Originally posted by bean: I decided to go after muskrat in the creek near our house this year. I enjoy trying new stuff. I had seen a few but rarely. Since there are no muskrat "houses" I didn't know how to really go about it. After some research and a few youtube videos, I decided to make a couple colony traps and put them under over hanging grass ledges in a bend in the creek.
Yesterday we put colony traps back out after the rain last week and the snow storm. 4 nights out = 4 muskrats. This what is fun about trapping - you learn different animal habits and learning how to catch them. I mean, we got a rat to swim in a 6"x 6" x 24" box. Yep - I'm and addict.
bean, I only had two days of rat trapping on the pond before the ice took over. Both my coni's were filled with cattails and roots both nights. They were pushing that stuff up into their feedbed/dens in front of them. I thought about a colony set would work in that situation.
There are about 8 huts on the little pond too. I thought about now that the ice is thick enough to walk on, going out and trying to figure out how to break into the huts and set them………..
I caught my first ever rabbit in a snare today! Have NO idea how a rabbit could jump 12" or more through a 12" loop and get caught. I know I load my snares to be quicker, but…….. Why didn't he just go under it????? :roll eyes:
