No Muskrat Meter this year?

hey Walleyed,other than a little wind today it looks like the weather might cooperate for a few days here,how bout there????i've been spending too much time across in NY trying to shoot a deer but enjoying myself for sure.could of shot a dozen doe yestyerday with the snow but not even a single spike.good luck

Nice job on the rats walleyed. Always enjoy seeing how your season is going, and I appreciate your sarcasm. It's an art, much like rat trapping. You have a knack for both. thanks for sharing. Be safe out there!

Since I Pulled My Traps Last Thursday, It's Either Been Pouring Down Rain, Heavy Wet Snow, Or Bone-Chilling Wind. Or It's Been A Combination Of The Three.

I'm NOT Trapping In Any Of Those Conditions Based On Where I Have To Go To Reach The Muskrat Populations In The Marsh.

That Plus All The Creeks Are Pumping Muddy Water Into The Marshes Putting Visability To Zero

I Sat On Deer Watch This Morning For An Hour In The Damp Cold And Wind And Was Barely Able To Tolerate The Cold. Was Told That The Plavix Blood Thinner I Am On Inhibits One's Ability To Withstand The Cold.

The Edema In My (Calf) Have My Legs Too Swollen To Fit In My Hip Boots, So Trapping In Too Cold Of Weather Without Hip Boots Is Out. Can't Find Any Hip Boot That Will Fit My Calf Muscle.

If There's A 3 Day Stretch Of Warmer Temperatures, and No High Winds, I'll Reset Somewhere As There Are Plenty Of Rats Available, But If The Conditions Are Bad Weather Wise, Count Me Out.

w

very understandable,i consider my trapping right now "puttering"but after ny and pa deer we will see.till i stop enjoying myself i'm not lookin to change much.

Just found your annual thread Bob! Don’t get a lot of time to get on here anymore. Looks like your season has been similar to ours. Complete washout! Did get my first legal fisher in the new southern season. The deer gods blessed me with a couple Steuben county bucks this year! I’ve had fun with that. Scattered 4 dozen rat traps yesterday and we came home with 28 today.. Had a great time in the swamp, but with leaky waders and gauntlets, it was a little chilly today! Keep the posts coming and be safe out there!

Bob,

I too am on blood thinners; have a couple of heart stents. Cold and particularly wind bother me too.Not bad while trapping as I'm constantly moving. Deer watches kill me, but I'm thankful that I'm still above ground and goin'.

My Apparent Heart Attack In March And Then 4 Stents Installed In August Plus Other Health Issues Are Keeping Me Pretty Much at Idle Instead Of Full Throttle This trapping season.

Still Going At It Slow and Steady with A Fisher Box Out And A couple of Beaver Traps Soaking.

w

The Stars, The Moon, And The Planets All Aligned Perfectly Yesterday For walleyed

with Warm Temperatures, No Wind, Rain, Or Snow and No Doctor's Appointments to Deal With So walleyed Skulked

Off To The Stony Creek Estuary.

Before Mother Nature Could Conjour Up Any Bad Weather To Spoil Things, There were 30 #160's Nicely Situated At The Mouths Of Promising Muskrat Den Holes Along With A Brace Of 330's For Beaver At A Exclusively Cattail-Constructed Beaver Lodge.

This Morning We Sat The 2nd To Last Rifle Deer Season Morning Watch For Two Hours But The Deer were Conspicuous By Their Absence.

Started Checking Traps At 10:00AM and when walleyed Returned To The Launch Ramp he Had 16 fat December Muskrats Riding Along.

That Puts Us At 201 Rats so far For the Season.

Hope To Get Some More Tommorrow.

Thanks for Looking.

Stay Tuned.

walleyed Out

good to see ya.set a dozen and a half rat traps today myself to go along with the 140 trap mink line and the 3 coyote sets on my farm.i'm kinda looking forward to some cooler temps and a little snow as they are forecasting for the beginning of next week.good luck and be safe

Sat The Morning Deer Watch And Saw Nada. Went Home And Hitched Up The Canoe Trailer, and Headed For The Stony Creek Estuary.

Shuffled A Few Traps Around and Set Another 10 #160's for The Last Overnight Soak Here.

We'll Pull All Tomorrow.

Ended Up With 50% Less Rats Than Yesterday's 16 Coming In with 9 Fatties.

My 2 Beaver Sets Sit Idle. Wondering If Someone Has Already Whacked Them as The Season Has Been Open For A Month.

Hoping To Set The Lower Black Pond WMA If My Back Is Up To It As It Requires A Bit Of Canoe Drag In.

We'll See.

Thanks For Looking.

Stay Tuned.

walleyed out

Pulled The Stony Creek Sets This Morning With Just 7 Rats Out Of 40 Traps as Is usually The Case After Three Days In The Water.

Wanted to Set Lower Black Pond today But I have A Morning DR's Appointment Tommorow so I'm Going To Hold Off. Bad Weather Is Supposed to be Moving In Tommorrow or Wednesday.


Stay Tuned

w

Posted for Walleyed. December 3, 2017- 9 Muskrats

Posted for Walleyed. December 2, 2017-16 Muskrats

Well,

It's Been A Long Stretch Of Time Since walleyed Has Had Any Traps In The Water; December 3rd, 2017: 82 Days To Be Exact.

I Had Been Eyeing "The Secret Creek That Never Freezes" Since January But The 3' To 4' Foot of Snow On The Level That I'd Have To Drag The Canoe Through For 300 Yards Kept Me From Doing Anything Stupid.

That Plus The Fact That The Unfreezable Secret Creek Had, In Fact, Frozen Over And Kept Me Away Until Today.

walleyed Loaded 20 #160's and 10 #1.5 Victor Stoploss, Plus Stakes Into The Old Towne Canoe, and Made The Long Drag Into The Marsh To The Creek.

The Whole South Bank Of The Creek Was Still Shrouded In Ice But The South Facing North Bank Was Ice Free.

Walleyed Found Enough Sign To Deploy All 30 Traps At Bank Den Holes, On Feed Beds, And At Rat Toilets.

Walleyed Also Slapped A Brace Of 8" X 10" Duke #330's Over A Dependable Otter/Beaver Culvert Pinchpoint That Had Finally Thawed Out.

Hopefully I Will Have At Least A Few Muskrat To Skin In The Morning.

Stay Tuned.

walleyed

Good luck on the secret crick.

PS., talking in the third person is gay.

And You Are Aware Of This Homophobic Factoid.......How ?

Must Be You Have GayDar !!!

w

Hippie just thought you'd like some feed back on what hippie thought when he read that. Hippie thought it sounded gay.

Lugnut doesn't think you should talk to walleyed like that.