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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: trapperroscoe]
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11/07/19 10:30 AM
11/07/19 10:30 AM
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MN
160user
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MN
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It's pretty early in the season. The south zone of MN has only been open a week. I look for a short harvest though.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: trapperroscoe]
#6659502
11/07/19 10:33 AM
11/07/19 10:33 AM
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Posts: 5,898
michigan,USA
seniortrap
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michigan,USA
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Maybe a little premature. Or drumming up business is all!
Vietnam--1967 46th. Const./Combat Engineers
"Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction."
"After the first shot, all plans go out the window!"
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: trapperroscoe]
#6659530
11/07/19 11:16 AM
11/07/19 11:16 AM
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james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
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Supposed to be tied inversely to the ranch mink supply.Like one of newtons 3 laws of physics.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: trapperroscoe]
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11/07/19 12:26 PM
11/07/19 12:26 PM
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MsgRet
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MsgRet
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Weather-wise, I am already trapping under ice. Unless there is a major warm up the open water trapping is done here in NE Wisconsin. Harvest numbers may be low which may bode well for those of us who stick with it.
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: trapperroscoe]
#6659586
11/07/19 12:31 PM
11/07/19 12:31 PM
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Posts: 7,240
West Michigan
Getting There
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West Michigan
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I wish all of you the best of luck. This is not the best of years for the fur market, business wise.
To Old
U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: Rat Masterson]
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11/07/19 12:47 PM
11/07/19 12:47 PM
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Posts: 4,497
PA
PAskinner
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PA
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Wiebke was at a 5 dollar basis a couple of weeks ago with a dollar drop per size. There is interest in rats at that level. I can get into rat trapping if they average about $4. Might have to catch a few more this year.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: trapperroscoe]
#6659634
11/07/19 01:20 PM
11/07/19 01:20 PM
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Posts: 3,141
Michigan
Ditchdiver
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Michigan
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I've been seeing more rats and sign this year, compared to last. Here in Michigan, anyway.
When life gets me down..... you know hunting/trapping season is closed.
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: Catcollector]
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11/07/19 09:53 PM
11/07/19 09:53 PM
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Posts: 5,960
n.e, iowa
coonman220
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n.e, iowa
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Most likely the same $3- 3.50 too many ranch mink in the system, sorry to say Almost for certain what well get for better rats on average. Maybe even $3 average or close to $2.50, price always low. Big demand, not wanna pay for them, markets are disgusting, nafa down, after next week, probly more like after this Sunday, trapping is going be wind way down, I well do some but nothing like last season, to much wear tear on aging truck, be lucky to come up with gas money with cold weather an low prices, no motivation with nafa gone an dirt cheap other buyers. Not interested in $15 top coons or $3, mink, $2.50 rat averages , stretch dry coon from better section at $7 average. I don't know it but have feeling that what look at
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: trapperroscoe]
#6660067
11/08/19 12:05 AM
11/08/19 12:05 AM
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Posts: 23,843
Wisconsin
The Beav
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Wisconsin
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I know of 2 fairly large marshes with at least 40 huts In each one . And NO ONE is trapping them. That kind of tells me rats aren't worth trapping.
The forum Know It All according to Muskrat
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: trapperroscoe]
#6660154
11/08/19 06:59 AM
11/08/19 06:59 AM
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Posts: 3,446
Houghton Lake, MI
strike2x
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Houghton Lake, MI
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If nobody traps them wait a few years and see what happens. Rats a good for more than skin. The make great bait meat, they make great dog food, some would even say they are good to eat. A pile of rats in a feed.pile.will.draw coyote in for snaring. Problem I am having is early ice. I can't walk on it yet and can't just through it now or I would be out. As soon as I can walk it I am going ratting. Got to do my part.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: muskrat prices?
[Re: coonman220]
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11/08/19 11:46 AM
11/08/19 11:46 AM
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Posts: 11,197
Armpit, ak
Dirt
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Armpit, ak
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Most likely the same $3- 3.50 too many ranch mink in the system, sorry to say Almost for certain what well get for better rats on average. Maybe even $3 average or close to $2.50, price always low. Big demand, not wanna pay for them, markets are disgusting, nafa down, after next week, probly more like after this Sunday, trapping is going be wind way down, I well do some but nothing like last season, to much wear tear on aging truck, be lucky to come up with gas money with cold weather an low prices, no motivation with nafa gone an dirt cheap other buyers. Not interested in $15 top coons or $3, mink, $2.50 rat averages , stretch dry coon from better section at $7 average. I don't know it but have feeling that what look at Starting not to pencil out? Trappers, probably should not be allowed pencils.
Last edited by Dirt; 11/08/19 01:58 PM.
Who is John Galt?
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