mr scent 665 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 very bad idea id say Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 How many ferrets do you have digger? Maybee try tipping the lot in, i'm sure numbers would get things moving a bit! Link to post
digger. 615 Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 noway that wouldnt be fair i want to see a scrap Link to post
toby63 1,236 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 noway that wouldnt be fair i want to see a scrap go to a boxing match then Link to post
terryd 8,385 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 If you had ever seen a full grown mink in a cage trap you would know the answer too this one. I pray my ferrets never come across one Link to post
digger. 615 Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 If you had ever seen a full grown mink in a cage trap you would know the answer too this one. I pray my ferrets never come across one i have seen them and have seen bigger ferrets than them Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Mink vary in size, ive seen some real big feckers. Link to post
terryd 8,385 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Its not so much the size its the attitude and mink have a very bad one 1 Link to post
koda 83 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 ive never seen a mink in the wild. Link to post
terryd 8,385 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Used too trap quite a few as a kid and send the furs too cobbledick. Was lots about at the time I suspect its the same now Link to post
skinner 348 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Its not so much the size its the attitude and mink have a very bad one i have trapped alot of mink and you are spot on terryd Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Here's what will really go on, i base this only on my experience with my own ferrets having run ins with feral ferrets on just shy of a handfull of times. I know that a mink has a bit more in the locker. A good ferret would be put to ground on an already wound up mink, a skirmish would go on below the ground resulting in the mink trying its damdest to bolt if possible, lets face it, why would it go against everything that nature has taught it to survive? If blocked in, then the ferret curious about what was before it again would investigate again, and get beaten back, the mink would not be trying to kill it, just keep it away from itself. At any point in time, a mink would with the slightest chance would try to bolt. This sort of cat and mouse will go on for ages with no result below the ground, with any chance of evasion, always taking priority over direct confrontation. If blocked into a space the size of a bucket, then there will be an outcome, and that will be a ferrets future mapped out with only as long as you are prepared to block them both in for. Nearest thing i can liken it to, is yourself on your hands and knees, trying to take out a honey badger.face on down a tube. Like the ferret will think, feck that! :laugh: Link to post
lifelong cumbrian 1,826 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 If you had ever seen a full grown mink in a cage trap you would know the answer too this one. I pray my ferrets never come across one To true mate. Link to post
Mick C. 229 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 entered a ferret in a set and within a few seconds the ferret bolted out like a rabbit. The smell was awful. That particular ferret took ages to even enter a rabbit hole again let alone graft. I assumed it must have encountered a mink. 1 Link to post
digger. 615 Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 entered a ferret in a set and within a few seconds the ferret bolted out like a rabbit. The smell was awful. That particular ferret took ages to even enter a rabbit hole again let alone graft. I assumed it must have encountered a mink. windy fukcer Link to post
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