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Do mink have a fall shuffle in your region #7356174
09/15/21 09:20 AM
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Do the mink in your region have a fall shuffle or when do your mink litters break up? Do you think it is weather related? In my area I see an increase in mink activity on big water and beaver ponds as freeze up occurs, which is well after season opens.

Re: Do mink have a fall shuffle in your region [Re: henpecked1] #7356181
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This is a sample of mink trapping on my lines, I trap them right into under ice beaver trapping and take a few under ice and at beaver dams where there is open water.


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Re: Do mink have a fall shuffle in your region [Re: henpecked1] #7356203
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Re: Do mink have a fall shuffle in your region [Re: henpecked1] #7356309
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No shuffle that I can comment on. Females and YOY share the same area from what I catch. Although here on the Plains, I catch many (for me) on dry predator type sets...................................the mike

Re: Do mink have a fall shuffle in your region [Re: henpecked1] #7356532
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Seems like I see tracks everywhere in the early fall, once season comes in the tracks all but dissapear until late winter (after our season goes out the 1st week of Jan.)- then it looks like your winter photos at every stop. Thats me here in SW Pa. Same for rats here, to a lesser extent, mostly missing over most of my line.

Re: Do mink have a fall shuffle in your region [Re: henpecked1] #7356592
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The ones that make tracks in late January are somewhere in November. I used to see a lot more mink early season than I do now. When beaver trapping in Feb. I see a lot of mink tracks. It seems they must be there to shuffle in November but don’t shuffle much here until late season.

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