Guest writer Rob Hatch discusses mounting concerns over the current state (and future) of the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, the Great North Woods of both New Hampshire and Maine, and the intentions of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
"I chuckled with the farmer as to whether he wanted rats or dead chickens – to which he didn’t seem too amused." A mysterious beast is slaughtering chickens in a rural warehouse.
I never thought much of Muskrats early on. My first few seasons were tied up chasing beaver and coyote, critters like muskrats were low on the totem pole. Most trappers probably thought I was crazy...