Rolfe 2 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Just come back from preparing a rabbiting day tomorrow.........and as I crossed a small dyke I spotted my first dog mink this season working along the bankside........it managed to dart under the bridge just above the pipe outlet before i could get a picture.......but it will be an easy place to set a bodygrip tomorow with a minimum of disruption.......There are still a lot of game birds about and the dyke flows into a fishery.......so he wants removing pronto. Last year I took quite a lot of mink from this little stretch of water.......rabbit buries are abundant here also so it is always a popular location for mink activity. Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 nice I hunted my first in nearly 2 yrs with the terriers on sunday i havnt seen one in ages Quote Link to post
Guest Rod&dog Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Ohhh Rolfe,,Keep the update going,You know im mink mad.. LOL But those little streams are just like the ones we have here and boy it is fun to get a few terriers and lurchers hunting up the banks,,but ye canny do dat no more. Quote Link to post
snareman 3 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Rolfe said: Just come back from preparing a rabbiting day tomorrow.........and as I crossed a small dyke I spotted my first dog mink this season working along the bankside........it managed to dart under the bridge just above the pipe outlet before i could get a picture.......but it will be an easy place to set a bodygrip tomorow with a minimum of disruption.......There are still a lot of game birds about and the dyke flows into a fishery.......so he wants removing pronto. Last year I took quite a lot of mink from this little stretch of water.......rabbit buries are abundant here also so it is always a popular location for mink activity. a cracking simple wee stream easy to trap, wish i had a few like that, when i was running a mink line . Quote Link to post
dogs-n-natives 1,182 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Hope you get the bugger rolfe... Quote Link to post
donky7 9 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 i has a friend who was called for a mink stealing fish from a pond, setting cage traps with no success and finding rats were stealing the bait he set a kania just below the water level. he rang me last night... 1 mink in kania. Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Yeah i have had good success in the past using a Kania fitted to a board with a wire tunnel fitted......but i usually place mine bank side near or on a well used run and then completely cover with vegetation....virtually invisible but irresistible to the ever inquisitive Mr Mink. If water voles are present then i use cages for obvious reasons but they can mop up a lot of mink and rats in a short space of time. Rolfe. Quote Link to post
victor 10 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 did you get him ? Quote Link to post
DUCKWING 302 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 WELL LADS , THIS LAST SUMMER WHILE OFF WORK DUE TO AN INJURY ........... I SET UP QUITE A FEW SETS FOR A TRAPLINE I HAD PLANNED OUT ON 9 DIFFERING LOCAL WATERWAYS ...... USING OLD SNAREMANS LINETRAPPING ADVICE ON PLACEMENT , KEEPING TRAPS IN COMISSION NO MATTER THE HEIGHT OF WATER ETC , ETC , ETC ............. AND NOT A CAGE TRAP OR VIETNAMESE BOATHOUSE .. WHOOPS SORRY I MEANT ....MINK RAFT ........ IN SIGHT OVER THE MONTHES I WATCHED THESE GROW TO BECOME A PART OF THE NATURAL BANKSIDE ......... WITH VERY LITTLE WORK INVOLVED ......... AND NO WOODEN TUNNEL MAKING ADD TO THIS SOME SNAREING SITES ......... AND YOU HAVE A TRAPLINE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post
Netter 0 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 How do you go on trapping local waterways? How do you find out who owns them? Quote Link to post
moley 115 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Netter said: How do you go on trapping local waterways? How do you find out who owns them? i used to trap for a few fishing clubs for free membership Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 DUCKWING said: WELL LADS , THIS LAST SUMMER WHILE OFF WORK DUE TO AN INJURY ........... I SET UP QUITE A FEW SETS FOR A TRAPLINE I HAD PLANNED OUT ON 9 DIFFERING LOCAL WATERWAYS ...... USING OLD SNAREMANS LINETRAPPING ADVICE ON PLACEMENT , KEEPING TRAPS IN COMISSION NO MATTER THE HEIGHT OF WATER ETC , ETC , ETC ............. AND NOT A CAGE TRAP OR VIETNAMESE BOATHOUSE .. WHOOPS SORRY I MEANT ....MINK RAFT ........ IN SIGHT OVER THE MONTHES I WATCHED THESE GROW TO BECOME A PART OF THE NATURAL BANKSIDE ......... WITH VERY LITTLE WORK INVOLVED ......... AND NO WOODEN TUNNEL MAKING ADD TO THIS SOME SNAREING SITES ......... AND YOU HAVE A TRAPLINE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING As always DW, like glenn says (sure you have heard him say it many times )the simple methods are best...sometimes people make a whole lot of work for themselves, but I suppose everyones got their preferred methods.... I think the biggest issue with most people is time, its goes nowhere.. Quote Link to post
woodga 170 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 moley said: Netter said: How do you go on trapping local waterways? How do you find out who owns them? i used to trap for a few fishing clubs for free membership you would you old skinflint tighter than a fishes arse since the otters have moved back into my local river mink have become scarce otters hate mink with a passion and will drive them away or kill them if they can we used to average ten or so in a season but now we dont bother the otters were all ways spoiling the trap sets we had out Quote Link to post
moley 115 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 woodga said: moley said: Netter said: How do you go on trapping local waterways? How do you find out who owns them? i used to trap for a few fishing clubs for free membership you would you old skinflint tighter than a fishes arse since the otters have moved back into my local river mink have become scarce otters hate mink with a passion and will drive them away or kill them if they can we used to average ten or so in a season but now we dont bother the otters were all ways spoiling the trap sets we had out don,t give up woodga , i just caught my first mink in about 4 years on a local beck , i used to trap 20 - 30 mink there most years til the otters turned up, any chance of borrowing your face for ratting again ? Quote Link to post
wuzzy 0 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 hi all i have a quick Q,S how do i go about setting mink snares so they dont endanger water fowl ? Quote Link to post
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