First Mink out the new sets...

[Foxy09 3]

hope u get all his cousins good start what trap are you using?

 

Mk 6 Fenns all the way mate, kills em clean every time

 

Foxy

 

 

BULLSHIT

 

TRYING TO LIE TO LADS ON HERE THAT HAVE DONE YEARS OF TRAPPING ..........ONLY SHOWS YOUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONALITY , WHICH I SUSSED OUT A GOOD WHILE AGO

 

DUCKWING

 

 

Bit of a random reply there duckwing, what exactly am i lieing about???? see if the trap wasnt powerfull enough to kill a mink it wouldnt be approved for it and i dont know who your trying to kid apart from yourself about having years of trapping, im guessing the the most the majority of idiots on here have trapped in there fingers under the keyboard at some point, and that goes for yourself aswell, its funny how the lads who post the pics of actually doing the business are always the ones who take the flack off the keyboard warriors like yourself...fact is if an animal the size of even a large dog mink steps on a mk6 fenn trap and is not killed outright theres something wrong with the set up or the quality of the trap...i.e your a shit trapper, and the fact that you dont know that duckwing tells me all i need to know about your knowlege...END OF STORY i have no further interest in tearing you up in an argument, run along and play.

 

Foxy

[Foxy09 3]

hope u get all his cousins good start what trap are you using?

 

Mk 6 Fenns all the way mate, kills em clean every time

 

Foxy

no they dont.

 

Yes they do. And if they dont the trapper is the problem not the trap.... FACT

 

Foxy

 

 

well not once have i had a mink drag a mk6 out of a set, if i find them they are dead where they have stood, so im going to agree to disagree on this, before it turns into another kids playground of a thread, should have known better to put up pics of my trapping exploits, funnily enough the last guy to post trapping pics on here of mink also came up agains the same pish.

 

Foxy

[RatSnatcher 0]

[TOMO 26,238]

as chalky said , nothing is 100% even the kania. i once had two half grown squirrels enter the kania at the same time , both were cought by the rear left leg lukily the home owner herd the trap fire , and called me so they wernt in long .

 

i think cos of there small size they got farther in the trap befor triggering it. but just shows you nothing is in-falable

[Foxy09 3]

Ok maybe i should have chosen my words better and there may be a time when as you say any trap may not kill cleanly, but used correctly in a well constructed set theres no reason at all why a genuine mk 6 fenn shouldnt kill the animal instantly, so if i was finding that my catches were regularly(or at all for that matter) foul trapping or being dragged i would think there was definitely something wrong. its this attention to detail in my honest opinion thats makes a good trapper, any fool can catch a mink, but only a good trapper will kill them cleanly.

 

Foxy

[TOMO 26,238]

as chalky said , nothing is 100% even the kania. i once had two half grown squirrels enter the kania at the same time , both were cought by the rear left leg lukily the home owner herd the trap fire , and called me so they wernt in long .

 

i think cos of there small size they got farther in the trap befor triggering it. but just shows you nothing is in-falable

 

You are correct,.nothing,.and nobody is infallable,.however,.IF you set the Kania in the usual manner,.(as opposed to clipping it to fences, sheds,.etc,...upside down,..the open end facing towards the sky,..as some folk insist on doing... ..)

Well yes,.there is every likelihood of a foul catch....

The Kania needs to be set LIGHTLY,...and on a fine tickle,..so that the moment a target species touches the bar with its back,..the trap will fire...However,.when I was demonstrating this trap a few years back at the NPTA to the Pest Control industry I did notice that several guys were simply pushing the pin into the retaining hole with no real thought of making the trap fire smoothly. In short,..they lacked the common sense to realise that if foolishly allowed to,.a squirrel or a rat,.especially a youngster could,.and would,.get into the box and start to feed,..and end up crunched,.and frequently by a limb.

This is NOT what I pushed this trap for...

 

So,.always set the Kania as fine as possible....

 

And to Foxy,..as I say,.no offense meant,...but,.I still maintain that the Mk 6 is not a definite 'kill every time' candidate when a large Dog Mink is concerned...

Obviously if the poor critter is jammed into a tunnel and cannot get out of the cubby and into the water,.he will always be seen dead in the trap...However,...it can be emotional..

 

All the best to all trappers,...kind regards,.CHALKWARREN...

 

you must have been saving that top sentance just for me for the last 3 year, as you know it was me that put them pics up of the trap set in that upside down maner.

 

as it hapens the two babys i cought were actualy in a loft , and the trap was set flat on the floor.

 

but i will try harder

[Foxy09 3]

Back to the subject in hand.....another dog mink taken today from the same stream a few hundred yards from the set that took yesterdays, im guessing there is an in season bitch in the area, so hopefully pick her up shortly....

