Making Muskrat Floats - Trapperman Forums
Mar 29, 2018 · Here is a compilation of several different muskrat float images taken from internet resources and cataloged for this ongoing library. None of them are mine! I made a few "floats" as a kid 50 years ago - very crude, and not near the caliber of these. And, a …
Muskrat Floats: An Overview | Trapping Archives - ProBoards
Aug 27, 2007 · Here is the great part of this set- set your trap and put it into position held by the nails. Put your can (filled with rocks) on it. It should float, more or less. Now push it out to the end of the shore wire and push the anchor can off with your trapping stick that is …
Making Muskrat Floats - Trapperman Forums
Aug 31, 2013 · You could use a wire trigger trap with a carrot on the trigger wires and floated with pvc. I would use a smaller, less expensive trap for muskrats. Or use a larger trap and add carrots in with the beaver lure. At $14+ a rat that may be an …
Muskrat Float Library - Trapperman Forums
Nov 1, 2007 · Here is the great part of this set- set your trap and put it into position held by the nails. Put your can (filled with rocks) on it. It should float, more or less. Now push it out to the end of the shore wire and push the anchor can off with your trapping stick that is …
muskrat floats - Trapperman Forums
Jan 23, 2024 · This post alone --> making muskrat floats has tons of pictures and enough written info to fill you with more knowledge of muskrat floats than the average guy would gather in a lifetime. www.iowatrappertalk.com
Muskrat float's in moving water - Trapperman Forums
Aug 15, 2024 · Muskrat floats for moving water . . . . this is what works for me. Not to be confused with 'rat floats that are in still water. Whole different look. Typical float with styrofoam base. Ridge in back to keep trap in place. I have three holes drilled to insert sticks in the bow. Marsh grass is weaved around the three sticks.
how would i make a sucesfull muskrat float? - Trapperman Forums
Re: how would i make a sucesfull muskrat float? [Re: TrapperE] #8068250. Mine are made of 1/4" plywood 33" long X 8" wide. screwed to the bottom of the float. 3/4' hole drilled thru the exact center for 5/8" conduit stake. both sides of 33" length of float. in climbing up on the ends of floats with their teeth or claws.
Muskrat Float Design - Trapperman Forums
Oct 25, 2021 · Here is a prototype for a muskrat float. I haven't trapped with it yet. seems to me to be a good design. 7 1/2 inches wide, as a 1 by 8 board is that wide. 20 inches long with one inch closed cell Styrofoam glued to the bottom. a furring strip for the sides. 1 1/2 coil spring traps. I would use a bamboo stake in the 3/4 inch hole in the center.
Muskrat avoiding floats? - Trapperman Forums
Jun 23, 2024 · For all you guys who use floats for rats. Last year was my first attempt -- made a few dozen floats based off a model shared here on the forums (thanks for the model). Now I set half dozen of these out in a swamp I have trapped rats in for years. Shoot, when I …
Anchoring Muskrat Floats - Trapperman Forums
Apr 18, 2024 · I am wondering how people stake or anchor their muskrat floats. I am building some and I was originally thinking drilling a hole thru the middle of the float and pushing a gray fence post in the mud and sliding the float over the pole. This would let the float adjust to different water levels and move with the waves.