Growing up, in northeast Ohio in the early 1970s, trapping was a huge part of what my father and I did every Fall. And while we didn’t specifically target muskrats, they were our bread and butter. Why ...

This image shows the cover of a publication titled "Monroe Muskrats — Six Live Ones," circa 1906. Pictured are commodores W.C. Sterling, C.E. Greening and E.S. Wilder. Recently, I wrote about the ...

GOLDEN HILL, MD. — How do you skin a muskrat? Let’s ask an expert. Here’s Dakota Abbott, 17, the only woman to win a muskrat-skinning contest and the Miss Outdoors pageant. Her father and uncle, both ...

Well hunting season is finally here. For those who know me well, you’ll know that few things excite me as the dawn of a new hunting season. Now I know at least one person out there is shaking their ...

MARYLAND - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the one-week extension of the muskrat trapping season in some Maryland counties including all on the Eastern Shore.

Dan Baker, wearing thigh-high camouflage waders and jabbing at the muck with a wooden stake, picked his way through a marsh in Southern Maryland as if he had lost something in it. A biting wind off ...

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — If you ever wondered what raccoon tastes like, it’s a little like this: the meat is firm, like pork, but flaky, like salmon. The taste is mild and somewhat sweet. There is also a ...