hollowpoint wrote: » Whats stopping ya?
Birdnuts wrote: » I have traps set all year on my place in the West. When I'm not there my inlaws keep an eye on things. Its on the coast so I set them in drains running down to the sea. Salty air is hard on the traps so I have to maintain them carefully and buy the more expensive high tensil types. Mink haven't arrived in big numbers yet(matter of time I'd say!!) so for the past few years I've been getting less half a dozen during an averge year. Mostly in autumn/early winter and nearly all males. I guess they wander more than the females as they get kicked out by the resident male.
Glenbulldog wrote: » Wouldn't have a clue where to start
hollowpoint wrote: » A trap, stretch of water and anything else u need i'm sure can be got info wise off here. I'm trapping 16 years and still get a buzz when i go up to a trap and see a catch... to me its almost like an addiction!
Glenbulldog wrote: » It here is a small river 8-10ft wide I could trap on a mile stretch,any particular time of the year?
hollowpoint wrote: » Spring time will yield most benefit to wildlife. I trap them year round when and where i can family and work permitting of course. Place your traps at features like bridges and junctions where other streams or rivers join, mink love to investigate features like this along with other locations you'll pick up on with experience and trial and error! You need patience and to be flexible, you WONT get a catch every day at every spot so dont get disheartened if you dont catch for a while. I've gone weeks with out catching in areas where i would bet anything there was mink. I use tinned tuna 99% of the time for bait simply because the smell is strong and holds well. People use all types of bait from rabbit to fish to dog food and everything in between! Like i said be flexible, if 1 bait doesnt work after a while try something different. Go on youtube for videos or tips, i have few vids on there on mink i caught using different traps. Again, be patient and flexible. Lots of top info here i'm sure too and once you get your 1st i can gaurentee you'll be hooked!!
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!!?
Glenbulldog wrote: » Sound thanks very much I'll check out youtube for your vids .....
Capercaille wrote: » I have these burrow on my farm. It's beside a drain which is only 60 metres from the sea. A large inland lake 1.5km away./QUOTE] Quite possible. What i'd do is check the area around it to look for their droppings, if it is a mink den there probably be droppings not far from it. To be honest i've never came across a mink den but through process of elimination we can get an idea of what it is... mink will have a few dens along their territory ( from all i have read, heard and seen on dvds etc bout trapping them) Is it well used? How big is the enterance? Could it be a rat using it? Best thing i'd do apart from a trail camera is use live catch trap wit tuna or cheap tinned dog food and disguise it wit grass etc and see what turns up!
hollowpoint wrote: » Capercaille wrote: » I have these burrow on my farm. It's beside a drain which is only 60 metres from the sea. A large inland lake 1.5km away./QUOTE] Quite possible. What i'd do is check the area around it to look for their droppings, if it is a mink den there probably be droppings not far from it. To be honest i've never came across a mink den but through process of elimination we can get an idea of what it is... mink will have a few dens along their territory ( from all i have read, heard and seen on dvds etc bout trapping them) Is it well used? How big is the enterance? Could it be a rat using it? Best thing i'd do apart from a trail camera is use live catch trap wit tuna or cheap tinned dog food and disguise it wit grass etc and see what turns up! It's about the size of a rat hole. I'm getting a lad to put up a trail-cam for me, hopefully he will do it. One of the trappers from the NPWS is coming up to lamp foxes and trap grey crows for me and he will check it out.
Capercaille wrote: » hollowpoint wrote: » It's about the size of a rat hole. I'm getting a lad to put up a trail-cam for me, hopefully he will do it. One of the trappers from the NPWS is coming up to lamp foxes and trap grey crows for me and he will check it out. Not too bad so... let me know how you get on if you catch what ever is in it!
hollowpoint wrote: » It's about the size of a rat hole. I'm getting a lad to put up a trail-cam for me, hopefully he will do it. One of the trappers from the NPWS is coming up to lamp foxes and trap grey crows for me and he will check it out.
hollowpoint wrote: » No prob, look up VSSF2 which is my youtube channel, noy alot of instruction on it for sets or traps more catching than anything. If ur still unsure let me know and i'll do a vid of what you want and email it or post it on youtube for ya....
Capercaille wrote: » Are you on the Mullet peninsula?
Downwind wrote: » Strted trapping 2 years ago and kept catching the same pine martin , well think its was the same lad , one of the lads I get hunting advice off of told me to clip the pine martin , didn't have the heart so reset the traps and still caught me man , was using sardines in oil as bait any advice?
Downwind wrote: » fair play , yeah like that i know there protected and to be up front I like them , lads id tell you they kill young pheasant have yet to see proof. Going to take you up on the advice and move the traps . Thanks for the heads up sound man.
hollowpoint wrote: » No prob! Dont know bout killing pheasant but they do kill chickens....i know cause 1 cleaned me out bout 4 weeks ago.... took 4 hens and my rooster. Went out in the morning to let them out only to realise i never locked them....had a few 2 many beers from the night b4 and there was the pine marten coming outa d coop... sure what could i do only blame myself for not locking them in like an ejeet. But its the 2nd time a pine marten cleaned out my chickens. I live bout 150mtrs from a natural wood, so between them and d fox i just gave up with free range chicken. Any how, keep me posted!
have2flushtwice wrote: » lost 6 hens to the mink before xmas. have the trap set near local river, quarter mile away. nothing in it yet.
