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Big mink or small otter. #7947993 09/10/23 05:09 PM 09/10/23 05:09 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 518 Nebraska Mocular OP trapper
Mocular OP trapper Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 518 Nebraska	To me this is just an exceptionally large mink but a larger than I expected group of trappers cried otter when I posted the picture. So what do you all think? 2024-25: Beaver 11, Bobcat 4, Coyote 11, raccoon 6, opossum 3, muskrat 7, badger 1

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7947995 09/10/23 05:13 PM 09/10/23 05:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,399 Sugar Grove, WV J JTfromWV trapper
JTfromWV trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,399 Sugar Grove, WV	Tail looks like mink. What is the diameter of the log?

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: JTfromWV] #7948002 09/10/23 05:24 PM 09/10/23 05:24 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 518 Nebraska Mocular OP trapper
Mocular OP trapper Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 518 Nebraska	I would guess somewhere around 10” to 12”. 2024-25: Beaver 11, Bobcat 4, Coyote 11, raccoon 6, opossum 3, muskrat 7, badger 1

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948003 09/10/23 05:25 PM 09/10/23 05:25 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 25,726 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 25,726 New Hampshire	Mink It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948013 09/10/23 05:42 PM 09/10/23 05:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 518 Nebraska Mocular OP trapper
Mocular OP trapper Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 518 Nebraska	Here’s a deer in the same general area to compare with. 2024-25: Beaver 11, Bobcat 4, Coyote 11, raccoon 6, opossum 3, muskrat 7, badger 1

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948014 09/10/23 05:43 PM 09/10/23 05:43 PM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 588 mn T trapperman222 trapper
trapperman222 trapper T Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 588 mn	mink.

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948021 09/10/23 05:54 PM 09/10/23 05:54 PM
Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 9,059 Firth, Nebraska jabNE trapper
jabNE trapper Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 9,059 Firth, Nebraska	That’s a couple nice bucks. Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948031 09/10/23 06:15 PM 09/10/23 06:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,665 Piney va. soon be 19 cotton trapper
cotton trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,665 Piney va. soon be 19	Mink John 3/16 ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948047 09/10/23 06:42 PM 09/10/23 06:42 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 47,957 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 47,957 james bay frontierOnt.	Hard to say for sure I would go with otter because of the fat head,long tail and high gait. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948061 09/10/23 07:07 PM 09/10/23 07:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 2,297 chelsea,wi keets trapper
keets trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 2,297 chelsea,wi	head looks more like otter to me 2021 goals....make time to trap PROUD MEMBER WTA NTA FTA GOA SPORTSMANS ALLIANCE

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948093 09/10/23 07:57 PM 09/10/23 07:57 PM
Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 832 Labrador, Canada C crosspatch trapper
crosspatch trapper C Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 832 Labrador, Canada	Seems to me otters carry their butt high like in the pic.

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948100 09/10/23 08:08 PM 09/10/23 08:08 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,024 Adirondacks, NY Fisher Man trapper
Fisher Man trapper Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,024 Adirondacks, NY	Otter

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948136 09/10/23 09:02 PM 09/10/23 09:02 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,422 Midland, MI. Seldom trapper
Seldom trapper Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,422 Midland, MI.	Mink all day long! "A few want to know WHY, the majority appear to be satisfied just knowing HOW!" Youtube Channel- SeldomFales

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948163 09/10/23 09:25 PM 09/10/23 09:25 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 25,726 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 25,726 New Hampshire	Go on shore and look at the tracks It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Boco] #7948176 09/10/23 09:34 PM 09/10/23 09:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 68,164 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 68,164 Minnesota	Originally Posted by Boco Hard to say for sure I would go with otter because of the fat head,long tail and high gait. Yes, tails too long for a mink NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948299 09/11/23 12:52 AM 09/11/23 12:52 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13,506 NWWA/AZ Vinke trapper
Vinke trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13,506 NWWA/AZ	Otter Ant Man/ Marty 2028 just put your ear to the ground , and follow along

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948317 09/11/23 03:06 AM 09/11/23 03:06 AM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 186 Ireland E Eddie43 trapper
Eddie43 trapper E Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 186 Ireland	It's a tough one. Size wise, you would say otter, but that tail looks a little thin for an otter. Dog will hunt!

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948341 09/11/23 06:28 AM 09/11/23 06:28 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 15,590 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren trapper
Trapper Dahlgren trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 15,590 Michigan	otter

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948346 09/11/23 06:47 AM 09/11/23 06:47 AM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,756 Oscoda, Michigan J John-Chagnon trapper
John-Chagnon trapper J Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,756 Oscoda, Michigan	It is an otter that needs to eat more fish and muskrat. www.lenonlures.com www.facebook.com/lenonlures

Re: Big mink or small otter. [Re: Mocular] #7948389 09/11/23 08:02 AM 09/11/23 08:02 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,383 AR T TurkeyWrangler trapper
TurkeyWrangler trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,383 AR	Mink.

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