A mink's memory

Snowc

A bit of a strange question but does anybody know if you caught a mink in a trap and it escaped would it enter the trap ever again ?I was moving a trap with a mink in it and it escaped:mad:

hedzball

Snowc wrote: »

A bit of a strange question but does anybody know if you caught a mink in a trap and it escaped would it enter the trap ever again ?I was moving a trap with a mink in it and it escaped:mad:

Sure if it knew it was a trap in the first place it wouldn't have gone in now would it .


Place it somewhere else and go again ..

Bring the shotgun/22 next time :pac::pac:



'hdz

patdahat

If you can fix where he got out use again otherwise flatten it. I was using some of the straight through's and had a couple of mink get out of them(badly made). He'll be back leave him something he cant refuse. What sort of cage were you using?

dodderangler

Snowc wrote: »

A bit of a strange question but does anybody know if you caught a mink in a trap and it escaped would it enter the trap ever again ?I was moving a trap with a mink in it and it escaped:mad:

He gonna come after you now!
Your in for it man sleep with one eye open
Lol

slim223

whatever about their memory. If they can communicate it will warn the other minks about it as well !!!

lofty95

I was involved in a trap and release program a good few years ago i can remember mink being recaught a good few times in different locations

Invincible

lofty95 wrote: »

I was involved in a trap and release program a good few years ago i can remember mink being recaught a good few times in different locations

Why were ye not dispatching as ye trapped them?

lofty95

it was to find out the range of the mink. i can safely say at the end of the survey they were all dispactched

kowloon

This reminds me of a story I heard about an experiment catching crows. Some researchers realised that the crows they had caught, banded and released were harder to catch again because they remembered the faces of the researchers and gave the a wide berth.

They tested their hypothesis by wearing masks.

On a tangent I know, but the topic just reminded me how good at remembering these things some animals are.

Rats are a pain for it.

Eddie B

lofty95 wrote: »

I was involved in a trap and release program a good few years ago i can remember mink being recaught a good few times in different locations

It's illegal to catch and release mink and gray squirrel!!:rolleyes:

hedzball

Eddie B wrote: »

It's illegal to catch and release mink and gray squirrel!!:rolleyes:

Wasn't years back.

Don't go shioting on about what you don't know.



:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:



'hdz

Eddie B

I don't think there was any catch and release program's year's ago either!!:p

lofty95

It was part of my thesis but also in 1985 there was a nationwide case study done of the distribution of mink.

Snowc

Many thanks for the replies ,the mink as not entered the trap since:mad:.Also is it easy to get a air rifle to kill them?I was told I was to incompetent to get a real rifle so might try for a air rifle.

hedzball

Snowc wrote: »

Many thanks for the replies ,the mink as not entered the trap since:mad:.Also is it easy to get a air rifle to kill them?I was told I was to incompetent to get a real rifle so might try for a air rifle.

lol explain :pac::pac:

cookimonster

hedzball wrote: »

lol explain :pac::pac:

Yes, please do......

FISMA

kowloon wrote: »

This reminds me of a story I heard about an experiment catching crows. Some researchers realised that the crows they had caught, banded and released were harder to catch again because they remembered the faces of the researchers and gave the a wide berth.

Crows are intelligent animals. I have always believe that they can recognize/remember faces.

Have a look at this article: Rook gets the worm by using pebbles.

Snowc wrote: »

Also is it easy to get a air rifle to kill them?I was told I was to incompetent to get a real rifle so might try for a air rifle.

I hope you are not serious about this.

If you are not competent enough for a "real" rifle, than stay away from the air rifles as well. I bet my Diana RWS air rifle could out shoot some "real" rifles.

I would also argue that some air rifles are more deadly than high powered ones due to the false sense of security people have around them and/or a lack of respect for them.

Air rifles are just as deadly as any other.

Sorry if that sounds antagonistic, but you have to respect all arms.

Snowc

hedzball wrote: »

lol explain :pac::pac:

Doing a few stupid things when out with d uncle.Are spring guns not safer?

Cass

Air rifles are classed the same as cartridge firing rifles in Ireland. So if "incompetent" for one it pretty stands for all firearms. From a legal point of view.

Who told you that you were incompetent. Was it a passing criticism, a professional verdict or did it come from a member of An Gardai? There is a difference hence the reason i ask.

Invincible

Eddie B wrote: »

It's illegal to catch and release mink and gray squirrel!!:rolleyes:

It can't be, a student of NUI Galway is doing a survey of the distribution of Grey squirrel this year and is releasing them again after tagging them.

http://www.woodlandmammals.com/

Witcher

Snowc wrote: »

Doing a few stupid things when out with d uncle.Are spring guns not safer?

If you have any sort of a record from doing those stupid things you'll find it hard to get a licence for anything. Probably best you avoid anything that fires a projectile.

Eddie B

Invincible wrote: »

It can't be, a student of NUI Galway is doing a survey of the distribution of Grey squirrel this year and is releasing them again after tagging them.

http://www.woodlandmammals.com/

I alway's thought that releasing a non native species into the country was illegal, but maybe i'm wrong! Or maybe you can get special permission when doing survey's!!