Got 18 today.

Some In baited BGs some on platform sets and some BG s In dens. All males and they look good but won't know for sure until I skin them to see any bites.
The thing that makes me wonder Is I have yet to see any toilets. I would have thought that during the breeding season I would have found some.
And I got 2 chucks.

Great job Beav. Happy to see you're still out on the line.

Just went out and turned some of those rats. I weighed a few and some of them weighed In at 4 1/2 lbs. That's a big rat . But the average was 3Lbs.

Way to go Beav.Hammer those rats,and watch out for the virus.

Screw the Virus.
If your number Is up It's up.

Nice job

Are you seeing spring glands? Do you keep them?

Good work.
Are your baited BG's a 150 with a carrot?
I would imagine you brought some colony traps along.

You always seem to have success with those stools.

Keep at em, it appears to finally be a good year for rats! First rats here since 2012 so I am enjoying it.

Not using any colony traps at this location.
I have better luck using apples. And I always smear some lennons rat all call or the boss mans rat lure on the stake holding the trap. These baited BGs are set with the bait just out of the water.
The stools aren't working as good as I would hope. We caught 1000s of rat on them In ND but for some reason they just aren't as effective here.

That's alot of muskrat. Great job. Hope u get even more

15 rats today 12 of them came from the stools. They are dropping the water levels out side the ponds so quite a few baited and some stools were 4" out of the water. And we had lots of wind so some of the baited sets were sprung form debris being washed Into the traps. Set up a few culverts on the complex with colony traps.
Won't check till Thursday then It will be time to pull. Rats are still looking good only a few minor bite marks.

Skinned today most were males. A few bite marks but still It's not to bad. About 70% of these rats are about 17" on the boards and a few have measured 19".
We need to get our rat season extended to the end of March. Pulling tomorrow.

No pictures so it didn't happen.

Here is a nice batch from SD. 1 month left in our season. Starting to get some bite Mark's, but am catching some really nice rats!

Ours run to end of March. Wish we had as long as they do in SD. But it has been a very good year for them. I don't know why. But there are alot more of them than I've seen in years. And mink too. I've seen alot more frogs in so many places. It's almost scary how many I see.

Thanks for the report Beav. Are you ice free? How is the fat content holding up?

A day or so ago they were still ice fishing on the bay on Poygan and they’re probably still driving on the lakes up north.

Here too! Rats that is.
Trap them when you got em.
Unfortunately poor weather and distressed markets are leaving too many on the landscape.
Make no mistake I enjoy abundance. It’s the famine that follows that depresses me.

been shocked by the amount of rats here swimmin the last couple weeks while beaverin.

Rats are starting to lose that winter fat. And I'm seeing some shedding on a few rats but It's not real bad.

I'm going out In few minutes to check and pull I'll let you know how It goes.

Only had 6 rats today.
The fluctuating water levels are killing me. The perimeter water Is receding by 4" and leaving all my platforms high and dry. In the interior they are moving water from one section to another so one side Is going down and the other section Is rising what mess.
I don't have any floats and I'm not making any.