Mink how to deal with

fish slapped

Lads one of my farmers have told me they've seen 2 mink about 5 in the evening on a chipped bark track, he's worried about his beagle pups and poultry, there is a big no. of hares on the land and what I am wondering is whats the best way of dealing with these little fury fellows. Is it true that besides shooting him, if I bury a 3ft. lenght of 6inch pipe straight down and put a bait in the bottom the mink will climb down but can't reverse back out and can't turn??? any help welcome.
cheers FS.

kerryman12

Hi fish slapped

AS far as I know there are two options in terms of trapping. Various options have been discussed here before you should do a search.
for the pipe option as far as I know the pipe should be buried about about 45 degrees with a stone at the end to act as a stop.
Another option was a floating trap posted here before - cant seem to attach it now as it exceeds the site limit.

After that do a search on here for previous threads.

Regards

meathstevie

If they're that regular I'd chance a shot. Silenced .22 sounds like the type of medication that would be quite appropriate.

fish slapped

anyone else interested try this thread I think its the one kerryman is refering to.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055178257&highlight=trap+mink

theres also the .223 from a ridge which over looks this track where they were seen.



question could his pups be in danger??

stevoman

fish slapped wrote: »

Lads one of my farmers have told me they've seen 2 mink about 5 in the evening on a chipped bark track, he's worried about his beagle pups and poultry, there is a big no. of hares on the land and what I am wondering is whats the best way of dealing with these little fury fellows. Is it true that besides shooting him, if I bury a 3ft. lenght of 6inch pipe straight down and put a bait in the bottom the mink will climb down but can't reverse back out and can't turn??? any help welcome.
cheers FS.

find a run and set a rat trap cage with a bit of sardine in it and catch and kill the little feckers!

puheen

hi all first post great forum
fish slapped i dont know about pups but a neighbour had me set some traps for mink after he seen a mink kill his families cats kittens
as stevoman said sardines are a great bait they are very elusive and feckers to shoot

Terrier

Mink Cage Trap + John West sardines = Mink

Works every time!

fish slapped

mink cage trap = €€€€ and I'm not that found of the farmer:D
lenght of waven + big stone + mackerl flapper = much cheaper = happy FS with mink stole:D

Vegeta

fish slapped wrote: »

mink cage trap = €€€€ and I'm not that found of the farmer:D
lenght of waven + big stone + mackerl flapper = much cheaper = happy FS with mink stole:D

Maybe the local club will pay for a trap and that way you don't have to pay for it but will have access to it when you need it

fish slapped

the local club is thighter than me and thats bad. they wont even release a few pheasents, so I tend to let them go their own way.

terminator2

terrier is bang on ... and your local club should pay for the trap... i know mine does

Terrier

Loads of grants\discounts available from the NARGC to clubs to buy traps.
Any fishing clubs in the area, normally good guys and might have also have access to traps..

E mc kiernan

hello, just seen your comment about the mink trap, if you do manage to catch them a barrel of water would be your next step if you know what i mean

fish slapped

E mc kiernan wrote: »

hello, just seen your comment about the mink trap, if you do manage to catch them a barrel of water would be your next step if you know what i mean

And there I was thinking 50gr. of cooper coated lead was good mediciene:D

E mc kiernan

with the weather we've had water would be closer to hand!haha

fish slapped

Yep, plenty of water about :




:D

kerryman12

What a picture FS



So I take it all of the farmers up ur way have traded in the 4X4's for jetski's
:D:D

greenpeter

Get the parents of the beagle pups, i'm sure they'd make a good go of sorting out the mink;)

fish slapped

The only place with cattle with webbed feet and farmers with snorkles!!