mink trapping

hollowpoint · 06-01-2015 05:21PM

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...

hollowpoint · 02-02-2015 01:21AM

Total for january: 9.

have2flushtwice · 02-02-2015 09:27AM

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.

minktrapper · 02-02-2015 08:10PM

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.

hollowpoint · 05-02-2015 08:25PM

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....

Gits_bone · 05-02-2015 08:27PM

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

Capercaille · 05-02-2015 09:12PM

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

minktrapper · 05-02-2015 11:01PM

Caught another one yesterday.

minktrapper · 05-02-2015 11:03PM

hollowpoint wrote: »

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

What is the best time of year to trap them.

ace86 · 05-02-2015 11:15PM

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.

minktrapper · 06-02-2015 08:41PM

Both otters and mink living together on my local river.

OpenYourEyes · 07-02-2015 03:27AM

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!

Half-cocked · 07-02-2015 04:40PM

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.

minktrapper · 07-02-2015 10:50PM

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

Half-cocked · 08-02-2015 06:33PM

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.

Half-cocked · 08-02-2015 06:37PM

Here's a photo from last summer:

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

L1985 · 14-02-2015 07:52PM

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?

ROSSKI · 14-02-2015 08:09PM

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!!

hollowpoint · 14-02-2015 10:47PM

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!!

hollowpoint · 15-02-2015 09:30PM

Gits_bone wrote: »

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

3 euro bounty per mink...

hollowpoint · 15-02-2015 10:19PM

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....

minktrapper · 16-02-2015 02:20PM

3 more caught yesterday. Has anyone collected the bounty.

outdoors247 · 18-02-2015 07:33PM

Is there still a bounty on mink ?

hollowpoint · 18-02-2015 08:57PM

outdoors247 wrote: »

Is there still a bounty on mink ?

Yes bounty is still on them.

minktrapper · 18-02-2015 10:22PM

hollowpoint wrote: »

Yes bounty is still on them.

Have you ever collected it.

fiestaman · 18-02-2015 11:20PM

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

outdoors247 · 19-02-2015 12:37AM

How much is it

hollowpoint · 19-02-2015 07:56AM

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.

hollowpoint · 19-02-2015 07:57AM

outdoors247 wrote: »

How much is it

3 euro per mink tail

hollowpoint · 19-02-2015 07:59AM

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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