Trapping Muskrats Inside The Huts (Giant Minnesota Muskrats)

[@scotthowell1356]

it is an absolute joy to watch you trap

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I really like watching you trap the muskrat huts buddy because we cant do it in Illinois! Good luck with everything!

[@tommurphy6972]

Man this was just awesome to watch.. wish we had more rats around

[@heathobryan7128]

Keep it up! Always enjoy your trapping videos!!

[@hankhoughton5709]

Lots of fun watching you trap rats!

[@woodystrapping]

Great job Scott 👍😁

[@melvinkidd1813]

I appreciate you videotape this I will never get to trap m muskrat in huts i am too old Love the video thanks man👍👍

[@eduffy4937]

I always like the bridger#1 coilsprings for hut trapping. Easy to place the trap and easier to pull out when theres a rat in it.

[@survivingwith812catfishing]

Because of the economy I've had to get back in a semi. Don't leave me much time to fish or trap. Barely got any bowhunting in. I look forward to your videos on the road. Keeps me company. Thx bud

[@TrappingTheMitten-JohnHowell]

You make it look so absolutely easy! When I try to do the things you do, it never quite seems.... Easy LOL. I really enjoyed seeing you trap with J and trapped up

[@hilljackoutdoors2808]

I absolutely live your trapping videos. Muskrat trapping is so cool to me. I don't know of any place to do it here in Southern Indiana, but I sure enjoy watching you do it.

[@jamesscallyiii27]

Love the rat trapping almost as much as the beaver trapping videos

[@chrismurdock6049]

Your and darn good trapper, brother. Just love watching your beaver and rat trapping ones. Thanks for all your hard work, and time put in. Merry Christmas, brother.

[@crittergetter5045]

Merry Christmas! I’m heading out in the morning to set huts! Thanks for sharing. I did really good last season trapping huts. More fun then setting colony traps.

[@chrisledford380]

Thanks for the video. I've never seen anyone setup huts and feedbeds before. I've read about it but seeing how you do it is much better. Here in Western North Carolina we don't have those marshes, but we do have creek rats. Best of luck!!

[@markpinther9296]

68% is pretty damn good! Video is 11 months old but I am just catching up! Fun as hell to watch and am learning a ton.

[@danielmastin3606]

Awesome Muskrats 👍. Thanks for sharing this Scott.

[@niterider5327]

he is the best beaver and muskrat trapper

[@bowhunter9288]

Action muskrat trappin!

[@erichennes1737]

great stuff keep it comin

[@hollissweedman1494]

Excellent video!

[@josiahcaminiti4336]

Hey Scott, would you be willing to put a GoPro inside one of those huts when you set it so we could see the inside? I was just curious what it looks like in there. We aren't lucky like you over here in Wisconsin.

[@330Maniac]

The issue with that is its so dark inside you'd never be able to see what it looks like. Maybe at some point I could figure something out.

[@josiahcaminiti4336]

I was wondering if you could shine a flashlight in there to add some light. Thanks!!

[@bnight.7996]

I bet a mechanic bore sight camera. Designed for just this type of situation. Glad I found you.

[@johnk9698]

I haven't seen rats that size since the last time I drove through Detroit!

[@lancewilke7787]

Awesome video, like always....

[@WestTennessee]

Great video. Thanks for sharing with us.👍🏻😎

[@465outdoors7]

Love trapping muskrats. Brother and I trapped just under 1200 in 2011. We would check them 3 times a day

[@coyotewacker]

Pretty frickin Awesome how you do that ,,I’m not a muskrat trapper,But I do Appreciate the hard work you put in to get it done … Thanks For Sharing Goodluck Out There. BeSafe …

[@charlesmanning2523]

Love trapping rats for sure bro Awesome catching them big prime rats thanks for sharing

[@GMC-lr4jj]

When setting traps have you ever stumbled across a muskrat still in a hut and have them attack your hand while in the hut?

[@330Maniac]

Yes I have. Even had them jump out onto my chest lol

[@GMC-lr4jj]

@@330Maniac 😮. That would be crazy. Probably mess my drawers if one jumped out at me.

[@stephensmith2458]

Love watching your videos. Thanks for sharing. Gotta check more into my laws here to see if I can try this method

[@nextgentrapper1000]

So jealous man… really wish we could hut trap here in iowa it would be a blast!

[@patindvik3408]

Do you try to cut into the south side? That's how we are shown. Grandpa said the walls are always more shallow.

[@330Maniac]

That's what I was taught as well. I have noticed that's not always the case though. Those big houses always seem to be a pain to get into no matter where you did in.

[@robgrubb420]

wow scott this was a clinic! awesome.

[@aardhond]

Great vid mate good stuff

[@chrisforthy]

68% hit rate. Not too shabby!

[@claylehman9106]

Great content as always 😊

[@craigb9489]

Do you tan any of the beaver pelts from traps? If so, do you sell them and how much?

