Muskrat hunting

[jjervin87]

Does anybody know of any good places to hunt muskrats near Atlanta?

 

[NCHillbilly]

I've never hunted muskrats, but I have trapped a bazillion of them back in the day. They live in almost every body of water from little branches to large rivers and lakes, especially if there are good food sources like crop fields or cattails and other marsh vegetation.

 

[jjervin87]

Does anybody know of any good places to hunt muskrats near Atlanta?

Around what area did you see them in?

 

[NCHillbilly]

You mean what area in general? Pretty much everywhere I've ever been from the southeast to the midwest where there's water, I see muskrat sign. Look for droppings on rocks in the water, slides, dens, tracks in the mud, and places where they've been cutting and digging vegetation.

 

[chehawknapper]

Trapped my share in the pond behind the Methodist Children’s Home off of Candler and in what they call Bess Walker Memorial pond in Avondale when I was a kid....but that was 50 years ago.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Many people with farm ponds would probably be happy to let you remove their muskrats if you talk to them right-they dig holes in the dam and undermine the banks.

 

[Nugefan]

I wasn't gonna say anything .... lol

 

[Rabun]

Does anybody know of any good places to hunt muskrats near Atlanta?

Just to make sure you know...they are considered furbearers. Furbearer season opens 12/1.