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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 ...

Nelson County, N.D. The mercury had dipped to 9 below zero overnight, and Nat Bornsen's all-terrain vehicle was reluctant to fire up, even though it had weathered the brunt of the cold inside his shed ...

“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 ...

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 ...

CRISFIELD, MD — Muskrat trapping season is synonymous with muskrat eating season for some people on the Delmarva Peninsula. In Somerset County, this culinary heritage runs deep. Renee Mears, owner of ...

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 ...

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.