I’m going to start chasing them and I already got basic knowledge on where they live and what sets to use. But if you guys could give me 1 thing to remember while mink trapping or one important truck you found out please let me know.

Blind sets cut banks.

Dont cut their glands when skinning

They dont always go into a hole, just come up and peek inside

Ha! This^^^

I caught a lot in feeder creeks with banks to make pocket sets in.

This! Search out these perfect blind set locations, then dig a pocket set right into it! 18-24" deep and a 5" hole angled upwards so the back of the pocket is dry and front is under 1" water. Set your trap tight to the edge of the pocket just under water, bait with a big chunk of fish, muskrat or mink deep in the back of the hole.

Set on sign!

if you look you can see where there running... be a trail down by the water of creek and another faint trail up yop... ive had better luck up top...look around a culvert on old road bed... then go look up top you find holes in the weeds... set a trap down in one of them holes... baited or not catch a mink !!

Lighter pan tension than you think ya need

Bottom edge set.

Jim

Blinds sets.

Use a heavy trap that will drown then in shallower water. Stake well as larger things often get into sets for them as well.

Them big bucks like to run the dry banks through the weeds. Find those trails that are to small to be coon trails that snake around. Blend in a 155 coni,, Trigger on the bottom just off the ground.

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Stay away from bait coon are suckers for bait , blind set where ever you see tracks

Trap muskrats

Blind trail sets in warmer weather (above 0) bottom edge sets when below 0. That is how they run here it seems.

Blind sets, think like a mink, set lots of traps to cover the most possibilities, and be patient.
Jim

Make your pocket just a little tighter than the trap. Put the trap into the pocket with one of the levers of the coilspring sticking out. Twist the trap to lodge the trap tightly into the pocket so the dog side of the trap is in the pocket and the very edge of the pan is centered in the pocket. It is the least pan tension on the trap. Do not allow any space between the trap and the edge of the pocket. One inch of water over the trap. I make my pocket elbow deep and I use carp heads or a bloody chunk.

Mink are an animal of 1/2"s unlike a coon that bumbles around at the set. Too much room in a pocket will let you miss a lot of mink. You will find this set will catch coon as well. Dig two pockets at a stop. Vertical banks are ideal to put you pockets. Make sure they have no where to step on the edge of the pocket because they will use that spot to launch into a pocket from.

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