While it is certainly too early to say for sure, certain items such as, mink, muskrat, and red fox are beginning the season with a look toward improved prices.

PIERSON, Mich. -- High demand for fur in Asian markets means one thing for Michigan trappers — muskrat love. Asian countries are buying raw material for fur garments from Michigan trappers, and ...

The number of muskrats trapped for their fur in Minnesota dropped last year to about 19,000, the lowest on record. Biologists say a number of factors are at play in that drop, including fewer trappers ...

PIERSON, Mich. (AP) -- Muskrats in Michigan residents' backyards and on golf courses can be a nuisance, but the furry, waddling critters -- or at least their pelts -- are highly prized in China and ...

We spent our first weekend of the year up on our hill at the pond. The pair of geese that had five little ones have lost two of their youngsters. That’s normal. If every one of their babies lived, we ...

Veteran Catskills-area trapper Shawn Coston had his best year ever trapping bobcat this winter, finishing the season last weekend with seven to his credit – a number that the state Department of ...

PEA PATCH ISLAND, Del. - Shin-deep in the icy muck, Tim Evans reaches a gloved hand into a watery hole and fishes out his treasure: a sodden mass of dark hair and claws, with four tiny, yellow ...

Groundhogs and muskrats are animals that go by, quite literally, dozens of names each. With all those names, as well as their physical similarities, it’s easy to confuse them with one another. Today, ...