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How many muskrats per hut?
#6678513
11/28/19 10:13 PM
11/28/19 10:13 PM
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Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 5,214 Crivitz WI
Sprung & Rusty
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I got sets out on a pond right now. Has one small hut and one big one. There is another pond close by with a couple more huts. How many rats should I take before moving to the other ponds. I don't want to clean it out. Leave some for next year.
No Jab.
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Re: How many muskrats per hut?
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
#6678526
11/28/19 10:31 PM
11/28/19 10:31 PM
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nightlife
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Some will tel you trap as many as you can but I was always told to take 3 per big hut and add 1 per small hut and it has worked well for me for the last 50 years
�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.� ― Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: How many muskrats per hut?
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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11/29/19 10:12 AM
11/29/19 10:12 AM
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The Beav
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Sounds like your dealing with poor rat habitat to begins with so you might as well trap them all and move on.
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Re: How many muskrats per hut?
[Re: strike2x]
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11/30/19 01:25 PM
11/30/19 01:25 PM
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TomInVT
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Like any other animal, if the habitat is good more will move in before next year. This exactly. Although it seems there has been a population decline in the last few years.
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Re: How many muskrats per hut?
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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12/14/19 12:28 AM
12/14/19 12:28 AM
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drasselt
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Here early season before winter kill in good marsh about 10 per house. Invariably some of the houses will freeze out due to being in too shallow of water. By breakup I would say the population is down to only a couple survivors per house normally.
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Re: How many muskrats per hut?
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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12/14/19 07:29 AM
12/14/19 07:29 AM
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PAskinner
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Weird this year. I have one place with two big huts. I set up all the runs, caught on big rat, then nothing. Some deal at another spot. Something is killing 'em and it ain't me.
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: How many muskrats per hut?
[Re: garart]
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12/14/19 07:49 PM
12/14/19 07:49 PM
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Maybe the early trappers ahead of you. I see this a lot in my area. These would be the same guys that are complain about the price there getting for their rats, and no offers on their small rats. If only they would wait a month or two... they would surely see the difference! But that idea is a hard sell to some trappers.😯 No, pretty sure there are no trappers hitting these spots. I have not even seen anyone trapping on public land, and these are private.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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