Re: Tile set up for mink?
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Good luck. The problem your going to have Is getting the mink to go through the body grip . Now If you cut out a section on the bottom lip of the tile so you could bed a foot hold part way In the tile you might have more success.
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
[Re: hogwild]
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11/27/18 11:14 PM
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I haven't tried tile yet. I set out 5 of these on Saturday and am 3 for 5 so far. I need to set 300, lol. They'll go through a conibear but don't care for a hard trigger right in their face.
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
[Re: hogwild]
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11/27/18 11:32 PM
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Nice Les! I've never could get mink to push through the wires either. Pans on conis are nice. Thanks for starting this thread. I never quite understood what a tile was. Not kidding either. I use to think it was the rip/rap the water fell on, not what we call pipe over here. Man I'm not too sharp
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
[Re: hogwild]
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Most of my conis have a bell trigger with mono between the wires in a loose loop, and held on with silicon tubing. I like this set up better. Both the pan trigger traps allowed for a suit case catch too far back, the mink was shoulders through the trap, but the bell trigger smoke him to the head.
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
[Re: hogwild]
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There sure more than committed with the pan. We are getting hut with rain hard. My traps had 2 inches of new snow on top of them too. Maybe I will go set boxes tomorrow.
I think I have some 8 inch pipe scrap like that. I was going to save it for little concrete piers. I like hoarding stuff
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
[Re: hogwild]
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11/28/18 01:28 AM
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I had dozen RBGs made to fit perfect in the 4inch tile. Never did get a mink to stick their melon in one. Had the triggers circle the edge, maybe should look at trying pans on those.
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
[Re: fossil2]
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trapper les,,,ive never tried a box of that design before. best I can tell from the pics, the trap goes in the back of the box, then the bait, then close the back end of the box. entry hole on the opposite end? is this correct? also, are you using a 3 1/2 inch entry hole? seems like a nice design to exclude coon. thanks!!! tim Here is a better picture. The back is screened in, and the bait (this year its venison tallow and boning scraps) and I added another spring to make them 120s. It's a 2 3/4 inch hole at the top of a swinging door. During fisher/maten season, I leave the doors up, as those characters will somehow stick their head in the trap once in a while, and it will still catch mink.
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
[Re: hogwild]
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At this point, I'd like to apologize for derailing the thread, sort of.
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
[Re: hogwild]
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I make is about a 2 1/2" round hole, and the tag ends of my mono finish the visual loop above even though they aren't attached to anything. The mink darts through the mono loop and it acts like a soft belly catch. There is no need for a "hard loop" that is detectable that they can climb around.
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
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Clay, the tag ends aren't attached at the top of the loop, they just form one inside the realm of the wires. A little circle within the wire bell, only held by the sides.
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
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Mink do not seem to avoid 110's when used as bottom edge sets, why do you guys think they will avoid a 110 in a tile if the tile is in a pool of water or under water along a bank? I never tried this set, but I just got some tile today to give it a try. I think this set was discussed at Minktoberfest this year.
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Re: Tile set up for mink?
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Mink do not seem to avoid 110's when used as bottom edge sets, why do you guys think they will avoid a 110 in a tile if the tile is in a pool of water or under water along a bank? In BE sets the mink is swimming and cannot stop forward move as easily as when walking. When set along a bank partially submerged they will walking. If they are balking at the wire triggers try using pan triggers. I have had good success on rats and mink in small streams using a similar "culvert box" set in small streams. Placed in small feeder streams it will take many a rat or mink travelling the stream as it seems they cannot pass up exploring the tunnel.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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