Hunting With Trained Mink

[Accip74 7,112]

Interesting stuff mate, taming any mustelid always fascinates me......good luck with the future

[Minkenry 1,044]

Interesting stuff mate, taming any mustelid always fascinates me......good luck with the future

 

Thanks :-)

[craigynewall 28]

Anymore minkenry vids to show us mate? Been lookiing forward to another update from you .

[gnasher16 30,183]

Fascinating stuff......must be quite exciting to be having a crack at something very few have ever done......good for you.

[Polrep 6]

 

Amazing great work man well done with the minks and the video footage of them hunting

[Millet 4,497]

When i first seen the topic title i thought it was going to be a wind up..but all i can say.. Wow...you had me glued to the screen watching them video clip's.. excellent stuff...keep up the good work and get some more clip's flung up..

[pointer 543]

I thought the same, then spent the next day reading every post and watching every YouTube clip.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,071]

Absolutely amazing!!!!

 

I'm in awe of this but tell me, did you have a few accidents at first???

[Minkenry 1,044]

Thanks every one!

 

Here's a fishing video I made....

 

 

 

Here's a video of my mink playing in the snow...

 

 

 

Here's a young mink in training killing a muskrat. Sorry for the horrible camera work.

 

 

 

 

Absolutely amazing!!!!

I'm in awe of this but tell me, did you have a few accidents at first???

 

Accidents??? Do you mean getting bitten, or loosing the mink? Accidents still happen, both ways. Except with the loosing mink, most end up finding their way home. I have one mink I've lost for 3 weeks straight, and still got her back! She's like a homing mink! ha ha ha

[gnasher16 30,183]

That video with the Muskrat.....couldnt quite see properly was your Mink fighting it in the mouth first of all ?....I could see it ended up on the back of the head just couldnt work out the start.....if it was then it takes a seriously intense animal to start out fighting mouth to mouth like that......very impressive little critter you have there......been a great topic this dont be shy with the vids

[Minkenry 1,044]

That video with the Muskrat.....couldnt quite see properly was your Mink fighting it in the mouth first of all ?....I could see it ended up on the back of the head just couldnt work out the start.....if it was then it takes a seriously intense animal to start out fighting mouth to mouth like that......very impressive little critter you have there......been a great topic this dont be shy with the vids

 

Yeah sorry, I did and absolutely HORRIBLE job with that video! Yes the mink started out with a hold on the muskrat's nose. I've seen 3 different mink do that before. However, most mink quickly switch to a hold on the back of the neck as soon as possible, so they can actually kill the muskrat. This was the first prey this young mink had ever seen, and she didn't quite know what to do, so she just dragged the muskrat around by the nose for a bit, and then near the end of the video, she switched to driving a deep hold to the back of the neck like she should of done in the first place.

[courseadog 231]

Well done mate I have often wondered if it could be done

It must work like f**k

I'm not a falconer I use ferrets I just saw it up on forum

Page and clicked straight away

[Minkenry 1,044]

For the last several months I have been writing my book on Minkenry. I just did an inventory on my book, and so far I've written 76 pages. Wow, that's a lot! But I still have plenty to write! I hope you guys enjoy the finished product when I am finally done! :-)

[Accip74 7,112]

Good luck with that, at least you can say you are the first to write such a book!

[Millet 4,497]

I don't think i could ever get sick of watching those video clip's ..good luck with the book as i'm sure it will be a very interesting read..