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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 ...

I am fascinated by a small, fuzzy critter that is found just about anywhere there might be a spot of water in the United States and Canada. Not to mention, it has mastered a wide range of habitats and ...

Well hunting season is finally here. For those who know me well, you’ll know that few things excite me as the dawn of a new hunting season. Now I know at least one person out there is shaking their ...

The season for trapping muskrats ends anywhere from March 10 to March 20, depending on which county hunters are visiting. That means it's prime season right now for muskrat eating. We know only one ...

Something needs to be done to stop muskrat from boring holes into the dikes at a mine drainage treatment site in Mt. Pleasant Township. The holes can cause polluted water to foul Sewickley Creek, ...

Two weeks ago I made a trip to Mingo Wildlife Refuge near Puxico, Missouri. One of the most interesting things I saw was the activity of the muskrat pictured here. Swamp maple trees along a stream had ...

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 ...

The muskrat built him a house, and under the spreading ice turned all the meadow into a well-stocked cellar. The beaver built a dam, cut and anchored under water a plenty of green sticks near his ...