I just like seeing how other people are doing things on their mink sets. Last year I started snaring them and I found that snares work in a wide variety of ways.

Here are some sets I put out today.


Mink tracks in front of the snare.

Nice sets! I like those.

Here are a few of my video's...














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Lol, River Birch, I was just going to post a link to your YouTube

haha thx Rob!

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Thank you

Great videos River Birch! That's some pretty fast snare making. I have to use breakaways on mine, hah as weird as that is I managed to figure it out.

nice Daniel, please tell Fruitland and Payette how much I miss them!
lived there back during the 80's
worked some at Woodgrain Moulding and the Outdoorsman across the river.

Very nice!

Wow that's cool, woodgrain and the outdoorsman both are not far from my house. Did you do any trapping while you were living over here?

Can you tell where the trap was set at this blind set?

Yes

Great catch pics Blak Spot.

Here's a pocket set with no bait or lure just eye appeal

Get the eric space mink snaring dvd! Packed with a lot of info from location to remakes and snare types. But I also enjoyed river birchs channel as well both very similar on technique and location.. River birchs terrain is very similar to what I see. Eric has a few culvert techniques that will make lites go off!

mink in a snare...












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Great stuff River Birch, Thanks to all you guys.

Good pics and info!
Nice color difference tween Daniels and mine

Daniel, in the first set of pictures you posted, in pictures # 1 and 4 your lock is too close to your support, making the snare fire slower. Always want at least an inch of cable between lock and supporting place, more if possible. Pics 2 and 3 are good, with lock at least in 12 o'Clock position. Eric

In looking again it appears your snares do not have cable all the way back to the point of fastening. If your swivel fails (gets plugged with debris or freezes with ice) your snare will quickly break loose and the mink take off with a snare around his neck. With mink snares ALWAYS run cable all the way to your fastening point. Even if I can get them to flop off the bank into the water and drown I still use cable all the way. Eric

Thanks alot Eric space for the info, I love learning new things as I am new to this. The snares with the wire were just something I was trying out.

The snares that I made and use look like this.

That's my set up as well, but i use barrel swivels

The barrel swivels look real reliable and make a clean looking snare. I made a swivel bender and went crazy with it. That's the swivels shown above. What a great tool

Wish we could snare them here!

Trail goin to a pipe

What size snares are you using on mink?

1/16 7x7 loaded. Low pro lock or bmi mini

One more snare question. What is a loaded snare? I see most snare for sale are 3/32 not 1/6 for mink does that make that big of difference?

I think snaring for mink works great but I went back to 155 body grips on dry land. Have a horrible time with raptors around here and lost more mink to them in snares as they bounce around more.
I get the BG s set in the brushy runs and they don't move. Same with rats if you don't get them under water, there's a good chance the birds will ruin them.

Nice

This set up is a 12" angle iron stake(holds the snare support wire). 9" of 1/16" 7x7 - barrel swivel - 1/16" quick link - 9" cable - wire swivel(or barrel) - 14" of loaded cable with wammy and bmi mini lock modified.
NOTE: barrel swivel near stake is put out comission by grass and fozen mud

Blak Spot, do you have a picture of your snare set up including stake so we can get a good look at it? Thanks

I will try to get some pictures tonight

Here's more pics. Those small barrel swivels work well.

Back up for the one who wanted the pics

Thanks, is that another barrel swivel close to the loop?

No that swivel is actually grawes bullet lock used for a swivel. Works pretty good.

Where can I order those snares? Thanks!

Grawes sells a snare like that.

thanks!

Love using sets like this and connecting! Old school #2 blake and lamb. The other set i have incorporates a #2 newhouse. Hope that one connects

Hi Black spot, I wanted to ask you if you use stainless steel cable or regular galvanized cable 1/16? Thanks for your help.

xp if you are in salt or brackish water always use stainless, otherwise GAC is what most of us use. Either will work fine.

Just out of curiosity, what size of loop and how far off ground are the bottom of loop are you fellers doing...

Thanks...

Garry-

For me 3.5 inch loop, 2 inches off the ground

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