Tainted Bait
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11/24/19 01:07 PM
11/24/19 01:07 PM
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drasselt
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How well do mink, marten and ermine respond to tainted bait? Tainted fish head, tainted bird. I'm thinking the guys in Southeast will have some good insight. Thanks.
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Re: Tainted Bait
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11/24/19 02:24 PM
11/24/19 02:24 PM
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I don't like tainted fish. I pretty much start with fresh bait of all types, and add as the season goes. Our conditions pretty much assure a taint eventually, and I do change out fish heads before they spoil. That said, by seasons end, some wolverine cubbies are pretty rank.
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Re: Tainted Bait
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11/24/19 03:01 PM
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Marten don't seem to mind tainted bait. However, I don't like using it as I don't like the smell getting all over everything, and I don't see a need for it. Same reason I don't like skunky marten lure. I have hard enough time getting mink to go for any type of bait; I surely wouldn't intentionally use tainted bait for mink.
Last edited by waggler; 11/24/19 03:05 PM.
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Re: Tainted Bait
[Re: drasselt]
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11/24/19 08:02 PM
11/24/19 08:02 PM
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Fresh bait for mink, marten and weasel although marten will respond better to the tainted than the others'
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Re: Tainted Bait
[Re: drasselt]
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11/25/19 12:12 AM
11/25/19 12:12 AM
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I prefer to use fairly fresh bait for the mustelids,and cat,and tainted for canines.
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Re: Tainted Bait
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11/25/19 12:59 AM
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Thanks you guys, you're echoing pretty much exactly my experiences. Typically bait stayed frozen all season although there were years with big shrew problems. Now with less cold season openers the tainted bait thing becomes an issue after a week or two. Big job to rebait very many sets plus it cuts into the catch.
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Re: Tainted Bait
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11/26/19 12:50 PM
11/26/19 12:50 PM
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Yeah Schiff doesn't pass the sniff test either!
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Re: Tainted Bait
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11/27/19 06:17 AM
11/27/19 06:17 AM
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AJE
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I prefer to use fairly fresh bait for the mustelids,and cat,and tainted for canines. For bobcat trapping, does is matter if the beaver or muskrat is frozen?
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Re: Tainted Bait
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11/27/19 07:16 AM
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They will come to a frozen beaver and maybe try finches on it but their jaws are not as strong as canine. Best results for me is a thawed beaver. Not saying they won't come or try to eat it. Just speaking from what I have seen.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Tainted Bait
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11/27/19 10:09 PM
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Thaw it good and then cover it like the cats do. My temperatures are not normally cold enough to freeze it solid before they eat it all. If it is cold I will salt it. Sounds crazy but works. I go back to my bait sites every day and put the beaver back in the cubby, more of a bait pen and cover good again. I will take a picture of my cubby tomorrow and post it. It probably isn't what most picture when they think cubby.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Tainted Bait
[Re: drasselt]
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11/28/19 06:13 PM
11/28/19 06:13 PM
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Interesting. You have colder weather than I do. I'll watch for the picture.
Last edited by AJE; 11/28/19 06:14 PM.
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Re: Tainted Bait
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11/28/19 06:46 PM
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A thawed completely beaver with daytime temps in mid 30s and 20s at night. Which is actually a little cold for normal year a beaver will stay plyable for 3 or 4 days. By then it will be mostly gone and I put a new in on the 5th or 6th day. All I am doing is keeping it interested another 10 days or so. Then I can set trap. I didn't get out to the set sight today, had to head to in-laws.for our Thanksgiving dinner and my wife and her mother go black Friday shopping. And they think trapping is crazy.....
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Tainted Bait
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11/30/19 09:54 PM
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alaska viking
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Looks good, to me. I would add an attractor in front of the entrances. A bird wing or cd on thin fishing line, perhaps?
Last edited by alaska viking; 11/30/19 09:56 PM.
Just doing what I want now.
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