Mink?

minktrapper · 09-03-2009 10:49PM

<p>Trapping mink is more sucessfull than shooting.You need a long cage trap about 24 inchs,Dig a channel with a spade into bank of river so that sides of cage are covered and only front of set trap is visable.Get some sardines in oil (available in tescos for 40 cent a tin , there is enough in one tin to do 2 cages)place some under cage just in front of trigger plate,lay in your cage, set the cage,cover cage with vegatation then some earth.Put more bait into cage and at entry point.Be sure to tie cage onto something solid in case of flood or an otter getting stuck in it.I have caught 12 mink in one trap using this method last spring and 9 this spring.Jan to Mar are the best months as mink are hungrier and are travelling up and down the river banks looking for a mate.Shooting with a pellet gun is the means of dispatch i use.

The_Minister · 10-03-2009 07:58PM

Terrier wrote: »

I used mink cage traps (live capture) set along riverbanks and baited with sardines\fish oils etc. Cover the trap well to make a tunnel as mink are naturally inquisitive animal. I normally break the river into sections based on number of crossing. I have 12 cage traps so I can cover large areas.

Just out of curiosity, what do Mink traps look like?

Do the Mink survive trapping, or is it like a mouse trap?

EDIT: Read the rest of the thread, making the second Q redundant.

Does drowning not ruin the fur? What do you do with the dead mink?

The_Minister · 10-03-2009 08:14PM

cushtac wrote: »

There's no 'perhaps' about it, loads of mink were escaping long before any of the the animal rights crowd got involved, some of the in-laws have been shooting them up north for the last 40 years. I never heard of them releasing thousands at a time either.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/30415
They claim they released over a 1000 animals in ONE incident.

500 in another - http://www.indymedia.ie/article/86769

minktrapper · 10-03-2009 11:22PM

The_Minister wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what do Mink traps look like?

Do the Mink survive trapping, or is it like a mouse trap?

EDIT: Read the rest of the thread, making the second Q redundant.

Does drowning not ruin the fur? What do you do with the dead mink?

Love to be able to say I make blackpudding out of them (seeing as they are the right shape and length) but I dont realy know of a use for them .Maybe someone else might be able to enlighten us.

Dusty87 · 21-03-2009 12:20AM

I was told that if you put a mirrir into a mink trap, a mink will go in to fight the 'other' mink it sees in the mirror. This could be true but i had a laugh when i heard it. Anyone know is there any truth in that? Also was thinking of setting a few traps as pheasants are suffering the last few years. There is a small stream in the field with a few burrows in the bank with openings about the size of tennis ball, maybe a bit smaller. Is that a mink burrow?
Thanks

CJhaughey · 21-03-2009 10:14AM

minktrapper wrote: »

Love to be able to say I make blackpudding out of them (seeing as they are the right shape and length) but I dont realy know of a use for them .Maybe someone else might be able to enlighten us.

I know that in the States Mink oil is a valuable commodity for dressing leather to make it waterproof.
I am not sure how you get the oil, rendering whole mink sounds like a rather unpalatable job TBH.

Grizzly 45 · 21-03-2009 01:43PM

Not to mind that the mink pelt is extremly valuable to the fur industry.So if you know how to tan your hides you can get a nice coat for the other half/main squeeze in your life.:pac: And if an anti nutter throws paint on it..what harm??Plenty more mink out there to be caught.
Rendering mink oil is a smelly job all right.I tried it ...once.
Wet mink fur,no problem,as they are semi aquatic their fur has good waterproof qualities
You really need to get as much body fat as possible out of them and work with that,but strong stomach is advised.

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