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Master Gardener Decision Support Guide


Muskrats

Muskrats can be trapped using number 1 or number 1.5 steel traps. Place in runs and bait with carrots or apples. Shooting will reduce individuals. Pond dams protected with riprap or overbuilt are less suseptible to damage. Muskrats are covered by North Carolina Law for Wildlife Killed for Depredations.

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Designed by David Goforth on October 31, 2000