Muskrats

[flowerbug]

what are you using for bait? try apples.

 

[flowerbug]

Thank you for the advice, I do not know any trappers and not really sure how to find one. I will try using an apple, I will need to check to see if wood ducks would be tempted to eat them first. I really appreciate your response. They seem to be active at night or I would try to shoot it/them not sure how many there really are.

there should be some vids or info about methods on the web.

i've not had to trap them here yet but they have at times used a drainage ditch as a highway to get into the yard. i've since filled in the end of that drainage ditch so they (and the rest of the animals around here) can't run up it any more - was like a four lane highway! am working on filling in the rest of it now and next spring. leaving it open to the air will at least mean no more easy places for creatures to hide and use all winter. that has been such a PITA for so many years it makes me happy to see it like it is now even if it looks like a mess...

 

[Beekissed]

Controlling muskrats in the pond

Water seepage and erosion could be the work of a muskrat

www.livingthecountrylife.com

 

[baymule]

Interesting how different parts of the country have different problem animals. If we had a pond I would be on watch for an alligator.