Re: Damaged muskrat
[Re: AJE]
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11/04/18 11:57 PM
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LOts of critters can do that. It could have been crayfish working On the face. Or even turtles IT's been pretty warm and turtles are still out and about.
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Re: Damaged muskrat
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11/07/18 11:47 PM
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Crawdads no doubt.-Big ones-crushed the bones and all.
Last edited by Boco; 11/07/18 11:48 PM.
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Re: Damaged muskrat
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11/09/18 10:21 AM
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And yes that could be another cause of the damage.
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Re: Damaged muskrat
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11/10/18 08:52 AM
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we got them their just not very common.
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Re: Damaged muskrat
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11/23/18 11:11 PM
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At that same spot, I had another muskrat yesterday where there's some chewing...this time a little on the top of the head. I think I'll try to sell it, too. 2 of the 17 rats I've got in that spot have had that issue. Whatever it is, it seems to like the face area of the rats. If it's a mink doing the chewing, I got this dandy yesterday.
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Re: Damaged muskrat
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03/03/19 02:08 PM
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Defiently a big mink and with today's prices tan it as a story piece it's just not worth trying to put up. It's too bad mink prices are so lousy. I got another 1 yesterday but not this big. I suppose us trappers can't compete with the ranch mink industry (not that they are necessarily thriving).
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Re: Damaged muskrat
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Don't die in the water or they will eat your face off.
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Re: Damaged muskrat
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03/07/19 01:52 PM
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Don't die in the water or they will eat your face off. good tip!
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Re: Damaged muskrat
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03/08/19 12:08 AM
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mijnk eat up spring rats here all the time I think you are referring to normal breeding season behavior. Rats bite other rats. A lot of guys don't trap rats in the spring because of breeding bite marks.
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Re: Damaged muskrat
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03/09/19 01:35 AM
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In the case of my recent damaged beaver, I've pretty much ruled out mink because it's a huge pond & no open water anywhere even close to where I got the beaver.
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