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.

GOLDEN HILL, MD. — How do you skin a muskrat? Let’s ask an expert. Here’s Dakota Abbott, 17, the only woman to win a muskrat-skinning contest and the Miss Outdoors pageant. Her father and uncle, both ...

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a common mammal found in marshes, stream banks and around shallow-water areas throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. They are semi-aquatic and live in stream, river ...

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 ...

Tennessee’s statewide trapping season for six species and several small game hunting seasons will close on Feb. 28.

MADISON – Beginning in fall 2014, muskrat and mink trapping seasons in Wisconsin will have consistent open and close dates state-wide, with one notable exception. The Mississippi River zone will ...

The fur-bearing rodent used to be very abundant in the first half of the 20 th century, and harvesting muskrats for their meat and fur was a critical part of springtime subsistence activities. It was ...