muskrat sets

[rdtrapping]

i have heard and seen the hole set and the path set but has ne one heard or tried a rat raft set and does it work well

[deerhunter65347]

Linda hit them with a foat last yr along with me. And we both found out its not what its cracked up to be. But of course floats are a new method for me. So i might have been doing something wrong. But they just dont seem to be a effective tool for me. I tried them on the creek and ponds and 3 lakes. With zero catches.

[ozarkmountainman]

I caught 'em in the old days with float sets, but haven't tried it in a long time. There's not enough 'rats around here to go to the trouble.

Dale

[jbat]

I used a float set last year, used collard greens and tunip greens for bait, had no results, maybe didnt like greens but did catch 2 rats in other sets at same pond

[deerhunter65347]

Jbat i pulled the floats and cleaned the rats out at the dens and runs with 110's and colony traps. I dont know what or if anything i was doing wrong but they didnt like the float sets at all!

[jbat]

They seem to be more trouble than they are worth, imagine they work good in swampy areas with large populations of rats, just my thought

[rdtrapping]

ok thank u all for the info and opinons i am going to try some den and run sets as well as the float set if it works for me with the design i am gonna use i will pass it on to all of u ok

[deerhunter65347]

We would appreciate that!

[rdtrapping]

O guys just FYI i have been sleeping and thinking since i last posted ne thing and i have also done some research i have found and will try out two more ways of catching rats and i will also send them to you first and for most i have made a raft of what i was talking about originally and i think so far it will work i just have to catch a rat on it i will post pic the first time i get one just keeping u guys up to date

[flintstone1]

i have used floats set in ponds and had good luck with it. trap on each end ear of corn and some Carmans on it works well for me. I had a pond could not find the den hole at all so floats did it for me. good luck

[coontrapper2000]

i use floats but i wire grass and small twigs on mine and make it look kinda like a feeder pile and use lure caught 4 or 5 last year doin that

[bigjohn]

Floats work best for spring time ratting.They are starting to breed and they want to climb on everything and deposit musk.

[beaver6]

floats work best if prebaited, and left at the location

[mttrapper]

Its fall trapping here in montana and I have been killing them with a floater set 17 rats in 9 days use red apples for bait and rub one all over the float to get the sent out, my floats have 2 conni 110's in each and i have a had a couple doubles!