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Mink bait #6474450 02/26/19 05:12 PM 02/26/19 05:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 219 North Jersey T TrapprChris OP trapper
TrapprChris OP trapper T Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 219 North Jersey	Going to be setting some floating mink boxes. Was thinking of using half a mink carcass for bait. Anyone ever use?

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6474455 02/26/19 05:21 PM 02/26/19 05:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 3,450 Houghton Lake, MI strike2x trapper
strike2x trapper Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 3,450 Houghton Lake, MI	I would say better off using muskrat... Wish I had more time to trap....

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6474676 02/26/19 08:51 PM 02/26/19 08:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,032 central arkansas T the Blak Spot trapper
the Blak Spot trapper T Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,032 central arkansas	Or snake. I've caught a few in pockets with carmans pro's choice lure the just shall live by faith member FTA, ATA, EAFT 1776 - the year we told a tyrant we weren't to be under a dictator Caveat ater macula

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6474705 02/26/19 09:11 PM 02/26/19 09:11 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 776 MN, USA star flakes trapper
star flakes trapper Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 776 MN, USA	Mink do not eat mink. They will in territory respond to gland scents. Mink prefer fresh and as noted above muskrat is better. Eye appeal is what mink respond to, namely holes or piles of trash that they will think a living prey animal will be in. In my area we pick up mink in dryland predator sets on canine lures. I have caught them on Grawe's Grey Ghost, but there was eye appeal which was the feature first. Make your floaters look like rat feed piles and I believe you will do better as the only reason mink respond to dead bait is to steal it.

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6474731 02/26/19 09:31 PM 02/26/19 09:31 PM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 25,602 williams,mn trapper les trapper
trapper les trapper Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 25,602 williams,mn	muskrat carcass works good "Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6474831 02/26/19 11:11 PM 02/26/19 11:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,795 100 Mile House, BC Can bctomcat trapper
bctomcat trapper Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,795 100 Mile House, BC Can	^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ or just the hind quarters. Last edited by bctomcat; 02/26/19 11:12 PM. The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.

Re: Mink bait [Re: star flakes] #6474835 02/26/19 11:17 PM 02/26/19 11:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,581 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,581 Manitoba	Originally Posted by star flakes Mink eat mink. They will in territory respond to gland scents. Mink prefer fresh and as noted above muskrat is second favourite choice. Eye appeal is what mink respond to, namely holes or piles of trash that they will think a living prey animal will be in. In my area we pick up mink in dryland predator sets on canine lures. I have caught them on Grawe's Grey Ghost, but there was eye appeal which was the feature first. Make your floaters look like rat feed piles and I believe you will do better as the only reason mink respond to dead bait is to steal it. Auto correct was needed.

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6475209 02/27/19 12:32 PM 02/27/19 12:32 PM
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,278 Rochester, MN Teacher trapper
Teacher trapper Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,278 Rochester, MN	I’m confused. Between Northof50 and Star Flakes there seems to be inconsistencies. Actually, about 10 years ago, there were Trappers who put up considerable numbers, who said mink ate mink. At this point all I can say about mink musk is that I’ve caught coyotes on it far more often than I’ve taken mink. Last edited by Teacher; 02/27/19 12:45 PM. Reason: Misspelling Never too old to learn

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6475375 02/27/19 03:03 PM 02/27/19 03:03 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,090 Peoria County Illinois Larry Baer trapper
Larry Baer trapper Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,090 Peoria County Illinois	They eat mink but in my area fish is number the one bait Just passin through

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6475392 02/27/19 03:15 PM 02/27/19 03:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,581 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,581 Manitoba	Teacher read the post carefully between the two. Auto correct Mink are cannibals if they come across another dead mink, the first thing they do is eat out at the liver sideways

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6475835 02/27/19 09:52 PM 02/27/19 09:52 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 293 Barron Couny, WI John Deere Steve trapper
John Deere Steve trapper Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 293 Barron Couny, WI	The best mink bait I have found is muskrat meat. My second choice would be FRESH fish. Never have tried using mink to bait mink. But may have to give it a try next season Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine!

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6476326 02/28/19 01:39 PM 02/28/19 01:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,528 N.J. PineDoggin trapper
PineDoggin trapper Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,528 N.J.	I snared a mink last week and another mink ate the testicles off the mink I had snared so they sure do eat one another.

Re: Mink bait [Re: PineDoggin] #6476864 02/28/19 10:04 PM 02/28/19 10:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 958 eastern washington B BillyTraps trapper
BillyTraps trapper B Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 958 eastern washington	Originally Posted by PineDoggin I snared a mink last week and another mink ate the testicles off the mink I had snared so they sure do eat one another. how do you know it was another mink?

Re: Mink bait [Re: BillyTraps] #6477042 03/01/19 07:15 AM 03/01/19 07:15 AM
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,528 N.J. PineDoggin trapper
PineDoggin trapper Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,528 N.J.	Originally Posted by BillyTraps Originally Posted by PineDoggin I snared a mink last week and another mink ate the testicles off the mink I had snared so they sure do eat one another. how do you know it was another mink? Well unless muskrats have teeth like a mink, it was a mink

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6479665 03/03/19 02:27 PM 03/03/19 02:27 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,304 South Dakota R Rat Masterson trapper
Rat Masterson trapper R Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,304 South Dakota	Fish is the number 1 bait used by the big hitters in the mink catching business, everything else is just a change up.

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6479755 03/03/19 04:03 PM 03/03/19 04:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,459 Montana Taximan trapper
Taximan trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,459 Montana	I use fish and muskrat when I have it but have had success with half of a cottontail.

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6482354 03/06/19 06:29 AM 03/06/19 06:29 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 14,894 Central Pennsylvania Nittany Lion Don't call me Mister, Mister
Nittany Lion Don't call me Mister, Mister Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 14,894 Central Pennsylvania	I never saw any evidence that a mink feasted on another mink, but I will say in my experience a female mink carcass is very effective in drawing a male mink to check out a pocket set. I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6482377 03/06/19 07:13 AM 03/06/19 07:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 263 ME. W WBG trapper
WBG trapper W Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 263 ME.	On several occasions I have walked up to a location thinking I had a live mink in the set only to realize it was an un-caught mink feeding on a trapped mink.

Re: Mink bait [Re: TrapprChris] #6482537 03/06/19 09:45 AM 03/06/19 09:45 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,115 Ohio C Computer Hater trapper
Computer Hater trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,115 Ohio	I have never seen where a mink fed on a captured mink but I have seen instances where they killed them. Randy

Re: Mink bait [Re: star flakes] #6515219 04/10/19 11:14 PM 04/10/19 11:14 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 17,453 Central Ohio LT GREY trapper
LT GREY trapper Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 17,453 Central Ohio	Originally Posted by star flakes Mink do not eat mink. They will in territory respond to gland scents. They may not eat it, but I have caught a good many mink, using a mink carcass as a bait ! Fresh oily fish is hard to beat. Muskrat and beaver have worked well too.

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