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White nutria! #6186842
03/13/18 09:11 PM
03/13/18 09:11 PM
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beaverpeeler Offline OP
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Saw him scramble up into the brush yesterday and had him this morning in one of my beaver sets (330). First white nutria I have caught since the early 90's.



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Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6186847
03/13/18 09:14 PM
03/13/18 09:14 PM
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Champaign County, Ohio.
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Cool! Nice catch.

Keith

Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6186848
03/13/18 09:15 PM
03/13/18 09:15 PM
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Excellent, tanning it or mount. If you caught one in the 90's did you keep it ?

Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6186851
03/13/18 09:16 PM
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We call them water possums down south. Looks like that one took the name literally. Nice catch!


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Re: White nutria! [Re: beartooth trapr] #6186864
03/13/18 09:25 PM
03/13/18 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted By: beartooth trapr
Excellent, tanning it or mount. If you caught one in the 90's did you keep it ?

Heck no. My mercenary nature required me to sell it!


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Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6186884
03/13/18 09:40 PM
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Missouri
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White,brown, blue, or pink, dead nutria is good nutria. Good job!


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Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6186960
03/13/18 10:43 PM
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SWEET HOME OREGON
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Envious I am. All I can get are blacks.

Ted


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Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6186966
03/13/18 10:50 PM
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Taxidermy.net sell it whole to some one that wants to mount it.


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Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6187056
03/14/18 02:36 AM
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I already froze it so hopefully somebody that likes white rats will take it off my hands! (Weight 12 lbs).


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Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6187062
03/14/18 05:04 AM
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cool thanks for sharing

Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6187077
03/14/18 05:40 AM
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First one I've seen

Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6187092
03/14/18 06:11 AM
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Nice catch!


Eh...wot?

Re: White nutria! [Re: Lugnut] #6187119
03/14/18 07:14 AM
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I got one several years back and had it tanned. Fur feels different than a normal one. Softer

Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6187292
03/14/18 10:38 AM
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They are kind of different. Guard hairs are not quite as long and the feet and tail are pinkish but the eyes are still brown.

I've been kind of waiting to see if representatives of all the western tribes would come to camp out on our farm like when that white buffalo calf was born up in Minnesota?

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Re: White nutria! [Re: beaverpeeler] #6187313
03/14/18 10:54 AM
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Very cool


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