Re: Footholds for muskrats
[Re: k snow]
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12/10/20 12:32 PM
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1.5 LS on a slide wire-no lock needed. They obviously cant reach the deep water with your set-up-trap is too heavy or is tangling in grass before it gets to deeper water.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Footholds for muskrats
[Re: k snow]
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12/10/20 12:37 PM
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Re: Footholds for muskrats
[Re: k snow]
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12/10/20 12:40 PM
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#11's I have found are just hard on rats no matter how to run them. Maybe center swiveled if they are not already. Sometimes you can get caught between a rock and a hard place and need to set the trap for the animal that could come in and it makes it harder on the target animal. #11's are a good choice for that i think butyou are getting adverse results. In a similar situation i have used #2 traps with light pan tension and catch rats like mink in old victor #2's and then have less to worry about coon and otter. My two cents. What traps you have at your disposal though dictates how you set and run though i know htat for sure.
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Re: Footholds for muskrats
[Re: Boco]
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12/10/20 12:53 PM
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The bigger traps are fine on floats.
Makes sense. Off the float and into the water.
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Re: Footholds for muskrats
[Re: Boco]
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12/10/20 12:59 PM
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The bigger traps are fine on floats.
Or any other straight drop-off.
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Re: Footholds for muskrats
[Re: k snow]
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12/10/20 01:27 PM
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When trapping for just rats I like the Blake and Lamb sure hold guard type trap in a #1 or 1-1/2 size long spring. The trap will pin the rat down to the spring so it wont twist off. They will drown in shallow water .Duke makes a #1 surehold trap that is similar to the B&L.
Last edited by camlock; 12/10/20 01:39 PM.
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Re: Footholds for muskrats
[Re: Shorex4]
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12/10/20 01:32 PM
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I figured they'd work but is it worth spending the extra on double jaws to stop chewing. They'd be set on land and water and the water is only 12 to 18 in so not enough to drown a coon For coon double jaws are a good idea in non drowning sets. 12" is enough water to take care of coon if you keep him there.
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