Had a great check,11 rats today, set 6 more doubles and one more beaver float,40 double rat floats total and four beaver floats, water is still dropping but they are forecasting 3/4-1” of rain .

Nice.Way to go.

Thanks Beav, I'll give that a try!

Had a good check, 5 rats, 1 mink, 1 beaver.

I like the pics!

Good stuff.

Mac

I always love this thread newfox. Thanks for posting again. Mink on a float is always a nice surprise. Nice boat also

Thanks for bringing us along.

Turtledale, that’s Gerry’s boat, it’s a Cadillac.

Way to go.

I set 28 stools and caught one rat the other 39 rats came off of feed beds and toilets. I can't figure It out I've caught 1000s of rats off of stools In ND In the spring but these WI rats won't commit to them.

Another good check, 4 rats, 2 beaver, Gerry checked and I stayed in the shed today.

Newfox,
Did you make your own adjustable muskrat boards?
I make most all of my own boards. I like doing it just like all aspects of trapping.

Never heard of one.

Yes Dale I made the boards, no need for wedges.

Bruce you gotta get out more, lol

Nice check today, 5 rats, kinda cold, earliest I been done this week, time for supper.

Lol.....just realized you was talking about stretchers.Thought you was talking about boards as in floats. brain fart I guess for me.I was trying to picture an adjustable muskrat float.

Whats a stretcher, is that the same as a forming board ? pun as for old terminology used

Interesting hoop design on the front of the float to put on your stake I presume.
So what would happen if you put an old door hinge on the floats front to make them collapsible for storage space in the summer ?

Northof50, I think your talking about the beaver float, I tried staking them, doesn’t work when the water is dropping but may work when it’s on the rise, I store mine outside, they are made from cedar, I think the best feature of the ring is I wire my 330 to the ring and the ring is wired to tree, if for some reason the float fell apart, I would still have my trap.

Nice rat stretchers. Are your floats covered in snow this morning ? LOL