Picked up this guy on last day I’m not a big mink trapper maybe 100 in my life he weighed 4.2 pounds and had gonads like pignut hickories. Is this bigger than usual…Jon

That's a big boy. How did you catch him?

Breeding Season male mink get some big cajones!!!!

Huge by PA standards

Congratulations! That's a stud of a mink. There are one of my favorites to trap.

Thats a real stove piper .

160 in little path coming to chicken house

Here is one that my friends daughter got and I got one this year too over 4four pounds

Booners!!!

Male mink will only breed females in February and March. Light hours in the day brings them into season. Coons will breed a female whenever they come in heat, which a female coon will do if they lose a litter, thus sometimes you see new born coon pups in August.
In the 1970's, when we raised 25,000 mink a year, we tried to rebreed female mink that had lost a litter (born in late April). It was a no-go. The female was willing but the male was not interested, in fact he would most times just pick a fight. After 2 years of trying this, the 3rd year I kept 2 males in a dark room all winter and did not put them in a mink shed until early April. We were successful in breeding 7 females within 48 hours after they had lost a litter and all 7 had kits in mid June. We did not continue the project as those late born mink did not reach full size when their fur was prime, again the same as coons born in August.
All that being said a 4 pound wild male is a big mink for a wild one in the lower 48. There are some areas in Alaska and Canada where they get bigger than that.

Any mink over 4 pounds is a whopper. Biggest I've ever caught was 4 1/2 pounds. I usually get one or two every year that go over 4 pounds.

Interesting learn something new everyday

Pretty neat info!

Eric
Very interesting, thanks for sharing the info.

Great Mink and Great Post

I nevah weighed the mink I caught...had some biggins

Great info Eric thanks