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Offline Bogmaster

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MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« on: May 26, 2009, 05:17:26 AM »
 It seems that Muskrats were the best producing fur, this last season.Just wondering,how many of you guys are going to get wet this coming season?
 Tom
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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2009, 12:56:38 PM »
Got salt water in me veins. Just gota go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2009, 03:39:17 PM »
This coming season the southern opener is 2 weeks latter than the north. So I plan to run a rat-mink line north of the dividing line till the south zone opens. If I stay in the south zone the only things open are raccoon, skunk, and opossum.
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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2009, 05:32:07 PM »
Been seeing rats swimming around on ponds.  Didnt get many spring bvr trapping this spring but buggers were chewing the poplar bait...
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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2009, 02:57:44 AM »
since we moved a right smart closer to the lake i am aiming to trap it pretty hard for rats if the water stays in it.
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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2009, 04:21:27 AM »
I'm sure ill hit it again, got close to  close to 4.00 avg bucks on bigger rats, i just dont want to have weather in 80s.

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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2009, 02:08:00 PM »
yes  just dipped 18 new duke stoploss  only 19 weeks until the northern wi zone open
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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2009, 02:02:18 AM »
Not trying to steal or start a new topic, but I will anyway. LOL. With all the talk of rats. What do you put them up on? I was using wire, but tried some wood and liked how they turned out.
Shawn
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2009, 04:30:38 AM »
 When my friend,Mike Tucker and I trap together-he puts them up on wood, and I use wire. Prices have always been the same on either put up.
 I like the looks and feel of rats put up on wood,but the wire is faster and a bit easier.
 Tom
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« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2009, 04:02:30 AM »
I don't trap a ton of rats but I put most all mine on wire because like Tom said it's faster. I do have some wood here too for those ones the metal hooks just won't catch right on. Seems a guy can salvage some of the rats mink have half eaten also by pinning them on wood.
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« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2009, 04:09:17 AM »
we had a big flood here back in may over 5000 homes damaged or destroyed.but after the water went down my pet rat came back he is getting a lot bigger..
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« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2009, 05:09:33 PM »
Rats!!!!! I love the smell of their musk. Leaky wader seson coming up for me I hope.

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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2009, 05:22:06 AM »
 Looks like rats may provide the --biggest bang for you buck , this coming season.
 Sure hope we have rats this year.
 Tom
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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2009, 03:41:04 AM »
I hope the rats do go up this year, I never did sell last year because they were so low. I pressure wash a guys boathouse locally, that lives 200 miles away. He has a rat problem, since not used. It has given me 80-100 a season for 4 years now. You talk about a stench, they must swim up in there every night and have a party year round. I figured they'd be close to a beaver, but they will eat fish as well. Always fish bones on the inside when I pressure wash it.
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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2009, 05:45:53 AM »
rats here in Mn, actually sold pretty decent last year - in that $4.50 range local.

rats ARE the bright spot this year, but thats relative- they are predicted to open up around $4 locally- but compared to mink, yotes, etc- thats GOOD news.....trappnman
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« Reply #15 on: October 10, 2009, 07:51:18 AM »
Tom
I actually went out duck hunting a couple days this week. In fact yesterday morning I shot my first goose of the year.
I would only be guessing as to why, but there seems to be more rat houses in the marsh this fall. It doesn't always mean more rats thought. It might just be that we have had really stable water levels this summer even dropping levels. I think some times when the water jumps up and down all summer the rats make less houses.
Won't really know till I go to trap if there are more???

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Re: MUSKRATS ANYONE?
« Reply #16 on: October 10, 2009, 07:56:46 AM »
 Mark,I hope by trapping opener--you have many ,many,houses.
  I have yet to get out,so not sure how things are looking on this side of the border.
 Tom
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