskrat Gets Too Close to Dam
Submitted by Corey Graff, Online Editor On a half-frozen mill pond near my home in Central Wisconsin, I spotted this friendly little muskrat basking on an ice shelf. As I began to shoot photos of the ‘rat, I realized it … [Read More]
