Ever experience this? Muskrat was laying dead about 5 feet from sprung 330. Obviously hit him just right & knocked him aside

Seen it once or twice on rats hit by beaver bodygrips,and a few times with weasels hit by 120's.
I always do a quick look around when I find a sprung trap.

Gave me new perspective. Will be checking more closely from now on

Over the years of 330ing beaver with castor mounds,I have had several muskrats whacked with the 330 and laying a short ways from the set.
Not a surprising occurrence.
Tom

A few years ago I came up on a sprung 220, about 15 feet away a rat was staggering around on the bank, ran over and grabbed him by the tail, game over.

Started setting a pond form'rats once and came across a couple of rats that alive but barely swimming with bloody noses. Became very worried of a disease outbreak or something happening and started to leave the pond. Then came upon a clearly very dejected young trapper that his meat traps where being sprung but were always empty. Asked him to show me how/what he was setting for a little instruction. He pulled a wood barn rat trap from his burlap bag with a carrot chunk wired to the trigger. Mystery solved and we had a teaching conversation.

Hahaha

Interesting. Me too. I wonder if anyone ever notices that with beavers

Funny stuff

I've never had that happen until this year, saw a dead rat on the other side of a narrow channel and had a sprung 330 near side.

yes had it happen this fall ,

Ihave had that happen a couple of times years ago, now I set different and catch all the rats and mink that try to go thru a 330.

Seen it with 120's with 'rats and with Victor Rat Traps w weasels. Had a 330 go off once that had just set in a bvr. doorway. Pulled it and the nostrils of a 'rat were cleanly cut off and in the jaws of the 330. Never did find the 'rat - figure it must have made it into the bvr. house and expired.

Yes Boco smart move to take a quick look around whenever u come across a sprung body grip trap.

Imagine it can occur with any size body grip trap and most any animal that takes a good knock but is not held. So bigger animals are possible.

Had a 220 in a fisher box , found it sprung and a dead mink lay outside the box.

That's a big trap for muskrat.

Yes

Was bowhunting near one of my boxes with a 220 in it and watched a red squirrel get launched into a tree.

He crawled a bit but didn't make it Ended up skinning him.

TRAPDOC57 This happened last year during beaver season. 330 was set for beaver, not muskrat

Maybe 5 years ago I found a 220 sprung and a lump laying in the snow maybe 5' away.
Kicked it and a bobcat was laying there dead. Must have hit him hard enough but didn't get stuck in the trap. Goofy.