UNDER-ICE MUSKRAT

Make this set, or maybe you don’t even need a set. I trace this incident back more than a half-century when I still ran traps on a bicycle. I trapped muskrats in the road ditches, until the winter ice excluded me.

But, a little layer of ice actually enhanced my muskrat trapping. A thin layer of ice would help me spot muskrat dens. It would also keep the muskrat under water. That