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Here are a few pics of what I seen in 2 1/2 hours,set 20 floats so far and a couple of colony's,had appointment so couldn't get more in today,tomorrow need to put more colony's and some more floats,there is one hut that is twice the size of the largest in my picture's,lots of sign happy happy happy 
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10-15-2014, 04:45 PM
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Looks like you have a great area ..good luck peter
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10-15-2014, 05:42 PM
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Looking good, Peter! Could you let me know how you do with your 110's on your floats? I've had a lot of missed catches and I'm thinking that I have to move the traps farther back like you have yours. Mine are only 3" from the end of the float.
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10-15-2014, 07:19 PM
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Thanks guys and yes it is looking pretty promising,and five minutes from my home ,i will let you know Hunterdave how my coni's are working,cheers Peter
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10-15-2014, 07:24 PM
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Good luck , play safe ! Wish I had more around my place !
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10-15-2014, 10:52 PM
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Yipppeeeeee
I got 25 stick sets out this am and one big funnel trap. I checked tonight and caught 25 rats. I got 9 of them in my big funnel trap I bought off Dave!!!! Couldn't believe my eyes when I pulled it out haha. The only downside I noticed as this is my first fall trapping rats I noticed that there are some real small rats that won't be worth a whole lot. I am thinking a few bucks a piece as they are so small. One thing I did pay attention to is my % of catches with my sticks in the mud. 16 out of 25 traps isn't too bad
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10-16-2014, 11:07 AM
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You're off to a great start, Nube! Hopefully you can keep that catch rate going. My catch rate has wild fluctuations depending upon the weather, I guess. I've caught a lot of small juveniles as well. The manual says that 70% of your catch in the Fall should be juveniles and it indicates a healthy muskrat population. Only about 10% of my catch has been those tiny juveniles (second litter of the summer?) and the majority were a decent medium size.
I'm glad to hear that the submarine trap has paid itself off 3 times over on the first day.....LOL! I just bought a 100' roll of 16g 1" x 1" galvanized wire mesh and I'll be making a bunch more colony and submarine traps as soon as I get an order. I'll pull an all nighter to get them made if I have to.
Where did you place the submarine trap to catch 9 at a time? Was it in a run, up against a hut or bank den.....? I have a couple that I haven't put out yet. Pictures would be great!
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10-16-2014, 07:11 PM
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Silver Lake check # 1
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Here are a few pics of what I seen in 2 1/2 hours,set 20 floats so far and a couple of colony's,had appointment so couldn't get more in today,tomorrow need to put more colony's and some more floats,there is one hut that is twice the size of the largest in my picture's,lots of sign happy happy happy |
Here is some new porn for ya,20 floats,2 colony traps= 28 rats,some misses on coni's,but lots of double's on floats,even a double in a 110 coni on a float set(One for you Hunterdave ) this marsh freezes out so catching them now,enjoy Peter,(10 more colony's set there today) Picture number 4 is rat double in 110 just pinched the other rats arm enough to hold him,and they went down together 
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10-16-2014, 07:35 PM
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Great job guys!! Love the pics
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10-16-2014, 09:09 PM
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Awesome pictures, Peter.....Well done!
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Looking good peter.
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10-16-2014, 09:48 PM
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Dave it was up against a bank den. Got 6 in it todays check and another 22 rats. Forgot the camera again. Hope to get some pics tomorrow
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10-16-2014, 09:51 PM
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Thanks guys,i got the" MUSKRAT FEVER " LOL,boy slogging through the marsh is tough on a guys body,but I'll do it til I drop,I also have yote' permission here as well,traps and snares,lots of sign for them as well,i'll wait a bit longer for them,cheers Peter
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10-16-2014, 10:23 PM
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I was going to move half of my float sets tomorrow because they aren't producing much but the winds are supposed to be about 40 kph. I think that I'm going to put out a couple of submarine traps during my check instead. I have no bank dens so I'm going to try to find the entrances to huts. AO member "Pointer" told me about a trick for using a hockey stick to find the hole. Time to put that knowledge to work. 
