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NEW muskrat hut in May? #8147829 05/31/24 05:40 PM 05/31/24 05:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,472 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,472 Very SE Nebraska	Ive always seen new huts built in November, not May! Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8147858 05/31/24 06:19 PM 05/31/24 06:19 PM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 3,259 new york M mike mason trapper
mike mason trapper M Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 3,259 new york	Global cooling!

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8147864 05/31/24 06:37 PM 05/31/24 06:37 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,389 MN 1 160user trapper
160user trapper 1 Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,389 MN	I have never seen one built in the Spring. Do you have really high water right now? I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8147869 05/31/24 06:43 PM 05/31/24 06:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,472 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,472 Very SE Nebraska	Last two years have been dry and the population died off badly. Maybe just young ones that are ambitious Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8147947 05/31/24 09:22 PM 05/31/24 09:22 PM
Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 739 Wisconsin M Mediocre Trapper trapper
Mediocre Trapper trapper M Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 739 Wisconsin	Have to say I have never seen that usually early November here Don’t waste the day

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8147973 05/31/24 10:00 PM 05/31/24 10:00 PM
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 3,852 Wy G Giant Sage trapper
Giant Sage trapper G Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 3,852 Wy	Part of the confused colt.

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8148036 06/01/24 06:38 AM 06/01/24 06:38 AM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,148 WI N nimzy trapper
nimzy trapper N Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,148 WI	When having young it isn’t uncommon to refreshen up an active hut. It’s a good sign. Soon as things green up it will be more difficult to see.

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8148077 06/01/24 08:20 AM 06/01/24 08:20 AM
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,201 South Dakota R Rat Masterson trapper
Rat Masterson trapper R Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,201 South Dakota	Nimzy is correct, females will have young in refreshed older houses.

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8148183 06/01/24 12:53 PM 06/01/24 12:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,472 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,472 Very SE Nebraska	It's good to see...the numbers were down to nothing. Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8148305 06/01/24 06:28 PM 06/01/24 06:28 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,060 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,060 East-Central Wisconsin	Might be a transplant from south of the equater and they got their seasons and day length time frames goofed up! Could be a place to keep a litter if with all the rain the dens are flooded. Bryce

Re: NEW muskrat hut in May? [Re: Gary Benson] #8148346 06/01/24 08:12 PM 06/01/24 08:12 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,148 WI N nimzy trapper
nimzy trapper N Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,148 WI	Bet their on the second litter here. Things are shaping up nicely. Spring started in February this year. It was ahead of the rats based on gland development. They caught up pretty quick tho

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