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Is there any effective way to eliminate muskrats? Muskrats have severly damaged my island. I do not want to use leg traps due to dogs that visit my pond.Any advice will be appreciated.Thanks,Al Allison
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Body hold traps & floating traps.
Check with your local wildlife officer. He should know a reputable trapper. You can set the rules.
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Hi, Al. If you do search for "muskrat" you will get a fair number of threads with info on shooting and trapping muskrats. One I found was muskrat. Methods I know of from the Forum are: 1. Leghold traps (your valid concern noted) 2. Conibear 110-type body hold trap (see Cecil's dog's problem with them) 3. Boxtraps (I can't see how a dog could get hurt with these) 4. Shooting (identify your target and lock up the PVC pipe) If you haven't experienced a boxtrap, it is a wire cage with trap doors on each end, set underwater on a 'rat runway, which traps them inside and drowns them. Seeing as how the entrance is vertical on each end and maybe 4"-5" square, they should be safe wrt dogs.
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What ever happened to "Muskrat Love" ?
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That's the problem, they make too much love and then there are even more muskrats!
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Boxtraps, aka Colony Traps, work pretty well. They are "safe" and can catch multiple rats in one setting. Combined with a .22, you'll get them under control pretty quickly.
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i was watching you tube videos last night on trapping. i just set my big conibears for beavers, they are ruining the woods behind my house. while watching i saw a guy catch a muskrat in a pretty neat looking trap. it was floating, mostly wire, and had what looked to be 2 levels (2 stories). looked like it had a 4" piece of pvc coming straight up thru the bottom. he baited with a carrot.
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That's the problem, they make too much love and then there are even more muskrats! It was only a joke based on the song.
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I think even CJ knew that.
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Yes Theo, even my young self did know that...
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BM, every time someone posts a link to some of the good ol' stuff like that I spend about an hour. I love it. Good stuff - before I was done I was listening to a little Elvis...
Just do it...
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before I was done I was listening to a little Elvis... how is little Elvis?
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before I was done I was listening to a little Elvis... how is little Elvis? Last I heard he was laid up in Heartbreak Hotel, suffering from a case of "a hunk-a-hunk of burning love".
Just do it...
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Now, this is what Eddie is referring to. Bad joke after bad joke. OK, Theo, Sunil, JHAP, Rainman.....your turn. I know I left out at least 784 people.  "a hunk-a-hunk of burning love". No Muskrat Love?....groan _________________________
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the Walker clause
it's killin' my act
I'm goin' back to wearin' a paper bag
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OK, back on topic. No wonder I was so in lust with Toni for several years.
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OK, back on topic. No wonder I was so in lust with Toni for several years. It happens!
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OK, back on topic. No wonder I was so in lust with Toni for several years. Sigh. Unrequited lust. It's just as well. "Burgermeister and Tennille" sounds more like a law firm than a singing act.
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Now, this is what Eddie is referring to. Bad joke after bad joke. OK, Theo, Sunil, JHAP, Rainman.....your turn. I know I left out at least 784 people. "a hunk-a-hunk of burning love". No Muskrat Love?....groan _________________________ Is that Eddie Van Halen?
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It's just as well. "Burgermeister and Tennille" sounds more like a law firm than a singing act.
Hey, hey, hey! What's wrong with a nice law firm name???!!! Ewest? TheMoMule? Can I get some backup here - a little lawyer love??!!
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4. Shooting (identify your target and lock up the PVC pipe)
OUCH!
Last edited by Rainman; 12/28/09 11:19 PM. Reason: Todd??? Lawyer love??? HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa
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4. Shooting (identify your target and lock up the PVC pipe)
OUCH! I've seen several references to shooting pcv, can I be directed to the thread. Dont wanna miss out on an 'educational' topic.
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4. Shooting (identify your target and lock up the PVC pipe)
OUCH! Man! I can't get any lawyer love from you, either, Rex??!! Is this how you treat customers?! Especially EARLY customers?  I'm going to go take a swim with some sharks now. At least they extend me some professional courtesy!!
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I've seen several references to shooting pcv, can I be directed to the thread. Dont wanna miss out on an 'educational' topic.
Burger, although I bear the brunt of this assault, it's pretty dang funny. TJ's Rabid PVC Muskrats and Conderosa "For Sale" Signs running amuck!!!
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