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Originally Posted by coy coyote
what percentage of small rats are you catching? How are they for primeness? Itching to go here. Might set some coyote snares first. Neighbor has been losing sheep and geese.
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I'm right around where it should be, about 70% juveniles and 30% adults. I've caught 2 or 3 really small ones that must have been from a second litter this summer. There is a very healthy population of rats where I am trapping.
I don't have enough experience to determine their primeness, this is my first Fall trapping. The smallest are blue, the older juveniles have the long blotch down their back and the adults have blotches. I fleshed and boarded 22 Spring rats yesterday that didn't have any markings.
I'll go take a picture and you can tell me what you think.