Growing up, in northeast Ohio in the early 1970s, trapping was a huge part of what my father and I did every Fall. And while we didn’t specifically target muskrats, they were our bread and butter. Why ...

The purpose is to reduce muskrat populations to lessen damage they cause to water management structures. Burrowing by ...

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“Over the next few weeks you will see signs at the pond warning that trapping is in progress. We are trapping muskrats which have proliferated over the past few years. These rodents burrow under the ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking to partner with other states to study why muskrat populations are declining. Ask Nick Wyshinski if there are fewer muskrats today, and he answers without ...

VENTURA — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is extending the muskrat trapping season on Ventura Marsh from Feb. 1 to April 1 to reduce the muskrat population and preserve the beneficial ...

In the pond behind my barn lives a muskrat that knows how to use a weed trimmer. It moved in last spring and promptly trimmed the grass and weeds on the banks. Newly seeded orchard grass and clover, ...

This week’s column is about parts of a truly exhausting 10 days of my life. I had fun, but the wear and tear of being on the go in the outdoor world is tearing me up. The sun was still an hour from ...

MARYLAND - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the one-week extension of the muskrat trapping season in some Maryland counties including all on the Eastern Shore.

PIERSON, Mich. (AP) -- Muskrats in Michigan residents' backyards and on golf courses can be a nuisance, but the furry, waddling critters -- or at least their pelts -- are highly prized in China and ...

The number of muskrats trapped for their fur in Minnesota dropped last year to about 19,000, the lowest on record. Biologists say a number of factors are at play in that drop, including fewer trappers ...