I’m glad you reminded me about that 2x4. That’s one slick puppy

Gentlemen, I'm new to trapping and mink opens here in PA on Saturday. I'm making up some mink boxes with some 120's in them. Can you tell me where you'd position mink boxes along a stream? Would it be right next to the water's edge?

I’ve never used boxes, but every single other type trap or snare I use goes in the same places——where they travel. If they’re traveling here and not there, here is where I’m setting.

I find a good spot for mink boxes are where a feeder stream enters the brook I'm trapping. Also places where they are running the top edge are good. Also if possible use multiple types of sets at each location to increase chances of catches. I prefer a bottom edge set, top edge set, and a pocket set as long as I can keep footholds from freezing up here. Caught one 3 days ago missed it in a blind set on a crossover, missed my bottom edge set, but got tangled with my #2 dbls at a pocket with fish and smeared cherries in it(cherries were wild ones from a nearby tree was trying something new seemed to work). Good luck mink are lots of fun.

Place your boxes where travelling mink transition from water to land,(funnel)or under overhanging banks.
Also where they hunt( overhead cover).

Thank you gentlemen

Dont forget the blind, dry land trail sets. Pound in a trap shape depression, place trap, sift a little shredded grass and done. Little jump stick helps.
Dont over look levees separating a pond and creek/stream/ditch. Especially if cattails are present

Can someone post a picture of the 2x4 mink set? I’m kinda dense and it is not making sense!

Thanks

God Bless

Dustin

We can only use lethal snares in water in Wisconsin with the loop half exposed or less. In my mind I have toyed with mink snaring but nobody up here does it that I know of. I want to try it and, as I get older, carrying a couple dozen snares sounds easier. By the time pelts are prime like now, the slow water and marshes are iced up. I do have lots of open spring fed trout streams and in winter they don't be freeze and all of those root systems etc along the bank but in the water are tempting for a snare. Let me know how this works in the water sets. My trapping equipment budget is full for this year but thinking about next season. Need to refit my trapline to match my age.

no hable snare,wish i could.

Dustin, I have pictures of it. I will try to post them later. If I can’t get them to post here, I will post them on Don’s site.

Let’s see if this will work.

For a chance at a double, put a snare at each side. The one in the picture has the snare in the center. You attach a cable to it and drop it off the bridge. It will float up against the bridge wall. Mink swims along the side, finds a platform to climb up on so it can dry off for a second, runs thru snare and jumps off the board.

It sure is nice being able to post pictures again.

That almost sounds too easy. I cant snare here in PA but my beam would be down at the first log jam trying to "drift" it in to a bridge wall from on top......

That is slicker then snot! Thanks for the pictures!

God Bless

Dustin

I will use tubes, 2x4's bricks log crossings and pinch points on dry spots. I am not a great minker, but this season I am targeting them hard to gain more know how with the cable. and the pocket set is number one on my list to figure out. I am in flat land with swamps 50 to 100 acres in size where the mink go where ever they want LOL. I wish I had the water courses like north jersey has and what I see out in pa that force the mink.

Glenn Waters, who you may or may not be familiar with, shows mink snare sets in one of his old video's. He used to set some along bridge walls, with snare half submerged if I remember correctly.

12 in of snow,2 in legs,might need to get busy.

I set some conis out this last week as botom edges. For muskrat but I hope they produce mink.