Mink Trapping

e here, (in Texas), but of course such is not the case. My limited experience in trapping mink here has brought me to the conclusion that they a

not baited or scented and was set without gloves. Of course I did not tread down or pull up the grass to make a nice place to set, but stood at

uth of the dens?" Acting on this advice he sails out, finds a den, leaves all his traps and other plunder at it, and hikes out home for a spade and old Towser. They both put in half a day, then give it up. Mr. Mink is not at home. Can't trap them no how. Sometimes he accidentally gets one. Then he goes after t

tendency to cause them to hunt homes elsewhere. I have caught four nice mink at the mouth of one den in a single season, and very likely I shall catch some there this season. I do not cover the trap, nor do I use scent or bait. I place the trap in a depre

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fish, crawfish, birds, rabbits and the like, and very often they visit the poultry yards. My advice to the Southern mink trapper is, find where mink use, follow out their trails and runs. By noticing these closely you will find the places where he is compelled to put his feet or quit the t

ar it with mud so it won't look fresh. It is the same with logs laying up and down streams. On these sets I use bait and a slight co

amount, I am not averse to using bait where I consider it required, and can say the same of covering for tr

about trapping them. I live where the country is hilly and has a good many branches and creeks, yet it is so

sky varmint, and whoever kills it demands a chicken pie, whether he gets it or not. And for just such reasons as this they are very scarce,

ter. I then dig out a place for the trap so it will set level and under water about a quarter of an inch; I then take some large water soaked leaves and cover trap, then cover leaves wi

than pay for its trouble. Then too, it leads others to believe you are hunting and they won't be so apt to see you setting traps, and if you let as few as possible see you set traps you won't have to accuse "Sneakum" so often. It doesn't matter what you are trappin

t, writes a Texas trapper. Our mink are not at all educated. They are easily caught in traps not even concealed. The mink

at trap in this section, and it has met with favor because it deprives the mink of the

eir tails, which, by the way, is the best kind to hold. If the mink here were trap-shy it wo

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hen I had studied it my father and I set to work to make some traps. When we got them done I went down to a branch near here and set them the best I knew how for mink. I tried him every way but nev

mink bait and thought I would catch them. When I received the bait I found where an old mink or two had a runway in a small branch. They would come up the branch every night. I killed some birds and used some mink bait on them and hung the

uld go by my traps and climb up a little bank and jump down over a root, so I set the trap there and covered with leaves. I had four traps set close toge

d at once and received the October number. In reading the letters I saw Brother F. M. Frazier's letter headed, "Advice to Young Trappers." I was impressed with the old gentleman's tone of writing so I wrote to him a

morning went around to see if anything was doing. The first trap I came to was sprung and had a mink's toe in it. I felt pretty bad, but that was more than I had gotten in a good while. So I went to another tr

hole near the creek that emptied into the river and I set a trap at the hole. I have noticed that hole for several years and had been seeing a large mink on that creek for eight or ten years. I have seen his track

something big in the trap and had dragged the trap back in the hole the full length of the chain. I took hold of the chain and began to pull. I soon pulled him out as far as his hind legs and he looked so big I let go the