cheap mink trap

Dupont

i have a bit of wavin pipe and im after plugging the end with concrete.i know to grease it but i want to know what length to cut it? what angle roughly to put in ground? and how far above ground to keep it. also isnt it sardines you bait it with?

Tackleberrywho

Dupont wrote: »

i have a bit of wavin pipe and im after plugging the end with concrete.i know to grease it but i want to know what length to cut it? what angle roughly to put in ground? and how far above ground to keep it. also isnt it sardines you bait it with?

If you can; bury some of it to make it look shorter. I'd reckon a 60-80 degree angle so it can be climbed on the outside easy but is very hard to get out of.

Sardines or some lads I know use mackerel
Coat the pipe only from ~1/2 way down to the bottom.

He won't go in unless he thinks he can get out.

Neighbour of mine caught several that way.

Best of luck
Trapping aint easy!!

Dupont

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

If you can; bury some of it to make it look shorter. I'd reckon a 60-80 degree angle so it can be climbed on the outside easy but is very hard to get out of.

Sardines or some lads I know use mackerel
Coat the pipe only from ~1/2 way down to the bottom.

He won't go in unless he thinks he can get out.

Neighbour of mine caught several that way.

Best of luck
Trapping aint easy!!

yeah i will bury it maybe just leave a couple or 3 inches above ground. what lenght should it be to trap him?? so his back legs are in the pipe sp he cant reverse out. i know all about trapping still on the hunt for magpies the last month

Tackleberrywho

Dupont wrote: »

yeah i will bury it maybe just leave a couple or 3 inches above ground. what lenght should it be to trap him?? so his back legs are in the pipe sp he cant reverse out. i know all about trapping still on the hunt for magpies the last month

The neighbours leave a ft or 9 inches above ground and about teh same below ground.

However; that was only because they had a few off cuts left after putting in sheds.

The maggers are making a laugh at me, If only I had an Air Rifle 0r a .22 with subs and a mod

Dupont

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

The neighbours leave a ft or 9 inches above ground and about teh same below ground.

However; that was only because they had a few off cuts left after putting in sheds.

The maggers are making a laugh at me, If only I had an Air Rifle 0r a .22 with subs and a mod

i only have shotgun so would it be ok/safe to shoot mink or would i be better getting somone with .22 rifle. i set a decoy magpie about 10 yards from trap and da came running in telling me their was one beside it:D there is 5 magpies here that fly together so once the bright evenings come i will head out with the u caller

Tackleberrywho

Dupont wrote: »

i only have shotgun so would it be ok/safe to shoot mink or would i be better getting somone with .22 rifle. i set a decoy magpie about 10 yards from trap and da came running in telling me their was one beside it:D there is 5 magpies here that fly together so once the bright evenings come i will head out with the u caller

I've killed several mink with the shotgun on the shannon.
But a good sharp spike is what you want for a wavin pipe job;) Or a crow bar:eek:.

I have something robbing sauceages and eggs out of my Larsen and yet door still open.

I'd prefer a trap like the rat trap where easy go in, impossible go out.

So best of luck with the trap, I appreciate how hard it can be to trap.

Yet a mate of mine gets 3-5 magpies a day in his traps!!

Dupont

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I've killed several mink with the shotgun on the shannon.
But a good sharp spike is what you want for a wavin pipe job;) Or a crow bar:eek:.

I have something robbing sauceages and eggs out of my Larsen and yet door still open.

I'd prefer a trap like the rat trap where easy go in, impossible go out.

So best of luck with the trap, I appreciate how hard it can be to trap.

Yet a mate of mine gets 3-5 magpies a day in his traps!!

its probaly a next door neighbour wondering who keeps leaving food out for him:D

il bring a tooth of a buckrake with me when checking it so.i seen a few mink and hope to catch them cos the hill to go down to check it has to be the steepest around and it gets worse coming back up

Dupont

just wondering tack what lenghth to make pipe from bottom of concrete inside???