Very Nice

Nice fur! Are you related to Samuel Mudd? I knew a trapper from the Waldorf area that was a direct descendent of Samuel Mudd. If I recall correctly his name was Al Mudd. I don't know if Mud is your last name, but it reminded me of Al.

lol no sir. My handle is just a play on what used to be my favorite saltwater fish when I lived North. Everyone else was chasing the big fancy stripers and spring weakfish. This poor slob loved catching the little winter flounder we nicknamed mud-marlin in response to the elite chasing the real gamefish.. hence “Mud”.

They should be.. but only a slight these past couple days that had one bite on its back. Mind you I’m not in a heavy density meadow or anything. Very low density in these creeks where I catch the blacks.

Thanks for sharing the great pictures.

Mac

Great photo's! I knew the red fox were frosty butts, and the beaver, rats, and otter were as I remember. Surprisingly nice for that far south!! I can see those rats being top dollar stuff!

Thanks for the answers on the rats! Be interesting to know how many of those black rats are harvested.

I notice that your reds have little to no white on the end of their tail. I believe that comes from a majority of English red fox DNA. English red foxes were brought here a long time ago for fox hunts by gentlemen on horses. That would also be why you have short and long furred reds. Short fur being more English DNA and long fur more North American DNA. English reds do not carry the genes to make cross and/or silver foxes which is why we do not find those color phases here in the east. You have beautifully handled fox and coyote pelts. Eric

Very interesting Eric, thanks for sharing. Nice fur Mud, as always!

That’s interesting Eric, I was unaware of the genetic variation affecting the tail. I get a few snowball tips but not many. And the coyotes were surprisingly decent. Overall better than what I caught up there.

Thanks John. David said you guys didn’t do much this season at all. Better get on that pack of 5 you guys had.

The last of it off tomorrow with Brian Mohn to FHA.

Nice fur and great put up.

Very fine looking product there Mud!

Great pics!

Very nice and a great job. I have caught thousands of muskrats in my lifetime but have never caught a black one. Caught black coon and beaver, no rats. keep up the good work.

Garry-

Looking at the catalog slickpan, it looks like only 63 are newly offered blacks. 33 of those are mine. I sold a fair amount privately before the shipping date. The 33 were remaining that made that size and grade offered in the current catalog. There’s a second lot of 30 that I suppose are dealer goods that for whatever reason have not sold in previous auctions.

Wow, love those 'rats.