Mink per set?
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2 questions. 1. How many sets do you average per mink? I am running 9-12 sets and averaging 1-3 mink per day.
2.How many mink have you caught in the same set?
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Re: Mink per set?
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01/21/22 03:34 PM
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That sounds like a high percentage of mink per trapnight. You must have a good population. Where I am in the north,if I run 12 boxes on a 5 day check It would be around 1-3 mink on checkday,in a good year.
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Re: Mink per set?
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I haven't trapped mink for years but my percentages were way less than that. The most mink I ever got was 7 in one trap along the outside edge of a culvert in a hole that had washed out over time. Those were caught in about two weeks.
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I usually average about 1 for ever 10/11 sets and seldom get more then 1 per set unless it’s a female then I will sometimes get a male later
That’s on a 3 day check
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Re: Mink per set?
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That is impressive!!! I really used to enjoy your demos, I hope you do some more in the future.......jk
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Re: Mink per set?
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I would guess I made about 175 sets (roughly 60 stops) this season and caught 102. Most came in the first 2 1/2 weeks. 50 in the first 7 days. I have a few spots that take multiples each year. All of these are caught within a 7 mile radius of my place here in north west Ohio. Not what I would consider a heavy mink population.
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Re: Mink per set?
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I would guess I made about 175 sets (roughly 60 stops) this season and caught 102. Most came in the first 2 1/2 weeks. 50 in the first 7 days. I have a few spots that take multiples each year. All of these are caught within a 7 mile radius of my place here in north west Ohio. Not what I would consider a heavy mink population. That sounds about in line with my IA road lines a life time ago.
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Your catch numbers are good.
Sets made on primary trails can give up several. 2-3 in a trap over a week is very good in my opinion, but you can catch more than that at a stop along a traveled drainage. You can catch that at a single stop in a single check when everything lines up, especially where you’re trapping. It’s important to set 2, 3, 4 traps on a well used trail, because bucks may be passing through uncaught if a non target plugs or knocks down a trap. I’m talking about sets that don’t destroy the set location, bodygrips especially. It’s also important to cover each possibility to get the most out of a stop. Crossovers, trails, culvert edges...there are places you trap that have a lot of mink traffic, I’m quite sure you already know this though
You’ll find some places are hotspots for them while other places only have a mink or two. I try to wipe a section of tracks to get a better idea what’s passing, and with mink, I like to run traps 4 or 5 checks then move my traps.
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I should have added that 101 of the 102 came from a carp baited pocket set. About 80 percent of my catches come in the first 3 days. I target the family units early on.
Find what works for you and repeat a bunch of times. Don't be afraid of switching things up to see if there are more efficient ways in your area. I can't catch a mink using muskrat as bait. Then again I have not had a sizeable amount of rats to catch for years. For me it's fish as bait. Carp or sheepshead from lake erie work the best.
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I should have added that 101 of the 102 came from a carp baited pocket set. About 80 percent of my catches come in the first 3 days. I target the family units early on.
Find what works for you and repeat a bunch of times. Don't be afraid of switching things up to see if there are more efficient ways in your area. I can't catch a mink using muskrat as bait. Then again I have not had a sizeable amount of rats to catch for years. For me it's fish as bait. Carp or sheepshead from lake erie work the best. Ack, is your fish salted? or frozen then thawed?
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Re: Mink per set?
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How long have you been keeping up that average? Most I ever caught out of a set is 3. Did that several times. Little over a month. Today is the first day that a set has caught twice. I am strictly blind setting.
If it makes a track on this earth , I can catch it.
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I should have added that 101 of the 102 came from a carp baited pocket set. About 80 percent of my catches come in the first 3 days. I target the family units early on.
Find what works for you and repeat a bunch of times. Don't be afraid of switching things up to see if there are more efficient ways in your area. I can't catch a mink using muskrat as bait. Then again I have not had a sizeable amount of rats to catch for years. For me it's fish as bait. Carp or sheepshead from lake erie work the best. Ack, is your fish salted? or frozen then thawed? Frozen whole then through a bandsaw. Never change the bait. No salt.
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