Muskrats are large aquatic rodents that are usually found in North American wetlands. ... Baby muskrats are called kits. At 30 days old, ... The muskrat's dense fur traps air to keep them warm.

If you've been thinking about learning to trap, muskrat trapping is a good place to start. Here's everything you need to know. Print Subscription-$35 for the Best Field & Stream Stories ...

If efforts to drive the muskrats to a new home haven’t been effective, the next step is trapping and relocating them. First, make sure that muskrat trapping and muskrat removal is legal in your ...

Trapping is the most effective muskrat control method, and it can be as easy as calling a local wildlife control office or ...

About Tom Azzura’s letter (Feb. 22 Missoulian) claiming muskrats chew their legs off: ... Trapping: Muskrats don’t chew legs off. Mar 2, 2012 Mar 2, 2012; 0; Facebook; Twitter; ...

KINGSLEY, Iowa -- The traps have been set, ... Larsen and Gollhofer, who share 150 traps, trap mostly raccoon, with some muskrat and mink along the banks of the West Fork River near Kingsley.

Trapping, which for fox, raccoon, skunk, opossum, mink and muskrat legally commences Nov. 10, requires diligence, expertise and effort. The remunerative awards almost assuredly are not commensurate.

That fur is still the primary motivation to trap the rodents, and trappers continue to sell pelts to auction houses or fur buyers. With pelts fetching less impressive prices, muskrat trapping has ...