I wish every critter was as easy to skin and flesh as muskrats!Muskrat trapping is a lot of fun! Pretty sweet skinning too
Trapping Season 2025-2026
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OO2
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Not exactly sure yet, but I’ll be happy if I average $2.50 for them. I’ve also got a buyer for the carcasses at $1.50 each… So a $4.00 average would be respectable I think. Still a far cry from $10-12 from a decade or so ago, though. There’s an OSTA auction coming up in a couple of weeks. That will be pretty enlightening I think.
Wiley E Coyote
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Operation Egg eaters is back up and running this weekend. Set 15 DPs today. See what we have in the morning
Wiley E Coyote
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I don't have to worry about catching my land owner's barn cats with fruit loops. It's a working house farm and they have some cats that live in the morning hay barns. Two boars and two sows this morning
Fruit loops work great! Nice catch! I sometimes put a lifesavers gummy on the trigger at the bottom of my DPs… seems to make the raccoons dig a little harder to try and work it off the trigger.
OO2
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Wiley E Coyote
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Four more egg eaters this morning. The big bore is the largest one I've caught this year. He was so stupid! Caught in one trap and stuck his free paw in another. Never underestimate the power of fruit loops 
Those are some really nice looking raccoons! Do you sell them whole or do anything with them? Raccoon and kraut is great eating!
Wiley E Coyote
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Feeding the local buzzard population. The land owner asked me to help with them. They like their barn cats and the coons will come in and take over the place even killing the new born kittens. It's a good farm for Sydney and I to turkey and deer hunt so I'm doing my part to stay in good standing plus it probably helps the turkey poults also
You people cost me money all the damn time. Now you are taking up my time too! Lol, something to do since someone took care of most of the squirrels the last couple of years. Bored
I know, just in time for the cold snap. But I think they'll last beyond that,
I know, just in time for the cold snap. But I think they'll last beyond that,
You’re gonna have some fun!You people cost me money all the damn time. Now you are taking up my time too! Lol, something to do since someone took care of most of the squirrels the last couple of years. BoredView attachment 216981View attachment 216982View attachment 216983
I know, just in time for the cold snap. But I think they'll last beyond that,
Whatever you attach those chains to, make sure it’s tight and not a bunch of loose chain, if you can help it. If not you might find a knotted-up mess with a raccoon in it.
Good luck!
Yup, that is what i was telling levi. Use only what is needed.
Knelly
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Those are great. Only think I don’t like about them is there’s nothing to swivel around the stake itself. As long as the stake spins inside the soil, in theory it’ll be fine. But if not, and the raccoon gets your chain/cable wrapped around the top of that stake, a big boar can/will pump that stake out of the ground if he’s got the leverage of the shortened chain to pull upwards. Unlikely, I know. But crazy things happen when trapping sometimes. Lol
Knelly
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I pound the stake down through the swivel opening. Only use the loop to keep from sliding off the top. This allows it to have full 360 rotation without spinning the stake