Muskrat Floats revisited
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Does anyone use these ... do they work? Lol, just making conversation
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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06/13/21 06:41 PM
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They won't work in Minnesota. No open water spring season. South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska. Heck yeah!
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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I know...I have just 60 of them, and I need another 150 or so...but they dont work here...unless you use them in a certain scenario. Super secret, apparrently
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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They won't work in Minnesota. No open water spring season. South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska. Heck yeah! Yeah, but I hear all the NE guys move here for the great trapping. What's up with that ?
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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I should get my lifetime liscense here, and move to NE, now there's a plan, and take them floats with me.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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Those crappy long springs are no good. You have to use 1.5 coils or you will lose half your catch. #2's are even better. More weight to get them down fast, don'tcha know.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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I've heard that before, but these tiny rats I have up here die in the 1 1/2 longs easy. We aint got them 6lb rats you are accustomed to. But, that was a demonstration float in the pic, I use them longs for that, but prefer duke coils in the 1 1/2, and or any trap that floats in a pinch...weak 2s and 3s too.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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06/13/21 07:12 PM
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Me too, I use apples, parsnips , and or squash. Parsnips shine on a float.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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Floats work good in areas where water levels rise and fall regularly.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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Slap some cattail roots, stems and water grass in the middle of that float and they will come.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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06/13/21 07:19 PM
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Floats work good in areas where water levels rise and fall regularly. I agree, I trap a small creek in one area and if we get any rain traps can be put under water a long ways before a rat will get there.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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The big lake near me affects all the bays for miles around, by about 9 or 10" at the most, and when ever the wind changes.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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Yes, that is the nice thing about the float, and unless you are at a rat house, it is a lower percentage set. But, a percentage is a percentage. I see it as viable. I may change my design a little , not much, by making the float as short as possible and still floating the two traps . The rat will climb to the highest point, which is evidenced by what happens when you set a trap on a pile of rat turds.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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A feed bed out in the reeds might be there for a day or two until the water rises or the wind comes up, but a float still works.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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I've got about 250 of those floats laying around here somewhere. Considering the price of lumber I'll sell them to you Les, for 20 bucks a piece. What a bargain.
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Re: Muskrat Floats revisited
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I have a sawmill, I can make lumber, lol
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