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10-16-2014, 11:52 PM
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I was going to move half of my float sets tomorrow because they aren't producing much but the winds are supposed to be about 40 kph. I think that I'm going to put out a couple of submarine traps during my check instead. I have no bank dens so I'm going to try to find the entrances to huts. AO member "Pointer" told me about a trick for using a hockey stick to find the hole. Time to put that knowledge to work. |
I use my boot,when I find the trail I just follow it up too the hut and poke foot into hole,set my colony and presto rats ,works on shallow water huts for me IMO,Peter
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10-17-2014, 10:08 AM
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Well done Peter !
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10-17-2014, 02:20 PM
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Here is some new porn for ya,20 floats,2 colony traps= 28 rats,some misses on coni's,but lots of double's on floats,even a double in a 110 coni on a float set(One for you Hunterdave ) this marsh freezes out so catching them now,enjoy Peter,(10 more colony's set there today) Picture number 4 is rat double in 110 just pinched the other rats arm enough to hold him,and they went down together |
todays total 22,2 day so far 50,skim ice last night so most in colony,couple on the floats,and get this,another double on the coni's,triple for that float,they have some bank dens alond road edge of marsh,so gonna set some more of those up,2 double's on rats in consecutive days,love it,warm tonight so thinking floats may be more active as well,cheers Peter
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10-17-2014, 02:26 PM
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Have you got to put any on boards yet? How prime do they look?
Are you going to Pincher for the SCTA party on Saturday?
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10-17-2014, 02:54 PM
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Have you got to put any on boards yet? How prime do they look?
Are you going to Pincher for the SCTA party on Saturday?
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They look pretty good,this marsh freezes out,and being it's close I wanted to clean it up first,50 more and I will pull out of there and move on down to Pine Coulee,caught rats same time last year and they did well.
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10-17-2014, 05:15 PM
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Up this way the dark spots on the muskrat's hides are starting to lighten up and getting smaller. It's especially noticeable on the adults. This just started happening in the last 2 days.
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10-17-2014, 06:28 PM
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great pics fellas!!
just got going today. dozen 12" funnels,8 colony's,some floating colonys,20+/_ floats and a bunch of lathe.
could of got more out, but he only works so fast. get some more out tomorrow. seen a bunch of coyotes and looking forward to get that going.
beautiful day!
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10-18-2014, 09:51 AM
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Well a cool dozen today.3 day total of 62,20.6 rats a day,i'll take it,moving around gear tomorrow,tonight big banquet in Pincher Creek,post few pictures later,cheers Peter
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10-18-2014, 11:23 AM
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I wished that I had a little buddy to help me set and check my traps, Braggadoe, that would be awesome. With the number of traps that you put out you must have some pretty good numbers on your checks. I'd be curious as to how many a guy would catch in one day with that amount.....if you want to share that info.
I've been averaging about 12 rats per day which has helped me get into the swing of things gradually. Between now and freeze up though, I'd like to average about 20 per day. I think that it's time to deploy a bunch of colony traps.
All the best to you southern fellas for a great season!
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10-18-2014, 04:40 PM
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Pulled my traps yesterday. I had just set a few while I cleaned up my bird outfitting camp for the year. Glad to be done that. Got 3 days in of trapping with about 28 traps. Pulled 25, 22 and 18 in the 3 days. I am off to Azerbaijan in a week till mid Nov on my Tur hunt and will start up then and see if I can get some marten this year and get some coyote snares going. I don't plan on hitting the rats much till spring again and it won't be like last years numbers either.
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Thanks guys,i got the" MUSKRAT FEVER " LOL,boy slogging through the marsh is tough on a guys body,but I'll do it til I drop,I also have yote' permission here as well,traps and snares,lots of sign for them as well,i'll wait a bit longer for them,cheers Peter
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Good job on the skrats Peter , lots of work ahead . Take it easy on the coyotes , leave some for us to call ! lol .
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10-18-2014, 09:29 PM
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Hauled 37 rats on 4 traps in 2 days soon be time do set up all my traps
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10-18-2014, 09:37 PM
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Hauled 37 rats on 4 traps in 2 days soon be time do set up all my traps
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Nice haul, but Pointer, this post is no good without pictures.....lol! 
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10-18-2014, 10:39 PM
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Nice job Pointer, congrats! You guys are nailing them good this year.
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10-19-2014, 02:16 PM
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Awesome pictures, braggadoe! What a great haul in that submarine trap!
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