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.

Although they play an important role in native ecosystems, muskrats can cause significant damage with their foraging and ...

Spotify The muskrat houses, once spotted in multitudes, were missing. That’s what a reader — who recalled seeing the critters ...

If efforts to drive the muskrats to a new home haven’t been effective, the next step is trapping and relocating them. First, make sure that muskrat trapping and muskrat removal is legal in your ...

Trapping records show the most muskrats ever harvested in Minnesota was nearly 2 million in 1943. That could have something to do with food rations restricting meat during WWII.

In his speech for the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR) this past spring, keynote speaker Rodney ...

Muskrat trapping season in Maryland typically runs through mid-March. However, state law allows the Department of Natural Resources to extend the season for up to seven days in the case of poor ...

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.