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Re: Mink Box
[Re: FarmerDan]
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09/14/18 10:52 PM
09/14/18 10:52 PM
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I have boxes I made but like to use 6 or 8 inch pipe. Set at both ends or block one end off.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Mink Box
[Re: PAskinner]
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09/14/18 11:09 PM
09/14/18 11:09 PM
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I thought the 7 inch thing only applies to 6 inch traps. Pretty sure you can use 110s with a mail box tube. I tried a few wooden mink boxes. Haven't caught a mink in them yet. I would have more confidence in them as a tunnel with a foothold inside than a one way box. Well, I was wrong about that! Don't listen to some guy on the internet, check your regulation book, lol. Since I don't use artificial cubbies with body grippers, I haven't paid attention to the updated rules.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Mink Box
[Re: FarmerDan]
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09/15/18 07:43 AM
09/15/18 07:43 AM
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Ditto on what Beav said, been there done that, very low percentage and have tried alot differant mink box variations. Alot of easier methods to put mink on boards and that is alot of hard work, alot of traps, alot of energy, alot of miles traveled !
RdFx
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Re: Mink Box
[Re: FarmerDan]
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09/15/18 08:47 AM
09/15/18 08:47 AM
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trapper les
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Mink boxes work best in good rat sloughs, right after ice up, but in the event of little or now snow. You can pile up mink quickly in that situation. There, now the secret is out , so have at it. 
"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
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Re: Mink Box
[Re: FarmerDan]
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09/15/18 09:02 AM
09/15/18 09:02 AM
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trapper les
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Try it, with the coni pan facing out.
"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
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Re: Mink Box
[Re: FarmerDan]
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09/15/18 11:15 AM
09/15/18 11:15 AM
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james bay frontierOnt.
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A good quick way to pick up mink if you are trapping open water beaver in the fall is to carry a bunch of 1.5ls traps with your beaver gear,a few cans of sardines for lure (and lunch),and a 5 gallon bucket of grouse scraps for bait.When you set up your beaver traps at the house,drop a box or kick a couple of holes with your boot at the water line on each side of the house for a pocket set.If you use a box you can make the set with a 120 after freeze up.This set only works early season,before Christmas(20c below weather).After the real cold kicks in,mink stay subnivean.
Beaver houses and dams are mink magnets.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Mink Box
[Re: Boco]
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09/15/18 11:26 AM
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A good quick way to pick up mink if you are trapping open water beaver in the fall is to carry a bunch of 1.5ls traps with your beaver gear,a few cans of sardines for lure (and lunch),and a 5 gallon bucket of grouse scraps for bait.When you set up your beaver traps at the house,drop a box or kick a couple of holes with your boot at the water line on each side of the house for a pocket set.If you use a box you can make the set with a 120 after freeze up.This set only works early season,before Christmas(20c below weather).After the real cold kicks in,mink stay subnivean.
Beaver houses and dams are mink magnets. Pa rules don't allow you to set either of those places. Just another hoop to jump through here.
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Re: Mink Box
[Re: FarmerDan]
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09/15/18 12:23 PM
09/15/18 12:23 PM
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james bay frontierOnt.
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I wonder how many places in the states have that restriction?No restrictions like that here.That would really hurt a trapper for many species.How could you even calculate that?The base of a beaver dam or house under water would be impossible to know.
Last edited by Boco; 09/15/18 12:25 PM.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Mink Box
[Re: FarmerDan]
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09/15/18 12:32 PM
09/15/18 12:32 PM
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james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
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Fake news.Your trappers licence is combine with hunting,lol.You suffer from antiitis there.
You likely do have 10 times more trappers there,but produce about 1\10 the fur.
Last edited by Boco; 09/15/18 12:35 PM.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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