Steck – Hardcore Muskrat Trapping – by Mark Steck (Dakota Line)

Join Mark Steck in South Dakota, the Muskrat Mecca of the world. On a working trapline, you will see firsthand the techniques that allowed Mark to take 4900 rats in 2011-2012. Using footholds, body grips, and colony traps Mark shows and articulates an array of simple and fast sets. You will see both open water and under the ice trapping that will work anywhere. Mark has spent his life on the prairies and marshes of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. He is a professional trapper who has run ultra long lines. When it comes to trapping, he is driven and competitive right down to the bone.

Approximately 3 hours.