dead muskrat near 330
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12/16/20 10:31 PM
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Ever experience this? Muskrat was laying dead about 5 feet from sprung 330. Obviously hit him just right & knocked him aside
Till that day.....
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Re: dead muskrat near 330
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12/16/20 10:32 PM
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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.
Last edited by Boco; 12/16/20 10:33 PM.
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Re: dead muskrat near 330
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12/16/20 10:35 PM
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Gave me new perspective. Will be checking more closely from now on
Till that day.....
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Re: dead muskrat near 330
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12/16/20 10:50 PM
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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
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: dead muskrat near 330
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12/17/20 12:56 AM
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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.
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Re: dead muskrat near 330
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12/17/20 12:57 AM
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Gave me new perspective. Will be checking more closely from now on Interesting. Me too. I wonder if anyone ever notices that with beavers
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Re: dead muskrat near 330
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12/17/20 05:53 AM
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Ever experience this? Muskrat was laying dead about 5 feet from sprung 330. Obviously hit him just right & knocked him aside 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.
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Re: dead muskrat near 330
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12/17/20 10:42 AM
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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. Funny stuff
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Re: dead muskrat near 330
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12/17/20 11:35 AM
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Ever experience this? Muskrat was laying dead about 5 feet from sprung 330. Obviously hit him just right & knocked him aside That's a big trap for muskrat.
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