Originally Posted By: mbj4ksu
So I saw a critter (beaver, muskrat, otter) not sure which, swimming in my pond this week. It grabbed a dead cattail and disappeared under the water right along the dam. From what I've read, I should probably get someone out there with traps asap? Never seen one before this year. I live an hour from my pond and don't know when I can get back to inspect.


The muskrats I have had leave tell tale signs of grass clippings floating in the water around the edge. Mine would come up the overflow pipe from the small creek behind my dam using it as a pathway into my pond. They would harvest some grass/weeds in my pond then slip back down the pipe to their home in the creek. A conibear trap right below the overflow pipe in the pond where they came out of the pipe did the trick.

John

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