When do muskrats get prime?

Someone needed to start it.

March or April. When they are biting each other. Fall rats work good.

The market dictates when rats are prime.

Rats prime late-feb/mar.

Round here, In the know trappers start at new years. Or maybe a week before

Here in BC rats prime up mid to end of November and stay prime till about mid March.

I sold some may caught rats for a $7.00 average but like I say the market dictates primness.

The market has zero to do with fur priming cycles.
Markets have to do with fur values.

Keep thinking that way buddy.LOL

You're both right to a degree.

I don't know why I asked the question (other than to instigate a battle royale between Boco and Beav). I keep getting stuck trying to drive my truck up to each set, since I'm too old to trudge through the salt marsh much any more...

Fact is they are near perfect during the most inhospitable time of year and some states wont even allow harvest then.

So let’s just say rats are prime whenever you can get them. After all they are just rats!

It’s all about access

Cept of course, during the rearing and growing season.

I agree

When the fur is prime and when the fur is worth the most to the buyer are two different questions.

The ere may be a strong correlation between the two, but they are separate questions.