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mink trapping

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    #32
    hollowpoint
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭hollowpoint


    have2flushtwice wrote: »
    nip on the back of the head, ate a small bit of one of them.
    didn't drag any to where they got in, that's why I say mink.
    glad it was me who found them and not dad.

    Sounds like a mink alrite...


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    #33
    hollowpoint
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    Total for january: 9.


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    #34
    have2flushtwice
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    nothing in the mink trap since I set it. right beside a river.
    Had salmon in it and had a trail cam set on it for a few days.


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    #35
    minktrapper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭minktrapper


    2 caught in the last week.I have just started. The river has been decimated since they arrived. All my favorite fishing spots are devoid of any trout.


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    #36
    hollowpoint
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    minktrapper wrote: »
    2 caught in the last week.I have just started. The river has been decimated since they arrived. All my favorite fishing spots are devoid of any trout.

    Little b*****ds are everywhere....


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    #37
    Gits_bone
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    What's the going rate for a mink now a days?


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    #38
    Capercaille
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    Do otters deter mink from an area or is that untrue?


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    #39
    minktrapper
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    Caught another one yesterday.


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    #40
    minktrapper
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    hollowpoint wrote: »
    Little b*****ds are everywhere....

    What is the best time of year to trap them.


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    #41
    ace86
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    Capercaille wrote: »
    Do otters deter mink from an area or is that untrue?

    I think I have heard that before if an otter has a territory and a mink is seen in it, they will eliminate them.


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    #42
    minktrapper
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    Both otters and mink living together on my local river.


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    #43
    OpenYourEyes
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    Capercaille wrote: »
    Do otters deter mink from an area or is that untrue?

    Otters do negatively impact Mink in an area - in some places that'll mean they get rid of them from a stretch of river, and in others they might just thin their numbers out and reduce their range a bit!


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    #44
    Half-cocked
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Half-cocked


    Trapped out a family of mink last Summer - 2 adults and 3 juveniles. I had seen them all on the trail cams so knew how many I was dealing with. Not a sign of a mink all Autumn and Winter then found a dead female lying in the middle of a field last week and a big male shows up on the trail cam this week:mad: Time to set the traps again.


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    #45
    minktrapper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭minktrapper


    Where is the best place to set up a trail cam on a river.


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    #46
    Half-cocked
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    I have a plank across a mill race and a lot of wildlife were using it to cross, the mink seemed attracted to it as well.


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    #47
    Half-cocked
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Half-cocked


    Here's a photo from last summer:

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    Other animals were scenting the bridge, that might be what attracted the mink.


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    #48
    L1985
    Registered Users Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭L1985


    Hey was out walking today and came across a mink den. How I know it's a mink den is the mink was actually in it looking out at me! We live by a river and it's on a embankment! Problem is that it's around 200 meters from our henhouse no hens have been taken as of yet but it's only a matter of time and they are free range! What's the easiest way of getting rid of it seeing as I know where it lives?


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    #49
    ROSSKI
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    ROSSKI wrote: »
    I am trying to catch a mink that killed 18 chickens on my neighbour. It's definitely a mink as he was seen leaving the henhouse and has been seen since. I have 2 traps set one with sardines and one with fish guts and I can't catch the ba..tard.

    Ant tips on bait or positioning of trap appreciated!!?



    Got the little fupper - more luck than good trapping though! He came back for the last 2 hens and managed to lift a lat to get in but it closed shut behind him - Killed the two chickens and couldn't manage to get out!!
    28 chickens later and he catches himself!!


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    #50
    hollowpoint
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    ROSSKI wrote: »
    Got the little fupper - more luck than good trapping though! He came back for the last 2 hens and managed to lift a lat to get in but it closed shut behind him - Killed the two chickens and couldn't manage to get out!!
    28 chickens later and he catches himself!!

    Nice 1! Shame bout the chickens tho!!


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    #51
    hollowpoint
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    Gits_bone wrote: »
    What's the going rate for a mink now a days?

    3 euro bounty per mink...


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    #52
    hollowpoint
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    Capercaille wrote: »
    Do otters deter mink from an area or is that untrue?

    Dont know if they deter them.... i've caught mink regularly on a stretch of river i know otter are on. I think if there is plenty of food and habitat for both to "do their own thing" then i guess they will just tolerate eachother.... might be wrong....


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    #53
    minktrapper
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    3 more caught yesterday. Has anyone collected the bounty.


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    #54
    outdoors247
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    Is there still a bounty on mink ?


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    #55
    hollowpoint
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    outdoors247 wrote: »
    Is there still a bounty on mink ?

    Yes bounty is still on them.


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    #56
    minktrapper
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    hollowpoint wrote: »
    Yes bounty is still on them.

    Have you ever collected it.


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    #57
    fiestaman
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    Are ye using live cage traps or tunnels with fenn traps for catching? If live cage how are ye killing them?


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    #58
    outdoors247
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    How much is it


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    #59
    hollowpoint
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    minktrapper wrote: »
    Have you ever collected it.

    Have'nt collected it cause i keep the tails for the annual gun club competition... so each tail is worth points to the club at vermin count.


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    #60
    hollowpoint
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    outdoors247 wrote: »
    How much is it

    3 euro per mink tail


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    #61
    hollowpoint
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    fiestaman wrote: »
    Are ye using live cage traps or tunnels with fenn traps for catching? If live cage how are ye killing them?

    Using cage traps, mk 6 fenns and 116 body grip traps. Used to use air rifle to kill the 1's in cage traps, now i just drown them.


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