What is it?
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I don't have pictures but what kind of semi-aquatic mammal uses slides on the bank of a pond but does not cut down trees or build huts. Mink? The slides are fairly small.
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Re: What is it?
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Otter is a pretty good idea. My brother caught one while beaver trapping in this pond. But it isn't beaver, 100% sure.
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Re: What is it?
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Since you said the slides are fairly small my guess would be muskrats.
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Re: What is it?
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Muskrats will polish a crossover pretty slick. They don't travel very far from home so use them a lot. If so, probably otter.
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Re: What is it?
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Update; So I went scouting again on this pond and there is a river 30-40 yards away and I found a crossover. But the problem is that on the pond side, the water is 2-3 inches deep where the slide enters the water. Shallow water goes 10 feet out at least. How do you trap this. I still don't know if it is muskrat or otter.
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Re: What is it?
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Muskrats will polish a crossover pretty slick. They don't travel very far from home so use them a lot. If so, probably otter. This crossover is very used and enters the river where there is a water runoff/ditch/shore.
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Re: What is it?
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Just set it stick out of the water and putting guide sticks?
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Re: What is it?
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rats and otter and beaver and mink often use the same crossovers.Rats often have a toilet on the main crossover they use. Rats and mink can have several crossovers along the same high ground in close proximity to each other. Otter can have several crossovers also. Usually there is a main one and one or two others that can be not so noticeable.
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Re: What is it?
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10/07/23 04:49 PM
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I trapped a pond once that had another pond next to it. Found two trails in the grass that the muskrats were using. Looking at them close , one was for going into the other pond , while the other was for coming back from it. Muskrats are easy to snare , as the stay right in the center of their trails. Two fingers up , 2 1/2 inch to 2 3/4 opening dead center in the path. Loaded snare is all you need. Watch how they move in the snow , it'll prove my point. That is if they're all going and coming from one place to another. If they're feeding it depends on how much of a food source there is.
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Re: What is it?
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Do otters/muskrats live in dens in trees? Because there is a tree with a trail from it going to the water.
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Re: What is it?
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There may be an under water entrance to the root system at that tree that comes up there. No they don't den in trees.
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Re: What is it?
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Just to clarify there is a hole at the bottom of the tree but you probably realize that.
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