 

 

 

 

 

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

you must have been saving that top sentance just for me for the last 3 year, as you know it was me that put them pics up of the trap set in that upside down maner.

 

as it hapens the two babys i cought were actualy in a loft , and the trap was set flat on the floor.

 

but i will try harder

 

 

Well,..that is all that one can ever hope for....

[patdahat 41]

thats the job foxy . nothing like seeing a lump of black in the morning stuck in the trap, keep them comming.

[Foxy09 3]

Back to the subject in hand.....another dog mink taken today from the same stream a few hundred yards from the set that took yesterdays, im guessing there is an in season bitch in the area, so hopefully pick her up shortly....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You are certainly picking them Dog Mink up now Foxy,..

 

The talk is all about 'Mink Rafts' round here,...feck me,.it like being on a Desert Island...

 

Cheers,.CHALKWARREN...

 

i usually put rafts in after a population knock down in a specific area or if i suspect water voles are present obviously, great monitoring tool, pain in the arse having to get the waders out though!

 

Foxy

[pegandgun 52]

I dont want to get into any kind of disagrement hear.Ide just like to say that over many years of trapping mink in fenn mk 6s i found that very few mink where killed outright in the trap.I used wires on all my fenn mk 6s and without fail any trapped mink had pulled the trap into the water.This tells me that the Mink were not killed instantly.I think most people underestimate the power of a mink espcially the dogs.

A number of years ago i was trapping squirrels on a local estate.I had fifty fenn traps set in pre-baited tunnels.I checked the traps four times a day on my quad.I found that a hell of alot of the squirrels were still alive when i checked the traps,as high as 50%.On a normal trapping week ide check my traps only once a day therefor the squirrels were generally dead.When checking my traps four times a day it gave me a very good insite into how well these traps actually killed and i must say i was quite suprised to see so many squirrels still alive.

Just because a trap is approved doesnt make it a reliable and instant killing trap.I find that most traps approved in this country are well under powered and do not do what it says on the box.Ime not looking for an argument just trying to give what is my experience.

And well done with your mink trapping mate......P&G.....

[Foxy09 3]

Not looking to cause an argument either but i was under the impression drowning wires were illegal in this country?

 

all the best

 

Foxy

[120-2 8]

I agree Chalkwarren, with a 120 spring it would be an ideal trap for squirrels, I like the jaw size and with that spring it would be so quick. Change is on the horizon with the new EU directive and killing time will have to come down.

 

120-2

Edited March 27, 2009 by 120-2

[IanB 0]

I dont want to get into any kind of disagrement hear.Ide just like to say that over many years of trapping mink in fenn mk 6s i found that very few mink where killed outright in the trap.I used wires on all my fenn mk 6s and without fail any trapped mink had pulled the trap into the water.This tells me that the Mink were not killed instantly.I think most people underestimate the power of a mink espcially the dogs.

A number of years ago i was trapping squirrels on a local estate.I had fifty fenn traps set in pre-baited tunnels.I checked the traps four times a day on my quad.I found that a hell of alot of the squirrels were still alive when i checked the traps,as high as 50%.On a normal trapping week ide check my traps only once a day therefor the squirrels were generally dead.When checking my traps four times a day it gave me a very good insite into how well these traps actually killed and i must say i was quite suprised to see so many squirrels still alive.

Just because a trap is approved doesnt make it a reliable and instant killing trap.I find that most traps approved in this country are well under powered and do not do what it says on the box.Ime not looking for an argument just trying to give what is my experience.

And well done with your mink trapping mate......P&G.....

 

If I was going to accept anyones opinions, it would be Chalkie and PegandGun's , get some of the mink photos up peg

[micky 3,325]

Ok maybe i should have chosen my words better and there may be a time when as you say any trap may not kill cleanly, but used correctly in a well constructed set theres no reason at all why a genuine mk 6 fenn shouldnt kill the animal instantly, so if i was finding that my catches were regularly(or at all for that matter) foul trapping or being dragged i would think there was definitely something wrong. its this attention to detail in my honest opinion thats makes a good trapper, any fool can catch a mink, but only a good trapper will kill them cleanly.

 

Foxy

After reading this thread ,many on here will have come to the conclusion that your doing it right, and everyone else is doing it wrong,so tell us Foxy,whats the secret ,how do you achieve these 100% instant kills ,take us through it in detail, i have learnt a lot off this forum,and now i feel i have the chance to learn a lot more.Over the years i have caught two mink and several ferrets in fenn 6s ,all were alive and taken in traps set for rabbits,i have also caught 1mink ,stoats, and ferrets in bgs these were all dead,on another note theres a chap here on the leicestershire -warrickshire border who catches a lot of mink,he uses live catch traps,and also says, fenns are not a lot of good,so foxy,the stage is yours ,tell us [or better still ,show us]how to achieve these remarkable results.

Micky