Do you remember your 1st Bottom Edge mink?
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06/26/18 11:29 AM
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lumberjack391
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I read about it in the Trapper mag, Kens book wasn't even out yet. Thought I understood the concept and thought of this pool with a stump sticking out at the end. Butted a 110 up against it and wired it to the stump after sticking a stick through the spring. I thought "yea right" this aint gonna do &*%^. 2 days later a huge male mink is floating. I have caught many more at that location and 100s of others until gas and fur prices went crazy high/low. Been awful disappointed at quite a few I thought were gonna score and never did.
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Re: Do you remember your 1st Bottom Edge mink?
[Re: lumberjack391]
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06/26/18 03:43 PM
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. . . Been awful disappointed at quite a few I thought were gonna score and never did. And that's just fine. When I set up a new area I probably place a dozen BE sets in a 50 yard stretch, at least half a dozen on each side. Keep track of and record your scores and your misses. What you'll find, which I'm sure you already have, is that mink, and 'rats, will favor one side over the other, for a ways, and then may switch sides. There will be those stumps, points, curves that are hot from November to early March, year after year after year. Almost sets a fella to crying when he walks up to that spot where a log has forced critters around it for years only to find it gone in last summer's flood.
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Re: Do you remember your 1st Bottom Edge mink?
[Re: lumberjack391]
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06/26/18 06:44 PM
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trappergbus
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Like it was yesterday, didin't have a name for it back then. When Smythe publizized it all the peices fell into place. Ounce I realized what to look for it was like a neon sign..
Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..
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Re: Do you remember your 1st Bottom Edge mink?
[Re: MChewk]
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06/27/18 05:16 PM
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ANYONE EVER run a line of ELBOW sets....another eye opener. A favorite of mine. Two #1 Bridger coilsprings outfitted with Duke #1 1/2 pans both S-hooked to drowner locks on same drowner cable. One trap goes back into the horizontal hole and sets just forward of the vertical hole. The other is just at the mouth of the horizontal hole. Often score two critters at bottom of drowner cable. Sometimes one mink in both traps as it must've come down vertical hole first. I try to get these dug out prior to cold weather. Bait gets pinned in back of horizontal pocket. Good set for stable water conditions, still working for mink when water comes up.
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Re: Do you remember your 1st Bottom Edge mink?
[Re: lumberjack391]
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06/27/18 06:36 PM
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Ditchdiver
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Wow! I've never heard of this "elbow set". I think I understand it and will try it this year. Is it just like a pocket set with a vertical hole at the back of the pocket (going up through the top of the bank)?
When life gets me down..... you know hunting/trapping season is closed.
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Re: Do you remember your 1st Bottom Edge mink?
[Re: MChewk]
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06/27/18 09:47 PM
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Yep, and just pulled a ADC muskrat golf course job. It poured here right after setting up...had to be 2 inches of rain. Couldn't access ponds because of flooding...water receded and had two turtles 2, large mouths and 6 rats....most for setting up BE structure. Ok, now I am really intrigued...all this time I assumed (dangerous I know) that it was really a set for colder climates but if you just pulled up the adc job, and it’s june 27, i was dead wrong.
Wildlife Removal, Etc.
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Re: Do you remember your 1st Bottom Edge mink?
[Re: lumberjack391]
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06/28/18 01:41 PM
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The Beav
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I could put In ten blind sets while you guys are drilling and digging one elbow set. And will have caught that mink before It even gets to the elbow set. LOl
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