Under a flapping, rusting tin roof, in an aging shed near the marsh, is one of the most curious pieces of machinery in Dorchester County. Almost 100 years old, it is also one of the rarest ...

I was told that trappers would sit in shanties on the marsh, to watch a line of traps, and when the metal flag popped up, indicating a muskrat had been caught, they would rush out and get it out ...

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.

The parks department said it did not yet have estimates in how much repairs and trapping the muskrats would cost the city, but over the last four years, the city has spent “up to $40,000” in ...

2. Fencing. Consider installing a fence to keep muskrats out of your yard or garden. This option also excludes other pests, ...

“Muskrat Trapping at the Pond,” read the subject line, which is not a collection of words that typically lands in the email inboxes of most Washingtonians. Of course, I immediately opened it ...

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

Building a better muskrat trap. By Brice Stump; ... a retired railroad man who came to Dorchester County that year to hunt ducks and ended up revolutionizing the muskrat and animal trap industry.