[@330Maniac]

I do tan some but don't sell them. You could definitely buy tanned ones online

[@craigb9489]

@@330Maniac Thank you

[@nyoutdoorsguy9679]

The way you say Oneida is pretty funny. From someone that lives near there lol

[@Smorgellep]

Gota love the good ole Jhonny hole eh

[@65FullMoon83]

Subscribed! Enjoying your KZbin Channel! Found your channel by the recommendation of Stu Miller at "Coon Creek Outdoors." Those Minnesota Musk Rats are TOADS! 🙂👍

[@woodsy3495]

Impressive math skills. Lol. Great haul man.

[@blubberm3]

what do you do with all those rats? If you sell them do you tan them yourself?

[@330Maniac]

I sell them to a local fur buyer

[@stephensmith2458]

Lol...i can rememberr trying rat house and falling in above my chest waders on the edge one winter...boy was that cold

[@gunfisher4661]

Do ever have any trouble with coyotes and such searching along and digging out your hut sets. The biggest rat I ever caught weighed in at 6lbs my fur buyer used to weigh every thing I brought in short of fox. Rats used to average around 3 lbs yrs back depending how much pressure they have on them.

[@little_furtaker]

Have you ever caught a Mink in a Muskrat House? And Do you know if it’s possible?

[@woodsy3495]

Used to catch a lot of mink in rat sets.

[@gunfisher4661]

Mink can often be caught on muskrat runs.

[@little_furtaker]

@@gunfisher4661 thank you!

[@eduffy4937]

Lots of times. Mink hunt into rat huts lookin for easy meals. You get them quite frequently.

[@eduffy4937]

Its always a good sight trapping up by he canadan border when you chop into a rat hut and steam pours out of it. Ya know you have a fresh one and catch rate is nearly garaunteed

[@naterbud7802]

awesome video man. what’s your go to rat foothold? size and brand. we can’t trap huts here in new york but id like to trap out of state and just wondering what the best trap would be

[@trainmagnet5845]

It would be interesting, if you stuck a camera, in the hut, to see, what it looks like.

[@gussuperman7565]

Cheers on your success M8 . Do you eat what you trap or use the meat for other purpose ? I do enjoy your videos , but I don't have Instagram , so sorry I can't help you there. Keep up the good work. God bless y'all.

[@lesleyboeder1798]

Muskrats are very good eating

[@yenerm114]

You need to come to our pond , we don’t have any huts , only bank dens n trapping them is hard , how much is a muskrat pelt up by you ? Take ur GoPro off n show us the inside once or twice if u could , u an awesome trapper that’s fs

[@PopPopJoe]

What onx app do you use? I looked it up there seems to be a few on there.

[@bowhunter9288]

I wonder if snaping turtles ever crawl up in those huts.

[@kovenant7]

Are they a nuisance what are you getting them for?

[@lcjohn51]

How much do you get for a pelt?

[@eduffy4937]

About 4dollar average right now. In 2011-2015 they were going for 10-14average.

[@ottercat8527]

I think rat fur is the best looking of all fur !

[@donaldhamm4332]

You would faint if you seen our rats on the lake erie marshes

[@330Maniac]

They are about the same size as these ones if you get the big ones. I watch all the wild fur auctions and the biggest rats come from MN and the Dakotas. All the wild fur from the US is sold at these auctions including anything from Erie.

[@eduffy4937]

@@330Maniac i think he was referring to the massive numbers of them. Its like swan lake in its hayday.

[@Quija9334]

Fast food restaurants for musk rats!😂🐀

[@stevefischer585]

do you ever useva chainsaw do you know how to keep chain from freezing up antifreeze in chasin saw oil maybe thanks enjoy your videos

[@eduffy4937]

Use food grade mineral oil

[@stevefischer585]

@@eduffy4937 thank you very much could you tell me how much where you fromim n ia

[@eduffy4937]

@@stevefischer585 depenfs how much you use it.

[@AbandonedNorthJersey]

I cornered a muskrat and it let out a blood curdled scream that made me jog away

[@jonathanmucha5133]

Love the videos but why haven’t you done a fur handling vid?…Do you you put up your fur or sell it green?

[@stevefischer585]

fur buyer told me when rats first come to marsh or havent been then first yr they are very big due to not much competion and ample food

[@huntingandstuff9489]

The land of 10,000 lakes and 10,000,000 muskrat

[@eduffy4937]

Likely more than that

[@davidpennington4477]

I would like to have seen these rats on boards just to see the sizes

[@lesleyboeder1798]

You ever catch any mink well trapping rats like this

[@eduffy4937]

Lots in mn. Id say a mink every 25sets or so

[@gordonkochan6660]

68 - 69 % catch rate

[@langwaydpful]

68.4% Basically 99

[@rickwarner4102]

Best part of trapping rat houses...Pulling out the trap with an "expired" rat that jumps at you like it is going to kick your butt...