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 ...

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.

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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 ...

VENTURA — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is extending the muskrat trapping season on Ventura Marsh from Feb. 1 to April 1 to reduce the muskrat population and preserve the beneficial ...

A gray squirrel easily scampers over what is ordinarily a modest little trout stream along the edge of my backyard, heading for deeper woods. There's no sign of the stream itself that meanders along ...

Dorrance Township resident Kevin Gallagher holds a 58-pound beaver he trapped last winter. Trapping season for fox, coyote, raccoon, opossum, skunk and weasel runs from Oct. 21 to Feb. 17. Mink and ...

The trapping season is in its first full week across Iowa. DNR Furbearer Biologist, Vince Evelsizer, says there are a couple of positives for those venturing out. “A lot of the furbearer populations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chief Donna Abbott, right, prepares to trap in the marsh in lower Dorchester County, Maryland, for muskrats on a cold morning Feb.

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