Post by: Bigshooter on November 06, 2017, 04:47:33 PM
Post by: Turner89 on November 08, 2017, 08:44:22 PM
Good luck
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Post by: bear hunter on November 08, 2017, 09:43:12 PM
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Post by: Watimberghost on November 22, 2017, 04:45:34 PM
That's a good pic !!!:yeah:
Post by: Bigshooter on December 02, 2017, 01:11:40 PM
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Post by: Bigshooter on January 08, 2018, 02:39:36 PM
Post by: Kit Carson on January 08, 2018, 07:04:42 PM
Post by: JakeLand on January 08, 2018, 07:10:35 PM
Post by: Magnum_Willys on January 08, 2018, 08:20:34 PM
Post by: bear hunter on January 08, 2018, 10:45:41 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on January 11, 2018, 09:31:56 PM
Post by: Kit Carson on January 12, 2018, 08:20:29 PM
Have you guys ever tried any of the commercial mink lures?
Post by: trapperguy22 on January 12, 2018, 08:37:39 PM
Post by: Kit Carson on January 12, 2018, 08:42:44 PM
Got 3 cages out with hind beaver leg in it. We'll see what happens. I watched 3nails YouTube videos. He said to get the pan about 1.5" below water.
What do find works best? Are you also catching some of them in swimthrus?
Only caught one mink before (in a bobcat trap :chuckle:).
Always wanted to catch more so I'm targeting them this year a little bit.
Post by: trapperguy22 on January 12, 2018, 09:21:50 PM
Post by: Kit Carson on January 12, 2018, 11:14:14 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on January 17, 2018, 07:04:49 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on January 17, 2018, 07:08:35 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 17, 2018, 07:33:33 PM
Anyone ever had this happen? We hung a beaver in this tree couple weeks ago. The other day while checking it the beaver was gone and the tree was all tore up. The beaver was hanging a foot or 2 higher than where the tree is tore up.
Bigfoot didn’t like you in his area. :tup:
Post by: JakeLand on January 17, 2018, 08:06:55 PM
Post by: trapperguy22 on January 17, 2018, 08:16:00 PM
that is about 4 feet high, I thought coyotes when I first saw it but I found bobcat tracks and two different sizes of cat scat. we were just wondering if anyone else every had them scratch it up that much.
Post by: JakeLand on January 17, 2018, 08:23:07 PM
Cage time !!!!
Post by: trapperguy22 on January 17, 2018, 08:30:20 PM
thanks for the info. I will try hanging them higher from now on. I set a cage at this spot today, we will see what happens.
Post by: JakeLand on January 17, 2018, 08:35:04 PM
Good luck !!!
Post by: JakeLand on January 17, 2018, 08:43:15 PM
Post by: trapperguy22 on January 17, 2018, 09:00:32 PM
We had a hard time with mink at first, then we went very simple. Small cage 7x7x24 up to 8x8x24. set at the waters edge with either 1/2 muskrat or a leg of beaver. that's it and the location gets better after catch the first one. we also cover the trap with grass or leaves. inlets and outlets to ponds, any small creek road culverts and bridges. our best spot is a 20 foot long 1 foot wide ditch between two ponds we set the trap at the mouth of the second pond. We catch a lot of mink at that location both ponds have cattails and rats. We tried fish for bait at first but it did not work for us, also people say if the bait is stinky throw it out, that is not my experience if it has some stink it seems to work better for us.
Post by: JakeLand on January 17, 2018, 10:42:49 PM
JackLand,Well I'm going to give it a swing I'll just use some of my marten cages ! Thanks for the tips :tup:
We had a hard time with mink at first, then we went very simple. Small cage 7x7x24 up to 8x8x24. set at the waters edge with either 1/2 muskrat or a leg of beaver. that's it and the location gets better after catch the first one. we also cover the trap with grass or leaves. inlets and outlets to ponds, any small creek road culverts and bridges. our best spot is a 20 foot long 1 foot wide ditch between two ponds we set the trap at the mouth of the second pond. We catch a lot of mink at that location both ponds have cattails and rats. We tried fish for bait at first but it did not work for us, also people say if the bait is stinky throw it out, that is not my experience if it has some stink it seems to work better for us.
Post by: Bigshooter on January 24, 2018, 06:53:46 PM
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Post by: trapperguy22 on February 16, 2018, 12:31:51 PM
Post by: Humptulips on February 16, 2018, 05:27:48 PM
Missed a mink today the door got hung up on some grass and did not shut all the way. Also had a swim through shut with nothing in it, not sure what happened there!
Maybe a mink. Eric had a mink get out of a funnel trap when I was with him. We measured the round hole it escaped through 2 1/4" across. I think they can probably squeeze out of 2x2. Small rats can get out too. Large ones can't.
Post by: trapperguy22 on February 16, 2018, 05:55:01 PM
Post by: Cultusman on February 16, 2018, 08:06:38 PM
You would think catching that many would knock the population down a little but apparently not.
Keep up the good work.
Post by: Bigshooter on February 16, 2018, 08:32:57 PM
Nice job on all the Mink. Are you guys catching all these Mink in the same area you have trapped in previous years?
You would think catching that many would knock the population down a little but apparently not.
Keep up the good work.
Catch most of them in the same areas every year. I think the last 3 years we've caught about 45 mink and I bet only 5 of those have been females. Trapperguy would know for sure. Females must not travel much and unless you set right on them you just don't catch them. If we were catching a lot of females I think we would worry about over trapping them. But since it's 80% or more are males we don't really worry about it. That's just been are thinking on it. We could be wrong.
Post by: trapperguy22 on February 16, 2018, 08:48:34 PM
I am not exactly sure but at least 15 of those came from the same trap or one set right next to it.
Post by: trapperguy22 on February 16, 2018, 08:54:34 PM
Post by: Cultusman on February 16, 2018, 09:54:25 PM
Cultusman,Do you want to sell that trap. :chuckle:
I am not exactly sure but at least 15 of those came from the same trap or one set right next to it.
Post by: trapperguy22 on February 17, 2018, 11:07:50 AM
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Post by: Kit Carson on February 27, 2018, 11:30:19 PM
:brew:
Post by: Bigshooter on March 09, 2018, 07:34:24 PM
Post by: JakeLand on March 10, 2018, 01:38:54 PM
Post by: trapperguy22 on March 10, 2018, 04:31:31 PM
Post by: JakeLand on March 10, 2018, 05:58:54 PM
I put everything up today still looked good. Last year we caught several mink in March up to the last day and we did just as good on them as are other ones.Hmmm... just maybe then
Post by: trapperguy22 on March 18, 2018, 02:23:11 PM
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