mink

patdahat

Having the mink traps set with 4 weeks i have 5 done for all big male's. Im just wondering if anyone is catching bitches or are they in burrow's with young one's.

daithi55

good going mate will have my two trap finished soon enough and will start setting them

rabbit assassin

Ive been on the go a long time and believe it or not I have never seen a mink when out and about. I kept pheasants for the gun club for years and I remember one year in particular I had about a dozen pheasants with their heads missing. It was impossible for a fox to enter the pen as there was 1 sheet of corrugated steel buried in the ground and then the chicken wire was attached to it. I was told by lads it could have been a stoat or a mink.

What are the main things to look out for where mink are concerned (habitats, burrows, etc) and what baits and traps do ye use? Is a standard live catch rat trap enough? I have gin traps hanging in the shed from my gamekeeping days but as far as I know they are well outlawed at this stage.

Birdnuts

rabbit assassin wrote: »

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What are the main things to look out for where mink are concerned (habitats, burrows, etc) and what baits and traps do ye use? Is a standard live catch rat trap enough? I have gin traps hanging in the shed from my gamekeeping days but as far as I know they are well outlawed at this stage.

Yeah - Gins have been banned for a good few years now. I have 3 standard galvinised steel mesh mink traps set around my place in North Mayo. There not out long (a week) but I've already nailed one big male. Thankfully me father-inlaw dispatched him in my absence and checks the other traps are ok. I'm currently using tinned ALDI mackeral as bait:)

patdahat

What are the main things to look out for where mink are concerned (habitats, burrows, etc) and what baits and traps do ye use? Is a standard live catch rat trap enough? I have gin traps hanging in the shed from my gamekeeping days but as far as I know they are well outlawed at this stage.


running water is the main 1 if there is a stream, glen, river's. After that footprints are just about the best way of knowing if they are around.Them gin traps are done away with. A mink cage is about the same price as a rat cage €25/€30 and the easiest way to catch mink, with the door open facing down stream (mink hunt against the flow of water) i use magpie that i catch in the larson trap as bait(any fish, rabbit, dog/cat food even a stale kebeb will also do). Pulck the feathers into the cage and place the bird UNDER the cage at the back end. Cover all the back of the trap with stones to stop whatever pulling out the bird and cover the rest of the cage with grass, sop and whatever else is around.

PippaSpaniel

I trapped a female mink this evening and five males in the last two weeks. The female didn,t look to have dropped any young yet!

minktrapper

Is it true that mink hunt upstream.Caught a fairly big male 3 days ago.They seem to be scarce this year.Do dead magpies work as bait.What time of the year do they have their young.Do they carry weils desiese like rats.Saw one come straight out of river bank after spotting a trout rise.Then dived where the trout rose.They should take up fly fishing.

patdahat

The only thing mink should take is LEAD. They should be having young one's from now on.

minktrapper

Lead supplement.

anthonyos

any mink near Dublin i seen one on the canal near lucan few years ago early one morning just wondering would there be more around or is it a lone ranger

Half-cocked

Thought I'd resurrect this thread and ask for opinions from anyone using Kishels mink gland lure. I've been live trapping mink but tired of having traps sprung by hedgehogs and rats so I have built a mink raft with a Solway Mk6 spring trap. The raft spec should exclude non-target species. I have an NPWS document on mink trapping that recommends the use of the lure, but was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with it and any tips on effective use? Thanks.

Eddie B

Half-cocked wrote: »

Thought I'd resurrect this thread and ask for opinions from anyone using Kishels mink gland lure. I've been live trapping mink but tired of having traps sprung by hedgehogs and rats so I have built a mink raft with a Solway Mk6 spring trap. The raft spec should exclude non-target species. I have an NPWS document on mink trapping that recommends the use of the lure, but was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with it and any tips on effective use? Thanks.

I've used lures in the past and although they worked, didn't think it was worth the money! I don't know of anywhere this side of the water that supplies lures, so had to order from the USA.
If you are thinking of buying lures then try and get a paste. Really thick and pungent, a paste wont wash off during heavy rain unlike other gland lures!
I take it you have your trap in a tunnel on your raft, then get a twig, dip into the lure and smear onto the inside of your tunnel!
When using cage traps, just drop the twig into the back end of the cage where the bait usually goes!!

Ziggieire

a friend has goten 4 in the last 2 weeks with a cage trap and peanutbutter

minktrapper

If you have a lot of rats it is a good sign there are no mink.'tis late in the night.

Ziggieire

minktrapper wrote: »

If you have a lot of rats it is a good sign there are no rats.

all that seem to be there are mink rabbits and the ones that look like mink but have different fur. tbh there was arse all mink/wease until maybe 2 years ago now if we are after rabbits we can call them in with a fox call some nights

Invincible

minktrapper wrote: »

If you have a lot of rats it is a good sign there are no rats.

Read that again, it makes no sense!

Ziggieire

that should be on a t-shirt

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If you have a lot of rats it is a good sign there are no rats.

minktrapper

Lack of sleep lad.'tis a good one alright.Thats my artistic side coming out.

Snowc

Plenty out now with the rain seen two bigs one crossing just yesterday

Eddie B

Snowc wrote: »

Plenty out now with the rain seen two bigs one crossing just yesterday

If your seeing them during the day, then there's a lot in your area!! Get trappin!!;)

kingping007

i saw a lad on u tube skinning a mink cutting the glands between his legs and squeeze into a jar and using this as lure cheap and smelly

Invincible

kingping007 wrote: »

i saw a lad on u tube skinning a mink cutting the glands between his legs and squeeze into a jar and using this as lure cheap and smelly

Have you a link?

Eddie B

kingping007 wrote: »

i saw a lad on u tube skinning a mink cutting the glands between his legs and squeeze into a jar and using this as lure cheap and smelly

Tried it not worth the hassle!!You need a good few glands to make a little jar of lure! You have to make some this year to use next! You also need a preservant of some sort, and then it,s mixed with glycerine oil!