Tom, your living in the ice age, i would have guessed you knew about the grinners and the state of Miss, this state has been mass producing grinners for years, they raise them by the dumptruck full. they trade with other states for otter and turkeys for transplants. they just turn loose the extras around the state every year. you musta been trapping close to one of them there grinner hatcheries cleverly disguised as a tree farm
Bud