Trapping Mink??

[Guest davieboy]

there is a mink giving a farmer some grief, so i am going to go round and put down some traps to try and catch it, i intend on sticking down about 6 fenn traps and tunnels along the waters edge/embankemnt at the sides and 2 live catch cage traps.

 

my question is will these live traps be of much use and should i site them the same way as the fenn, also if i bait them should i use mackerel or something else????

 

cheers

[badgeroy 3]

Get in touch with Snareman Glen Walters on here for some advice top man.

[OldTrapCollector 377]

Set the Fenn tunnels and cages anywhere you think the mink will run - any inlets, culverts, drains, islands, edges of rough water, under bridges - anywhere he will be channelled into looking for food.

 

Best bait I found was kippers for mink but I would think any fishy bait would do the trick

 

OTC

[Guest davieboy]

cheers OTC

[ianrob 2]

there is a mink giving a farmer some grief, so i am going to go round and put down some traps to try and catch it, i intend on sticking down about 6 fenn traps and tunnels along the waters edge/embankemnt at the sides and 2 live catch cage traps.

 

my question is will these live traps be of much use and should i site them the same way as the fenn, also if i bait them should i use mackerel or something else????

 

cheers

The cage traps can be on the margin of the river where the bank meets at a steep angle, and partially covered with drift wood stones etc. I've caught them on prawn shells, kippers, even smokey bacon. Being mustelids, they're naturally nosey and not trap shy. A keeper friend never used owt but rabbit guts, and he caught a lot. I wouldn't be surprised if you caught one using Christmas cake, they're inquisitive b4stards. If you phone Glenn, then you're sure of the very best expert advice. ian.

Edited December 21, 2008 by ianrob

[Guest davieboy]

christmas cake it is then!

[ianrob 2]

christmas cake it is then!

 

 

[Guest davieboy]

3 days in and the christmas cake is not working!!!

 

traps have been checked twice a day, the mackerel has not been touched in either of the 3 fenn or 2 live catchs

 

could it be that because i am checking them and disturbing the area i am putting the mink of going near them?????

[OldTrapCollector 377]

could it be that because i am checking them and disturbing the area i am putting the mink of going near them?????

 

Once a day should be sufficient for checks, they will go in if they are there

 

OTC

[moley 115]

3 days in and the christmas cake is not working!!!

 

traps have been checked twice a day, the mackerel has not been touched in either of the 3 fenn or 2 live catchs

 

could it be that because i am checking them and disturbing the area i am putting the mink of going near them?????

 

it could be a couple of weeks before the mink returns , be patient , i have a few traps out at the moment , i caught one first morning in a bodygrip set under a log , about 5 ft from a baited pocket , so its worth setting where you think minky will travel

[moley 115]

there you go , poor sod was caught by the backend but a drowning wire put pay to my bad trap setting, trap reset and the log