Author Topic: were are the rats??? (Read 500 times)

backwoodsboy · « **on:** January 31, 2006, 03:09:15 PM »

in one particular pond i trap it has been especaily hard to find the muskrat sign ,they were every were in fall, and now when the snow falls i cant find one track and my normal sets arent producing, its like they stopped using the den (i know this cant be the case), please help!

thank you, cory

Bogmaster · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2006, 05:09:21 PM »

Cory ,Is your ice gone?
Tom

OldCoon · « **Reply #2 on:** February 01, 2006, 03:06:59 PM »

Is it possible someone got in there ahead of you and trapped them out?

backwoodsboy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 02, 2006, 03:04:38 PM »

bog, the ice is gone on half the pond and i just harvested two of them today after pooking around and looking for runs, found one leading up a warm water stream feeding into the pond, nailed two em!
-cory

Bogmaster · « **Reply #4 on:** February 02, 2006, 03:23:48 PM »

OK cory,good.With open water start looking for feedbeds.If you only have 110s,look for dens near the feedbeds.If you have footholds,they can be set on the feedbeds.
Tom