Decided not to deer hunt this year and concentrate on ducks. Don't think there is more than a dozen ducks in the whole county. Most years there is ducks everywhere during deer hunting and I sit in the stand wondering why I'm not chasing ducks.
So anyways I decided to go do a little open water rat trapping. Man it was great time. Peaceful no one around. Should have taken more pics but it is what it is.

Nice catch, still one of my favorite animals. But fewer available every year here. And my local lake is drawn down for a few years to repair the dam. So now I have to travel somewhere to get any number of rats.......jk

What's your set? Can you explain.

WTG! Our rat population is still way down. I usually pick up a few incedentals in beaver or otter sets. Hard to set for them too as we have so many otter that they can mess up a set and take off with my traps.

Nice catch of muskrats.Congrats

That's great, there better eaten anyway.

Nothing special just see where they are climbing on the hut and bed a trap. I also was running some hags on fiberglass poles baited with carrots for the first time and really liked them. Was hoping to set some bank dens but the water is real low and everything I could find was high and abandoned.

Nice!!!

Good job. Wish we had more here, I catch an odd one but that’s it.

wws

Rats houses. I haven't seen them in this area in years.