Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: hogwild]
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12/24/19 10:30 AM
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Friggin awesome...... Congratulations on that catch and good job!
I just got back from a check, missed something in one of my pipe cubbies, hopefully it was a coon.
Else I just educated a mink NOT to look into PVC drainage pipes.
Man I wish I had the time to expand especially with no one (hardly anyone that is) trapping.
Since our season for rats and mink is so short I might just do it anyway and give up some sleep.
There's an old rail bed here that has a boatload of culverts running under it with plenty of sign.....I can run that before work and my other line after.
Rat trapping is difficult here right now since the ice is not fit for walking on (extremely dangerous actually), or seeing through, and we're down to a just few more weeks.
I'm making weasel boxes now.
Keep your boots dry and your powder too.
I remember when a fur check was reality.....now I'm just trapping for the love of it.
Best Regards,
JT
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: hogwild]
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12/28/19 03:05 PM
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Not from the first week, but a first for me. Big hole set lured with beaver liver and red fox gland lure and bobcat urine.
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: the Blak Spot]
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12/28/19 06:54 PM
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Not from the first week, but a first for me. Big hole set lured with beaver liver and red fox gland lure and bobcat urine.
That is a really awesome pic. I'm sure you were shocked when you saw the mink.
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: hogwild]
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12/30/19 08:42 AM
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took a buck mink in the pipe out back,makes 11 rats and a mink from that 110.
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: Hodagtrapper]
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12/30/19 02:00 PM
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Haven't had this happen in many years. This is the same colony trap I caught a female in not too long ago. Otter perhaps? Nice photos and thanks for sharing! Chris No otter in the immediate area.
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: hogwild]
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12/31/19 09:58 PM
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Well I'm down to just shy of two weeks left in our season on rats and mink. So I made more sets. As I plan for next season. Bad ice and changing weather, flooding from heavy rains, then thawing and 50's, has made things interesting. I don't see any fresh sign at all.....yet.
Keep your boots dry and your powder too.
I remember when a fur check was reality.....now I'm just trapping for the love of it.
Best Regards,
JT
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: pcr2]
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12/31/19 10:18 PM
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took a buck mink in the pipe out back,makes 11 rats and a mink from that 110. That's a fertile pipe right there...
Keep your boots dry and your powder too.
I remember when a fur check was reality.....now I'm just trapping for the love of it.
Best Regards,
JT
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: hogwild]
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12/31/19 10:23 PM
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[quote=Hodagtrapper][quote=hogwild] Haven't had this happen in many years. This is the same colony trap I caught a female in not too long ago. Otter perhaps? Nice photos and thanks for sharing!
Chris No otter in the immediate area. Something making a meal out of a rat perhaps?
Keep your boots dry and your powder too.
I remember when a fur check was reality.....now I'm just trapping for the love of it.
Best Regards,
JT
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: JTaddeo]
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01/01/20 11:14 AM
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[quote=Hodagtrapper][quote=hogwild] Haven't had this happen in many years. This is the same colony trap I caught a female in not too long ago. Otter perhaps? Nice photos and thanks for sharing!
Chris No otter in the immediate area. Something making a meal out of a rat perhaps? Doubtful but you never know. Nice looking sets. Good luck the last couple weeks.
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: pcr2]
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01/02/20 09:03 PM
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had a big male otter flatten the 110 in the pipe last night. Hahaha I've been waiting to see one here... and the beaver are everywhere! I should buy traps.....
Keep your boots dry and your powder too.
I remember when a fur check was reality.....now I'm just trapping for the love of it.
Best Regards,
JT
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: lumberjack391]
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01/02/20 09:28 PM
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"Bad ice and changing weather, flooding from heavy rains, then thawing and 50's, has made things interesting. I don't see any fresh sign at all.....yet. "
I don't put a lot of faith on sign, weather conditions/hard pan usually rule out any sign, coupled with the fact a swimming mink leaves no sign. Exactly, and I know they run this area for sure. Will I guide one into a Conibear? I suppose we shall see in the next 10 days. Regardless I'm planning for the next go around already. Expand the horizons so to speak.
Keep your boots dry and your powder too.
I remember when a fur check was reality.....now I'm just trapping for the love of it.
Best Regards,
JT
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: hogwild]
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01/08/20 08:48 PM
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Re: First week mink catch pics
[Re: hogwild]
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01/23/20 08:32 PM
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Next season I'll be set to take some coons too. I bought a nice fleshing knife and I'm working on a good beam. Pockets WILL BE made.
Great season you're having hogwild, I'm probably going to try catching some of these excessive beavers we have here and set cables for coyotes and fox.
Thanks for the thread I enjoyed it.
Keep your boots dry and your powder too.
I remember when a fur check was reality.....now I'm just trapping for the love of it.
Best Regards,
JT
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