MINK

[Guest Frank]

Going trying to live trap some mink this week.

What is the best bait to use?

I was thinking of fish, oily fish, or, a bit of rabbit?

 

Thanks,

 

Frank.

[mole catcher 1]

All oily fish baits work but this time of year i find a small whole rabbit wired onto the bait hook with its gut split open but with the contents left in works very well

[mole trapper 1,694]

phesant poults, chickens, ducks you name it, if you are trying to preserve them GUARANTEED that will be the thing mink like best.

[OldTrapCollector 377]

In my opinion the best bait, bar none, for mink (and cats!) are kippers. They smell fishy and the scent carries well and do not attract blowflies like anything else seems to do and work really well.

 

I wouldn't even experiment with anything else as the results speak for themselves.

 

OTC

[Guest Frank]

Thanks.

I have some small bunnys with guts, will give that a try.

Plenty about where i am and their cheeky as feck.

They are distroying the local ducks ect, the dirty feckers.

I just dont like seeing them going one by one and half are not eaten.

 

Frank.

 

In my opinion the best bait, bar none, for mink (and cats!) are kippers. They smell fishy and the scent carries well and do not attract blowflies like anything else seems to do and work really well.

 

I wouldn't even experiment with anything else as the results speak for themselves.

 

OTC

 

Interesting OTC Ill give that a go too.

 

Thanks,

 

Frank.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Frank; Mate of mine, who catches his share of mink, makes his own traps. He incorperates a wooden floor and just sets a mirror in the back!

 

You'd know this guy as our very own " Billy Bunter "

[Guest Frank]

Thanks Ditch never heard of that one before.

Sounds interesting.

 

Ill try both the kippers and mirror, he or she will think its a free meal and mate.

 

Frank.

[jigsaw 11,899]

Why not try mink of magnesia works for me

[Guest Frank]

Why not try mink of magnesia works for me

 

[NightRunner 0]

The bigger the bait the better. No guts they want fresh bait that is not tainted. You can salt you bait a little in freezing conditions.

[Guest Frank]

Thank you NightRunner.

With all this info, if i dont get my mink, their is something rong with me.

 

Cheers all

 

Frank.

[johnskevena 0]

When you catch your first mink Frank,empty its bladder inside your cage and around it and you have a have an unbeatable insentive for any mink around to investigate your cage .They cant seem to resist checking out the smell of another mink.Works a treat down my way.Never have to bait the cage again after i catch the first one

Edited April 12, 2007 by johnskevena

[OldTrapCollector 377]

When you catch your first mink Frank,empty its bladder inside your cage and around it and you have a have an unbeatable insentive for any mink around to investigate your cage .They cant seem to resist checking out the smell of another mink.Works a treat down my way.Never have to bait the cage again after i catch the first one

 

Very true, John, I have had a mink every day for 5 days in one riverbank cage that had actually never been baited. The first one went in out of curiosity and the others just followed on.

 

OTC

[Guest Frank]

Cheers lads, sounds good, i will set it next week, once i have it all sorted ect.

 

Frank.

[chay 0]

we had a few with tuna packed in oil strait from the can mate