Mink.

[Ideation 8,216]

Do many folk on here hunt/trap/shoot mink? I never see anything about it really, maybe once in a very blue moon.

 

It's something i would really like to spend some time doing this summer, but need to find some mink first!

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Walk your river banks a do the ground work look for the signs , take a terrier you never know your luck you might just FLUSH ONE TO YOUR WAITING GUN !!! HUMOUR

Edited May 8, 2012 by gonetoearth

[Cleanspade 3,322]

i trap a few mink. every year. got some crackin silvers on a stretch of river near me last year i always have a terrier close by they are handy for marking and finding

[Ideation 8,216]

Yes, the main aim would be flushing to the gun / hawk, using a mixed small bobbery pack.

 

Having problems finding an area with a mink problem though. . . . . . . . . .

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Yes, the main aim would be flushing to the gun / hawk, using a mixed small bobbery pack.

 

Having problems finding an area with a mink problem though. . . . . . . . . .

That's we're the hoofing comes in bud get out and walk the river banks only way to find is to look

[Ideation 8,216]

Aye, trust me, i spend a fair bit of time walking the banks, of both larger rivers, and smaller streams / brooks, with the dogs and they seem very very few and far between around these parts. Was just hoping for a little direction into which river / stream networks might hold decent numbers.

[reddawn 2,173]

we went throo a phase a getting loads here, but they seem to have moved on or been killed, there is by far more otters than mink here now

Edited May 8, 2012 by reddawn

[Tayto 52]

Aye, trust me, i spend a fair bit of time walking the banks, of both larger rivers, and smaller streams / brooks, with the dogs and they seem very very few and far between around these parts. Was just hoping for a little direction into which river / stream networks might hold decent numbers.

Stick a trap out for the knight,you will be suprised at the amount of them about.

[Ideation 8,216]

RD - I think that's it mate, you have one or other, the otters seem to have pushed the mink out, and for obvious reasons, i dont really want to be hunting the dogs in otter territory.

 

Tayto - Aye, im off down the river now, to look at setting some traps, to have a look see.

[dixiebop 125]

Aye, trust me, i spend a fair bit of time walking the banks, of both larger rivers, and smaller streams / brooks, with the dogs and they seem very very few and far between around these parts. Was just hoping for a little direction into which river / stream networks might hold decent numbers.

ASK the FISHERIES guys,anglers seem to spot more,lazying around on the arses on river banks :laugh:

[paulus 26]

sand is usefull placed in the correct places overnight, it works all night so you dont have to and in the morning all is revealed

[BEARINATOR 2,867]

Any amount up here on the wansbeck too far for you though :laugh:

[gonetoearth 5,144]

A sand strip in the right place will tell all

[Ideation 8,216]

Looks like the search is on! I'll let you know how we get on!

[The one 8,467]

Snare or trap anything that will help gain permission mate