2 checks so far on the property and the body count Is 21. Must have set a 100 dens most look un used but I'm setting them just to make sure.
Ran out of traps the first day and moved the un sprung traps to new locations today. At $25.00 a chuck not to bad. Well I'm not charging enough according to Boco.
Also caught 10 rats @ $10.00 each along with a $200.00 set up fee for both critters. Then next year I just charge them a straight $300.00 fee.

Rats are not worth skinning and next year I'll have to start earlier on the chucks since most of them are also shedding.

Way to go beav,just think how much loot you'd have if you were charging the going rate of $75,lol.

Is that $75.00 Canadian? LOL

Yea,Beav, not that green monopoly money you use down there.

WTG Mr. Chuck

Chucks are mostly shedding ? What do you do, pass them off as rats if they aren't ?

Ok, Southern boy here...what’s a chuck? And got a picture?

Wood chucks or ground hogs.
Les you mean to say there Isn't a market for wood chuck hides LOL I'm betting some of these males are pushing 10 lbs.

The glands are worth something but I'm not going to mess with It.

Thank you sir. Don’t think we have those down here.

Groundhog skins have pretty good fur if you get them right when they come out of hibernation.They shed very quickly though once out and about.
One time I tanned a few and made some trapper hats with groundhog on the outside and red fox on the flaps.
I had people asking for them after seeing those, but I never made any more.

I suppose you could put a 10 pound chick on a 6 pound muskrat stretcher, if you tacked it up loose, lol. I forger where them 6lb rats came from.

Grind them chucks up for yote bait. Can it get any better?

Les you stretch them on coon boards. The top end works perfect.

Would work great for bait but I got way to much bait know.

Unless you want to make awesome yote bait outa that meat and sell the glands to us luremakers.

not much is better!

Not catching many rats at this time. I told the guy that It would be more effective If they let me trap the rats In the late fall. They think they have 100s of rats but that's not the problem.

Are you just using body grips at the entrance? If so, what size?

6 more today and I found 28 more holes on 2 other dikes. Moving traps on Tuesday.

160s In the den entrances. A few years ago I had about 60 RBGs ( round Body grips)In the 160 size. They were perfect for chuck trapping. But since we lost our road Right away trapping I down sized and they all got sold. The square ones work but the round ones fit the holes better.

Thanks Beav. Don't have any around where I live. I was just curious what you were doing. I know some guys that used 220's but had to open up the entrance a little to fit them in.

5 more today moved traps to new locations. Will pull tomorrow.