Mink Trapping

ace in going from one stream to another. I have a few good places but they do not equal this one. At these particular places I do not remove my traps during the entire t

e a mink is liable to go. Well, a mink is liable to go any place. Also just as liable not to go, to

ing to take a run down through Farmer Jones' cornfield. He is liable to. Shall I place a trap between every row of corn? In my locality with snow on the ground they travel through fields more than any other place. I will tel

u will get another one soon at the same place. Well I do not believe it, except from

ht, as the old trappers around here hardly ever set without bait, and think it is a wonder that I can catch mink without bait. In fact, mink run well on cold and disagreeable nights, just as well as on wa

th them. They will bring good results. A man can spend lots of time trying to do something with some fake set and

east, or southeast protection and it is all right, until the wind gets to the northwest, then look out, for you will have some digging to yet your traps in good condition. By that time the wind is in the s

and then I get a flat stone and lay it over the two stones. I place these alongside the stream, making a hole like when the water comes out. Then for a bait I use fish, brook trout if I can get

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er driftwood and along banks where the water has washed the bank so the trees standing on the edge have leaned over and made a hollow under the bank. I have taken a g

ter, as some part of it will sink below the surface of the water, roll same into the creek and tow along to a place where the water is two to three feet deep, take a strong wi

mud and smear over the fresh cut place so it will have an old appearance. Now set your trap and cover with a few water soaked leaves and a few pinches of mud. This set shoul

, opossum, raccoon and rats, and none of

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ade up my mind to catch him or trap on the balance of my days. I set my trap in the spring where h

the second morning I visited my trap I had a crow, not mink, and the

the third morning I found a muskrat and he was cut up badly by the mink. I took the fresh car

and the crow had come out ahead, for he was still alive. I fixed

e water 2 feet above the water, where he traveled under. There I gouged a hole back in the bank one foot back so the water would flow back in enough to cover th

amine them to see if they are in good order. When setting at a den or where they have been eating some dead animal, cover with leaves, feathers or snow; fasten to a stick that can be dragged a short distance. I ba

bottom of the stream about two inches apart. Between these I lay bait, generally mice. Set trap, and fasten it to a s

ce and the hole was below the water. I set my trap carefully, baited with sa