muskrat funnel traps

[pointer]

Hey guys has any one ever built funnle type musk rat traps with 1/4" wire mesh for a funnel instead of using tin? If so how does the mesh work?

[wwbirds]

Used 1/2 or maybe even 3/4 many years ago and they worked really well. Only problem I remember was mink can get in and chew a big hole through to the liver of everything in the funnel trap and then found a way to get out.
funnels are very efficient for muskrats so efficient it is easy to over trap small water bodies like sloughs.

[H380]

The mesh funnel trap is great , just make sure the trap is submerged so they drown or else they tend to eat each other if still alive .1/2 or 3/4 " will both work .

[pointer]

How about the funnel part being mesh instead of tin?

[wwbirds]

so don't see a problem. used cage clips (like a metal hog ring) and they were fast and easy to build. had a plan for making them in an old Alberta trapper course booklet from the 80's I think is where I got the original plans

[pointer]

Originally Posted by wwbirds

so don't see a problem. used cage clips (like a metal hog ring) and they were fast and easy to build. had a plan for making them in an old Alberta trapper course booklet from the 80's I think is where I got the original plans

Thanx I guess I got my day planed out for tomorrow

[wwbirds]

Think I stil have a box or two of them over in the barn. If you can use them they are yours for the postage to ship.
Rob

[pointer]

Originally Posted by wwbirds

Think I stil have a box or two of them over in the barn. If you can use them they are yours for the postage to ship.
Rob

Thanx for the offer rob but I think I got all I need to build a few

[Thunder Elk Hunter]

Try using clear plexi glass for the stops. Never had a problem with them in runs or baited with carrot or parsip, rats go right in. I had some with the two wire fingers that I watched a big rat get out of. Starting using the plexi glass and the mink stay in as well.

Hope this is helpful.

Thunder