I'm So Proud Of My Little Mink

[Hywel 53]

Excellent video Just out of interest, how many fingers do you need to stitch back on during the taming process

[philstory 83]

Great video that. Must take a lot of time and effort to get a mink to trust you in such a way.

[Minkenry 1,044]

Cracking mate well done but what is the reason in getting the mink to drag it all the way back to the box is it because they don't have the tame ness of a dog where you can take a kill from

It and it will keep hunting?

 

There's a couple reasons. One is like you said, most mink won't let you just take their kill the way a dog would (some will, but most wont). The main reason is because sometimes mink catch game deep in a burrow. If you train the mink to drag their kill to their carry box, then you don't have to dig out their kill, or leave it to waist if you can't dig it out.

[Minkenry 1,044]

Excellent video Just out of interest, how many fingers do you need to stitch back on during the taming process

 

lol depends on the mink. I've had mink that have gone through the whole process without a single bite, others that bit me, but only with the glove on, and then other's who've hit my bare flesh. It actually isn't as bad as you would expect....

[Hywel 53]

 

Excellent video Just out of interest, how many fingers do you need to stitch back on during the taming process

 

lol depends on the mink. I've had mink that have gone through the whole process without a single bite, others that bit me, but only with the glove on, and then other's who've hit my bare flesh. It actually isn't as bad as you would expect....

Thanks for the feedback, very interesting processes that you have explained in the videos.

[sikastag_1 689]

 

 

Cracking mate well done but what is the reason in getting the mink to drag it all the way back to the box is it because they don't have the tame ness of a dog where you can take a kill from

It and it will keep hunting?

There's a couple reasons. One is like you said, most mink won't let you just take their kill the way a dog would (some will, but most wont). The main reason is because sometimes mink catch game deep in a burrow. If you train the mink to drag their kill to their carry box, then you don't have to dig out their kill, or leave it to waist if you can't dig it out.

Ok mate. I like a bit of digging when ferreting etc with the locator collar on so wouldn't bother me but understand your hunting different quarry species and a different way of hunting, stick in mate.