Doug's trapping season

[Carp Commander]

Just wondering what is the going rate for rats and coyotes? And who do you sell them to?  A guy named roger used to buy mine 15 to 20 years ago. He would come down from Spokane twice a year.

Very difficult to quote as the fur market is just that, a market. RUMOR has it the prices are going to drop this year but last year I had a twelve dollar average on rats. That number is one of the best prices in many, many, many years. I don't do a lot of yotes as they won't go in a cage. Shot coyotes will bring a much lower number depending on the amount of damage, caliber used and such.

Are you putting them up for auction or wanting to sale them green?

PS.. Thanks for tip you gave Aaron the other day. I have trapped it before but keep running into too many duck hunters. I worry about stuff getting stolen.

[Ole man fintucky]

Wow!! $12 a rat is really good. My last year trapping averaged $2.75 a rat. Too bad leg hold traps are a thing of the past. We would set a bunch each day and would average about 40 to 50% success rate in that ditch. One could make a few dollars.  I would skin and stretch any coyote. Last time I sold a coyote I think I got like $8 for it. Wasn't worth it. Had a nice coyote on Wednesday. Only a hole big enough to fit a 22\250 round through it. Keep posting the pics, I enjoy checking in and seeing the success. Used to really enjoy trapping, had more time back in the early to mid 90's.

[onetrapper]

Lots of time before the rats get bit up...from everything I've read floats are so so in fall winter.   Spring is the killer time has to do with the activity level of breeding season I guess

[pnwmtnmn]

During the spring the males will be checking any REPEAT ANY hole for females. When they crawl out they leave scent from the glands and that attracts other males and some females.

[Humptulips]

Just wondering what is the going rate for rats and coyotes? And who do you sell them to?  A guy named roger used to buy mine 15 to 20 years ago. He would come down from Spokane twice a year.

Looking for a market for carcass
or put up fur? I would call Eric Degman (509)881-0618 in Wenatchee

[UrbanTrapper]

During the spring the males will be checking any REPEAT ANY hole for females. When they crawl out they leave scent from the glands and that attracts other males and some females.

Thanks, I'm learning from this.  So spring would be the best time to use muskrat gland lure then, right?  What lure do you recommend?

[pnwmtnmn]

Any muskrat gland lure will work as long as it is muskrat gland. and fresh greens.

[Carp Commander]

A decent haul of muskrats today. I had several triples!

[Carp Commander]

Had an unusual experience today. I pulled a colony that had a triple in it. I found one of the rats had been eaten on. I can only think of a couple explanations but maybe someone else knows what happened here. When I found the trap it was dislodged from the run it was set in and about three inches of one end of the colony was out of the water. 

1. The rats moved the colony and exposed it to either a hawk or mink (steep bank covered in grass, so no tracks).

2. A mink went under after a leg that was sticking through the trap and pulled the trap out of the run.

Anybody ever seen this before? At first I thought mink all the way but mink are not shy of colony traps so why didn't he go in after the rest.

I actually hope it was a mink because I left 7x7 single door baited with fresh muskrat.

[hardkorrhunter]

That's an awesome haul!

[Carp Commander]

Nothing better than the excitement of a closed door. Could be the first mink of the year!

[Carp Commander]

Denied again!

Oh well at least it was fur!

[Cultusman]

Nice 

[Turner89]

Nice job Doug