Re: Mink in a 330
[Re: trapper2777]
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02/18/18 11:43 PM
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I caught a mink once in a 330,set dry on a dam crossover.The mink was dragging a muskrat he had just killed up the crossover, when he triggered the 330.I wound up with a mink pelt and a rat pelt.I figured a mink would avoid the trigger on a big trap like that set dry,but because he was dragging the rat,he wound up firing the trap. Animals generally don't try to avoid trigger wires on any submerged trap when they are swimming. Gotta love the surprize catches on the line-nice catch.
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Re: Mink in a 330
[Re: trapper2777]
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02/18/18 11:47 PM
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No I haven't, but I caught a six inch minnow in a 1.5 long spring used in front of a pocket set.
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/18/18 11:51 PM
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I caught a mink once in a 330,set dry on a dam crossover.The mink was dragging a muskrat he had just killed up the crossover, when he triggered the 330.I wound up with a mink pelt and a rat pelt.I figured a mink would avoid the trigger on a big trap like that set dry,but because he was dragging the rat,he wound up firing the trap. Animals generally don't try to avoid trigger wires on any submerged trap when they are swimming. Gotta love the surprize catches on the line-nice catch. awesome story! Yeah I have had them take my muskrat like that too. Gotta love the surprises!
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/18/18 11:52 PM
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No I haven't, but I caught a six inch minnow in a 1.5 long spring used in front of a pocket set. must've had a really sensitive trigger
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/18/18 11:53 PM
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Caught a duck in a 110 ,set in a rat run....let it go...that was a hand full !
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/19/18 12:00 AM
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Caught a duck in a 110 ,set in a rat run....let it go...that was a hand full ! I think the biggest handful I ever had was a gobbler in an MB550. That sucker near beat me to death before I got him out. Luckily he didn't have 2" hooks.
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/19/18 12:00 AM
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I'm caught a couple of mink in bottom edge 330's set for otter. Triggers on the bottom IMHO increase the odds of catching rats and mink both.
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/19/18 12:02 AM
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Caught a bob cat In 330 It died with a hen mallard clutched in It's jaws. Was checking some chuck sets one day. And I saw a grass snake striking out of a chuck hole. Couldn't figure how I could have caught a snake In a 160. Pulled on the snake and it came out in the mouth of a very large mink that was caught In the 160.
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/19/18 12:04 AM
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One of the largest buck Mink I ever caught was in a 330 set at a bottom edge set. I believe it was caught only minutes before I checked the trap too. I'd spudded out another 330 about 8-10 yards away, and I believe he was spooked by the rukus and swam into the other trap then. My reason for thinking Id just caught him were two fold.....he was limp as a noodle (no rigor mortis), and when I walked up to the frozen-in set to spud it out, all I could smell was Mink musk wafting up through the ice! He was 27 inches from tip to tip whole. I think I still have his pelt in the freezer because I skun him to mount. Now that I'm retired and living the life of the idle rich, I guess I should mount it. It was caught about 10 years ago too (it is very well wrapped)!!
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/19/18 12:04 AM
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I've caught a couple of mink in bottom edge 330's set for otter. Triggers on the bottom IMHO increase the odds of catching rats and mink both.
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/19/18 02:40 AM
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Ive caught lots of mink in 330s. 9 times out of 10 they trigger the trap by pulling the bait out.
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/19/18 06:48 AM
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Caught one in an under ice baited 330 for beaver once. Nice surprise!
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Re: Mink in a 330
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02/19/18 09:49 AM
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Same set here (otter in a crossover) for a beaver!
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